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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
446 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 23
A block of buildings at Dartmouth was destroyed by fire early this morning. Mrs. Maud Callard and her three…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The annual report of the Fire Commissioners was received yesterday. The number of calls in the metropolis was 1092 (a record), and the mileage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What threatened, when first discovered to be a serious outbreak of fire, occurred at South Broken Hill last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Central Fire Brigade was called by telephone to a fire in Cobalt-street at 6.30 o'clock last night. The window curtains became ignited in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The report of the Board of Fire Commissioners on the operations of the department under its control during the year 1911 is (says the "Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The number of calla to fires received by the Broken Hill Fire Brigades for the quarter ended March 31 waa 45. Of that number there were 16 in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A few minutes before 7 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in W. and T. Rhodes's bulk store at the rear of Faulding's Buildings, in King,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Town fire brigade was called a little after 10 o'clock last night to a rubbish fire at the rear of Hammill's store, Ryan-street, Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On arrival of the Sydney mail tram yesterday afternoon, the G.P.O. van was found to be on fire. The outbrek was due apparently to a parcel of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The annual hose teams competitions of the South Mine Fire Corps were held at the South mine yesterday morning. The prizes donated for the teams…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire gutted the premises in Victorian-street, occupied by the Union Steamship Co., as a stores depot, and by the Welsbach Light Co. as a factory…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] fire in Ipswich comenced in a [?] in princes-street and burned for 20 houss. It destroyed a [?] and a jewel[?].The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Ontario, owned by the Merehants' Transoortation Company, is in Hames off the harbor. The paesen[?]rs were reseued by steamers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the principal business blocks in Newcastle last night narrowly escaped devastation by fire. Shortly after 7 o'clock flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some excitement was caused amongst members of the audience at the Star Picture Theatre, in Bourke-street, yesterday, through an outbreak of fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred on Thursday at Dunoon, near Lismore, where a block of buildings was destroyed, including the Bank of New South Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →William M'Lean, third officer of the Wellington fire brigade, was electrocuted while assisting to subdue an outbreak of fire in the city. M'Lean…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Members of the Central fire brigade were this morning busily engaged in "wet" drill. For a couple of hours, permanent men and volunteers, under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →William Reynolds, an old man, was found by Constable Horsefall preparing a bed for himself in a shed at J. Tillett's monumental works in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A serious outbreak of fire occurred at About a quarter to 11 o'clock last night in Crystal-street, between Kaolin and Garnet streets, at a large…
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