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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
377 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 19
The fire which threatened the township of Waterloo, six miles from Beaufort, was the [?] experienced in the district for many years. It resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Minister for Mines has received telegrams from the warden nt Cloncurry and Inspector Young stating that a fire broke out in the stopes of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At Lake Colac, on Tuesday, night, Mrs. Arclier, aged 78 years, and her daughter Mrs. Peterson, aged 38, and the latter's infant child aged 14…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The bush fires around Melbourne, during the recent burst of heat, when the thermometer went up to 107 degrees in the city, were worse than the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In the Ballarat district there were great bush fires at Ercildoune and Cardigan, while areas in the neighborthoods. of Wanbra and Burrumbeet were also…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Further reports of the bush fires in Victoria show that the damage has spread far and wide. Sixteen railes of country in the Foster district were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A shocking burning fatality resulting in the loss of three lives occurred at Lake Bolac about midnight last Tuesday, when a four-roomed weatherboard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The workhouse at Tregaron was burnt last night. Four hundred inmates, who were asleep at the time, escaped. Several officials were injured. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush fires are becoming widespread in the Dannevirke district, which is smoke enveloped. A gale has fanned the flames afresh, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The central fire brigade experienced a busy time on Saturday night last, when two calls were made on the services of the firelighters in as many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Town Fire Brigade was called by telephone at about 9.30 o'clock last night to an outbreak of fire in Beryl-street, off Nicholls-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In a fire which occurred in the early hours in Copenhagn-sreet, Caledonianroad. London (reports "Lloyd's News") four people (all members of one family)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In a fire which occurred in the early hours in Copenhagen-street, Caledonianroad, London (reports "Lloyd's News"), four people (all members of one family)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A great fire in the Japanese capital yesterday destroyed 3300 buildings, and 15,000 persons have been rendered homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Want had all the elements of a big blaze was discovered at Mr. J. Loft's woodyard in Cobalt-street at about 8 o'clock this morning. A call was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A disastrous fire broke out early this morning at the premises occupied by Hodgson and Smith general storekeepers, in Lackey-street, Summer Hill. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Central Fire Brigade received a call at five minutes to 8 o'clock last night to North Broken Hill. The double reel, in charge of District Officer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The damage done at Hodgson, Smith, and Co.'s. fire at Summer Hill, is estimated between £15,000 and £20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The first instalment of telephone fire alarms for use in the city in case of on outbreak of fire has been delivered at the Central Fire Station. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A destructive fire occurred in Mainstreet, Temora, shortly after 5 o'clock last Sunday morning. It originated in Fullarton Brothers' grocery store,…
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