A Chinaman Shot. by an Aboriginal. His Hut Set on Fire. Perth
A Chinaman named Yet Boo was proceeding to his hut at Kedenup last week, and when nearing his door he was, it is alleged, shot by an aboriginal…
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Fires & bushfires, 1913
377 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 19
The Suffragettes. More Outrages, Fires, Etc. [Reuter's Message.] London
Wholesale pillarbox outrages have occurred in Glasgow to-day. Phials of block and red liquids were enclosed in packages addressed to "Asquith and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Arson. Fires in Hotel Rooms
A sensation was caused in the Whitfield district yesterday, when a wellknown resident, Henry Herbert Smith, a baker, was arrested and charged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire in Beryl-street. Family' S Narrow Escape
In the early hours of this morning a fire, broke out in a house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Brown, in Bery[?]-street, near Oxide-street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saturday Night Fires. Fire Brigade Has a Busy Time. Three Calls Within an Hour. Two Houses Destroyed
The immunity from serious fires which Broken Hill has experienced during the past three weeks or so was broken on Saturday night shortly after 8 o'clock,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prison Set on Fire. Sensational Scenes. [Reuter's Message.] Kansas
A sensational occurrence as reported from Lansing, in Kansas. Rebellious convicts set fire to the [?]son buildings, seeking an attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →House Burnt Down. Early Morning Fire in Chloride-street
A call of fire was received, at 3.20 this morning at the Central Fire Station to attend an outbreak in Chloridestreet…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prison Set on Fire. Sensational Scenes. [Reuter's Message.] Kansas
A sensational occurrence as reported from Lansing, in Kansas. Rebellious convicts set fire to the prison buildings, seeking an attempt to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Awards. Ferry Men and Fire Brigade Men Benefit. Sydney
Awards have been issued granting improved conditions to the ferry, and railway employees recently on strike. Mr. Justice Heydon, in dismirsing an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire-spitting Aircraft. Their Possibilities in War Times. [Reuter's Message.] London
Lord Charles Beresford declares that the real danger from aircrafts in war time is not in bombs, but in petrol cylinders firing arsonals, dockyards,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Improving the Fire Service. Melbourne
The Fire Brigade Board has decided to spend £20,000 on further buildings and a more up-to-date plant at Eastern Hill. Chief Officer Lee is also to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mails on Fire. Outbreak in Mailroom of Steamer. Sydney
News has been received that a fire occurred in the mail-room of the steamer Matunga at Port Moresby yesterday, and that the mails were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition a Hotel Fire. Seven People Burned. [Renter's Message.] New York
A fire last night destroyed a hotel at Malone City. Seven of the inmates were burnt to death. One woman escaped by jumping on to a pile of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Argent-street. Big Blaze Narrowly Averted
About a quarter past 10 o'clock this morning the Central Fire Station received a telephone call, to a fire at the premises of Mr. Philip Griff's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Empire Gardens
At 11.40 on Saturday night the Central Fire Station received a call by telephone to a fire at the Empire Gardens. The double reel was soon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Fire. Costume Place Suffers. Sydney
A fire occurred early this morning at the premises of the Buttonhole Costume Company at the corner of George and Bathurst streets. The damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New South Wales. a Church Destroyed by Fire. Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church at Goulburn was gutted by fire this morning, together with its highly valuable contents. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken Hill Fires
The Broken Hill Fire Brigade received seven calls during last month. Of that number four were of a serious character, resulting in the destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Forest Fires. Berlin
Forest fites are raging in Hanover. Already 10,000 acres have been swept. Troops have been called out to extinguish the flames and save further…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Extensive Wool-shed Fire. London
The Midland Company's wool shed at Bradford, became abinze last night in two places widely apart. Nineteen laden waggons were burned with the…
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