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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
503 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 26
One of the most disastrous fires that has ever occurred in Hobart broke out last night, shortly after 9.30, when Fitzgerald's extensive softgoods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The City Brigade at about a quarter to 12 o'clock last night received a telephone call to a fire in Argent-street, opposite the Willyama Hotel. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A thrilling story of a stern chase after armed burglars was told at Barton-on-Humber on Saturday (says "Lloyd's" of May 21), when two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mullank's bulk store, Katoomba, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The damage is estimated at about £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred at the Picture Pavilion, Geelong, last evening, there being present an audience of about 300 people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The boy O'Neill. whose right hand was badly injured in the fire at the Picture Pavilion, Geolong, on Sunday night, was able to leave the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The town of Cochrane in the Porcupine mining district of Canada, was destroyed by a bush fire to-day. The fire is spreading, and settlers are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Oscada, a small town in the State of Michingan, has been wiped out by fire, and the flames spread to Ausable. The fire started in some slab yards,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thirty persons have perished from forest fires in Northern Ontario. The towns, of Cochrane, South Porcupine, and Pottsville, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The victims of tho Canadian forest fires are believed to include 200 employees of tho Dome mino in the cobalt district, who were penned in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Victorian footballers, now in Broken Hill, visited to-day the abattoirs, fire brigade station, and municipal workshops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The forest fires in the Porcupine district were the worst in Canada's history. The death list is over 300 and the loss of property is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The forest fires in Northern Ontario are now under control. It is estimated that 500 people perished, and that 20,000 are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The residence of J. Shephard, at Glen Innes, was destroyed by fire last night, together with all the contents. Shephard succeeded in removing his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A serious fire occurred at Foster (Victoria) at about 4.30 p.m. yesterday. W. Jones' store and house and butcher's shop adjoining were totally demolished…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious forest fires, eight miles from Fromage (Nova Scotia) are reported. The fires are sweeping across the country, but as far as is known, no lives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The riots at Cardiff yesterday were due to the seamen's strike. Earlier in the day the dry dock laborers and cargo men struck in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out nt the timber yard and cooperage of A. W. Cormack, white Bay, Balmain, this morning, and despite the efforts of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At a picture show at Kogarah on Saturday a small outbreak of fire occurred as the result of a cinematograph film igniting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The disastrous forest fire in the Porcupino district of Canada is believed to be due to a thrown away lighted cigarette. The deaths so far reported…
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