Amur River Steamer on Fire. Sixty Corean Navvies Perish. [Reuter's Message.] St. Petersburg
An Amur River steamer was burned to-day, 700 Corean railway navvies being aboard. A panic ensued, and 60 navvies…
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Fires & bushfires, 1911
503 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 26
Sawmills on Fire at Malvern Considerable Damage Done. Railway Traffic Temporarily Suspended. Melbourne
A fire occurred on Saturday at the Railway Sawmills, close to the Malvern Railway Station. The damage is estimated at £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Perishep in a Fire. London
Two men and four children perished to-day in a fire at a shop at Litherland, near Liverpool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Totalisator Building Destroyed by Fire. Brisbane
The totalisator building on the flat at the Eagle Farm (Brisbane) racecourse was destroyed by fire on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Skating Rink at Bondi Destroyed by Fire. Sydney
A fire totally destroyed the skating rink at Bondi Beach early yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Whisky Distillery. Some Thrilling Scenes. [Reuter's Messages.] Lisbon
The bursting of a lamp near a huge vat set fire to a whisky distillery on the outskirts of Lisbon to-day. The flames spread to other vats and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sawmills on Fire at Malvern Considerable Damage Done. Railway Traffic Temporarily Suspended. Melbourne
A fire occurred on Saturday at the Railway Sawmills, close to the Malvern Railway Station. The damage is estimated at £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Zealand Fire. Large Building Destroyed. Wellington
A large building on Waterloo Quay, Wellington (New Zealand), used by the Railway Department, was destroyed by fire on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Texas Town on Fire. Sixty-five Houses Burned. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver
A destructive fire occurred at the town of White Right (Texas) to-day. Sixty-five houses were burned. Communications were cut off, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Warialda. Sydney
A fire occurred near the Warialda railway station early this morning, a store belonging to an indian named Mungatah being burnt to the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Destructive Fire. Hobart
A fire occurred at Castle Forbes Bay yesterday, a building containing 5000 cases of apples and three tons of dried fruit being destroyed. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Jewellery Store. Sydney
Angus and Coote's jewellery store, Kent-street, was the scene of a big fire last night. Goods valued at £20,000 were damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →2nd Edition. Miner Office, 3.30 p.m. Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Destructive Fire at St. Louis. St. Louis
A fire destroyed four blocks of the manufacturing section of St. Louis (Missouri) yesterday, causing damage estimated at 6 million, dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire Sweeps Through City. Two Miles of Streets Reduced to Ashes
Immense damage and terrible distress have been caused by a great fire which broke out on Sunday night (reports "Lloyd's" of Moy 7) at Bangor,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fight with Gun-runners. Naval Man Swims to Boat Under Hail of Fire
Stories of their exciting adventures were related by several bluejackets, wounded in recent encounters with gunrunners in the Persian Gulf, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Rockhampton. Hotel Completely Destroyed. Brisbane
The most destructive fire experienced in Rockhampton for the past 20 years occurred yesterday morning at O'Reilly's Hotel, at the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Grafton. Hotel Burnt to the Ground. Sydney
The Saxonian Hotel, Grafton, closed 10 days ago under the local option vote, was burnt to the ground to-day. The property belonged to the estate…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Setting Fire to Bedroom. Woman Charged and Committed for Trial. Sydney
Charged with having on June 12 maliciously set fire to a quantity of bedding, the property of Mary Buckley, in a house at Williams-street, Mary…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Seamen's Strike in Great Britain. a Riot at Glasgow. Premises Set on Fire. Mob Dispersed with Hoses. [Reuter's Message.] London
The shipping strikers at Glasgow, believing that non-unionists were, employed on Burns's Belfast steamer, foreibly entered the docks to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Town Destroyed by Fire Estimated Loss, £50,000. [Reuter's Message.] San Francisco
Maricopa, a railway junction in Western Arizona, U.S.A., has been practically wiped out by fire. The loss is estimated at £50,000…
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