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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
503 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 23 of 26
The Imperialists' shells set fire to the native city of Hankow. Firing was suspended to permit the Red Cross steamer to rescue the wound…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire destroyed o large portion of the business seotion of Ontario (Canada) to-day. The damage is estimate at £150,000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The South Broken Hill Fire Brigade Wide received a call from a stranger at 7.30 o'clock last night to what, said to be a fire in Boughtman-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The damage caused hy the fires at Hankow on Monday is estimated at £5,00,000. Further fires occurred on Thursday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Central Brigade received a call by telephone at 2.15 o'clock, this afternoon to a fire in Mica-street Central. The outbreak was in a four-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two-thirds of Hankow were destroyed by fire. The lowest estimate of the damage is £10,000,000. Four thousand people were rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The South Broken Hill Fire Brigade was called by mine whistles to what threatened to be a disastrous outbreak in Piper-street at 2.30 o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Central Brigade yesterday afternoon, at about 4.30 o'clock, was called to an outbreak of fire amongst some packing cases in the yard of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In connection with yesterday's report of the fire at South Broken Hill, Mr. O'Brien, the occupant of the house in which the outbreak occurred,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday afternoon 60 children of the Central Infant School, in charge of Miss Gilling, paid a visit to the Fire Brigade Station. The little visitors…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One of the most disastrous fires in the history of Goulburn occurred on Saturday in Barber's Buildings, Auburn-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →St. Thomas's Roman Catholic Church and School at Clarement, a Perth sub[?]rb; were destroyed by fire on Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out shortly after hulfpast 9 last night, at 49 York-street, Sydney, a four-storey building, occupied by Partridge and Hodgson, power…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Narrabri correspondent of the "S.M. Herald" on November 10 wired: — Malone and Roughall's open air…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Central Brigade was called by telephone at 7.28 o'clock this morning to a fire in a buggy-shed at the rear of the premises, owned and occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Sunday afternoon a fire, which broke out in the Renmark Co-operative Society's Store, completely destroyed the premises and those adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire destroyed several business houses in Detroit (U.S.A.) to-day. A blizzard was raging at the time, and the firemen were unable to check…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early this morning a fire occurred at W. Morrow's tailor shop. Port Pirie, considerable damage being done. The brigade did good work in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A disastrous fire broke out at 7.15 last evening in A. L. Johnston's furniture store, corner of Main and Jervois streets, Petersburg…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Macky. Logan, and Caldwells five-storey premises, Victoria-street, Auckland (N.Z.), were gutted by fire to-day. Other premises in the same block…
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