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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
446 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 23
The need for street fire alarms in Broken Hill has long [?]sen felt, and the decision recently arrived at to have them in talled was welcome news. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out on the steamer Indralema while on the way from Melbourne to Sydney. The damage was slight…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further outbreaks of [?] occurred in the Mount Lofty hills yesterday. About 500 sheep were roasted to death at Echunga…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Stawell correspondent of the "Age" wrote on February 1:— The town is enveloped in smoke from bush fires. At Ballgana a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the early hours of this morning a quantity of rubbish at the rear of Hammill's store, at the corner of Gypsum and Ryan streets, Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The S.A. Government has decided, to give £1000 to assist the victims of the recent bush fires which devastated the Hills district…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At a meeting of Cabinet on Thursday the Government decided to contribute £1000 for tile assistance of the sufferer by the bush fires which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred thin morning on the top floor of tlie six-storied building of the "Bulletin"' office. The floor was burnt out. Others…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some sensational accounts have been related in connection with the bush fires in the Hills, near Adelaide, during the currency of the recent heat…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The cause of the fire at the "Bulletin" office is a mystery. The tell tale shows that the night watchman made a tour of inspection…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Barr-Smith, whose open-hearted generosity bus often been made manifest by munificent donations to South Australian institutions and charitable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Central brigade received a call by telephone to a fire at Mr. Oswald Sweet's, the underground manager of the South Extended mine, residence, at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Ethel Wolfe, bound from Geelong to the United Kingdom with a shipment of wheat, put into Fremantle on fire late on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A rapidly devastating fire destroyed the furniture and general woodwards of the factory of J. Drage, First-avenue, Hast Adelaide, yesterday shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Yerranderie correspondent of the "S.M. Herald" stated on February 8:— Excitement was created here on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Town fire brigade received a call to a lire at 10 minutes past one o'clock this morning. The outbreak was in an unoccupied house in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Central brigade received a call to a fire in Bromide-street near Thomas-street, at about a quarter to 12 to-day. The outbreak was in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Contral and Railway Town fire brigades received a call by telephone to a fire at the corner of Thomas and O'Farrell streets. West Broken Hill, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire at 2 o'clock this morning swept away the main portion of the business block of Wee Waa. The residents had a hard fight with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A shipping company's dock and warehouses at Amsterdam were destroyed by fire to-day. The damage is estimated at £83,000…
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