Broken Hill Fire Service. Calls for Eight Months
It is worthy of note that only four false alarms have been recorded by the three fire stations connected with Broken Hill's fire service for the eight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1912
446 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 16 of 23
Five Girls Burnt to Death. London Factory Fire. Trapped in a Burning Building
The fire in a London celluloid factory last month has already been brie[?] reported in the cable messages in "The Miner." The following additional…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Combating Fires. Warning to Householders. Fire Commissioners' Regulations
So far as Broken Hill is concerned, the general public in the past has not taken sufficient precaution to obviate the possibility of fire. Particularly has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Balkans Blaze. Bulgaria and War. [Reuter's Message.] Sofia
The war clamor is being continued. The Government oppose war, believing that if successful, it would play into the hands of Servia who would share in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Advice on Fire Prevention. the Wisdom of Preparation
It iS much easier to stop a fire before it starts than aftenwards. The next easiest thine to prevention is to put the fire out directly it starts—to drown…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fire Fiend. Sweeps American Town. Sensational Scenes, [Reuter's Message] Butte (Montana)
A disastrous fire completely wiped out the business district of the city. A special train summoned from Anaconda was derailed while rushing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Fire Damp. Catastrophe in French Mine. [Reuter's Message.] Paris
A, fire-damp explosion occurred yesterday at the Clarence mine at Bethune. Thirty-three miners were res[?] of whom 23 were seriously burned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Pier on Fire. Half a Million Damage. Some Exciting Rescues. [Reuter's Message.] Los Angeles
A buge conflagration, starting from a defective flue in a cafe on a pleasure pier, destroyed the chief buildings of Ocean Park and "Venice." The loss…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest About the Pleasure Resort Fire. Los Angeles
When the fire at Ocean Park was extinguished 12 persons were discovered to be missing. It is believed that they have lost their lives. The family of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Thomas-line
About 8 o'clock last night a fire occurred in a four-roomed wood and iron house in Thomas-lane, in the vicinity of the West End Brewery. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Chicago Fire. Chicago
Forty girls were compelled to leap from the second storey of the Kraus building. A panic prevailed, men trampling upon women, and the atmost…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Surry Hills Fire. Sydney
A fire occurred shortly before midnight at promises occupied by the United Carriage Works, in Collinsstreet, Surry Hills. The building was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Shot in Anger. Man Fires on His Mate. Gawler
Dr. Stokes advised the police early on Sunday morning that a man was lying injured from gunshot wounds, at the house of Mrs. Wasley, Gawler…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rubbish Fire at Rear of Messrs, Davies Bros. Motor Premises
The Central Fire Brigade received, a call to a rubbish fire at the rear, of Messrs. Davies Bros.' motor works in Blende-street at about 3 o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at a Shoe Factory. Melbourne
A fire occurred yesterday at the Marshall Shee Factory at Richmond. The outbreak was confined to the stuff room. Though the damage was not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Under Fire! Kangaroo Island Squatter's Experience. Adelaide
Mr. O. H. Thomas, of Point Morrison, Kangaroo Island, sends an account of an exciting experience. An Australian gunboat set up a target about a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Engulphed in Fire. Workmen's Fecarful Death. [Reuter's Message.] London
While a quantity of moulten slag was being emptied at the Dowlais (Welsh) steel works at Merythy-Tydvil three workmen were accidentally…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Crystal-street
Some rubbish, burning in a tank was considered to be the cause of a fire which originated among a quantity of building timber in Crystal-street this…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at a Cordial Factory. Place Partially Destroyed
Mr. C. Berkholz's cordial factory in Crystal-street was the scene of another outbreak of fire shortly before 10 o'clock last-night, When the mine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Timber on Fire
Some sleepers owned by the Government Tramways, which have been stacked on the route of the tramway line extension to the South Broken Hill…
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