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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
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The railway stations are crowded with men journeying to join the colors. The city is intensely excited. Crowds throng the streets singing patriotic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A great fire occurred at Port Adelaide last night. Berry, Hodgson, and Co.'s timber mills being totally destroyed. The timber contained within the mills…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What appeared likely to develop into a serious firo on Sunday, morning was averted by the prompt response and pood work accomplished by the Central…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Westport (Conn.). Friday. The latest deathroll brings the total up to eight, including five women. The cause of the accident was the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire occurred in a wood-and-iron house in Morish-street, South Broken Hill, this afternoon, owned and occupied by Mr. R. Anspach. The outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A powder explosion during a warehouse [?] killed 30 spectators and injured [?] many of whom were women and children. The warehouse is owned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred this morning at Hardy's coach building factory at Pyrmont. The buildings contained many vehicles, and nearly all were consumed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The stationery warehouse and printing establishment of Max Politzky, situated in [?]ent-street, city, near the Gas-Company's premises, was burnt out last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News was received in Brisbane last night from Rockhampton, stating that the big warehouse of Walter Reid and Co. was on fire. The building was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Doctors were summoned, and instantly left for the mine it being anticipated that the men even if rescued alive, would be in a bad way…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A disastrous fire which was nearly responsible for the deaths of two persons occurred at Strathalbyn at 3. o'clock on Sunday morning. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A tremendous mining catastrophe has happened in Tasmania. The North Lyell mine is on fire, and 92 men are entombed below, despite the most heroic efforts to release them. The entire workings of the mine are filled with smoke and fumes, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. H. L. Barkell, who worked in the North Mount, Lyell mine for something like fourteen months as recently as February last, and since then held…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious fire broke out in a block of buildings in George-street, Moonta, on Sunday morning, owned by Mr. W. J. Phillips, and occupied by Hollands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About 5 'o'clock this afternoon a fire occurred in a three-roomed wood-andiron house in Beryl-Street, Railway Town, occupied by Mrs. Clifford. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On inquiry at the hospital this morning, it was ascertained that Mrs. Clifford who received burns about the face and head in the fire at Railway Town…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reuter's Vienna correspondent states that no action either in Montenegro or Servia in Novibazar will induce Austria to interfere…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The prompt action and good work of the South Broken Hill Fire Brigade averted what might have dovoloped into a disastrous fire in Patton-street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The news is confirmed that the Powers are now satisfied that the atmost, efforts must be made to keep the Balkans' conflagration from spreading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A destructive fire occurred yesterday at Pittsworth, near Toowoomba, when a large block of buildings in the main street was burnt to the ground. The…
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