Fire in Bonanza-street
A four-roomed house situated in Bonanza-street, Smith Broken Hill, outside the reticulation area, was destroyed by fire shortly before 11 o'clock…
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Fires & bushfires, 1912
446 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 23
Late Cables. [Reuter's Messages.] Bush Fires at Newfoundland. St. John (Newfoundland)
Bush fires have swept over many villages and destroyed railway and telegraph communication. Fifteen persons are homeless. One thousand square…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Disastrous Fire. Wellington
The Methodist Church at Foxton and 12 shops and a billiard saloon were destroyed by fire yesterday. There being no water and no fire brigade, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Large Fire in Sydney. Batson and Co.'s Printery Gutted. Heavy Loss Sustained. Sydney
One of the largest fires witnessed in the city of late occurred shortly after 9 o'clock last night, when a four storied building occupied by Batson and Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer on Fire. the Cunard Liner Carmania Ablaze. Upper Decks and Saloons Destroyed. [Reuter's Message.] London
A fire broke out on the Cunard steamer Carmania yesterday, and the vessel was docked at Liverpool. It is believed that the fire commenced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire on the Carmania. London
The fire on the Cunard liner Carmania did not damage the hull or the [?]gines, but the upper decks and the [?]oans were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Gables. [Reuter's Messages.] Great Fire in Stamboul. Constantinople
A fire in Stamboul to-day destroyed [?]dreds of houses extending over an [?] of three-quarters of a mile, and including several mosques and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Stamboul Fire. Over 1000 Buildings Destroyed. [Reuter's Message.] Constantinople, Tuesday
One thousand houses, four mosques, and ten schools were destroyed by fire yesterday in Stamboul. Fifteen thousand people are without…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. Disastrous Fire at Coolamon. Sydney
Six Coolamon shops were burned to the ground yesterday morning. The dnniago is estimated at between £30,000 and £40.000. There was no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at South Broken Hill. Pour-roomed House Destroyed
At about lO.3O o'clock lastMiight the mine wbistlne gave the atarm for a-fire in South Broken Hill. The fire Was in a four-roomed wood and iron house,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Kalgoorlie Mine. Miners, Smoked Out. of Lake View Land Star Mine Manager Does Not Anticipate Heavy Loss. Kalgoorlie
A fire was discovered at the Lake View and Star mine yesterday. When the day shift went to work in the morning large volumes of smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire in Canada. Montreal
In the mining town of Cobalt a fire swept through a theatre, bank, hotel, and, [?]n entire business block, which were destroyed. A lamp exploded in an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Kalgoorlie Mine Fire. Fire Not Yet Extinguished. in Lake View Mine. Work Suspended Through Fumes: Adjoining Mines Inconvenienced. Kalgoorlie
Attempts were, made throughout Thursday to extinguish the fire at the Lake View mine, but at 3 p.m. all efforts were abandoned. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill's Fire Service. Comparing Two Brigades. Boys' Remarkable Excuse for Causing Fire
Two boys, aged respectively 10 and 12 years, offered a remarkable excuse when arrested on a charge of having attempted to set fire to the stables…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Hungarian Sensation. Student Fires at M. Curay. and Fatally Wounds Another Minister. [Reuter's Message.] Vienna
M. Curay, Royal Commissioner at Croatia, while motoring with M. Hervoic, Chief of the Education Department at Agram, to-day, narrowly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Kill's Fire Service. Comparing Two Brigades, Boys Remarkable Excuse for Causing Fire
Two boys, aged respectively 10 and 12 years, offered a remarkable excuse when arrested on a charge of having attempted to set fire to the stables…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Fires. Outbreak at R. G. Watkins and Co.'s. Two Offices Gutted. Valuable Machinery Uninjured. Sydney
Last night the fire brigade was advised that the premises situated at 107 Kent-street, City, and occupied by R. G. Watkins and Co., iron and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Kent-street Fire. in Premises of Furniture Polish Manufacturer. Proprietor Sustains Severe Burns. Sydney
During, the progress of the above fire, another outbreak was reported, also in Kent-street, in premises No. 453, occupied by Ernest Howes, a furniture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Town Fire Brigade Quadrille Assembly
The fortnightly dance social in connection with the Railway Town Fire Brigade Quadrille Assembly will take pince in the Burke Ward Hall on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suffered From Religious Mania a Half-caste Fires at Police Sergeant. the Madman Shot Dead. Sydney
A half-caste named Conquit, suffering from religious mania, was wanted by the police, under warrant from Tumut, charged with being of unsound mind…
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