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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
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A fire occurred at the corner of Payneham and Marden roads, Payneham, early this morning which resulted in the destruction of a shop and room…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Driven by a fire in her bunkers to seek assistance in this port, the "tramp" steamer Ilford arrived in Hobson's Bay early this evening and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some hot scalingwa[?] ignited a film at Pathe Freres film store, Soho, and caused a big blaz[?]. The building was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The fire brigade had a busy weekend, having to attend fires on Saturday and Sunday, and early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Central Fire Brigade was called to a fire in Chapple-street, near the Victoria Hotel, at about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The outbreak was in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A serious fire occurred at Kent Town this morning, at an early hour, when R. J. Buttery and Son's furniture factory, at the corner of Rundle and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a meeting of the Bathurst Municipal Council last Wednesday night, the attitude of the fire brigade in refusing to turn out to the fire at the residence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The town of Rosewood, off the main line between Brisbane and Toowoomba, about 40 miles from Brisbane, was devastated by fire early on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some members of the crew of the Clan Grant, now at Port Pirie, had an exciting experience on the voyage out from Liverpool. The Clan Grant,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The value of wireless telegraphy has once more been demonstrated, and what might have been a repetition of the Volturno disaster on a smaller scale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious grass fire occurred in the Cherry Gardens district on Saturday, and for a time threatened to sweep through the hills, but thanks to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A large three-storied boarding house, conducted by Madame Carbaise, known as the "Chateau de Bellevue." at the corner of Brown-street and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two women had a thrilling experience at Darling Point early this morning; they escaped from a burning building by climbing down a sheet,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After a lengthy inquiry into the Portsmouth Dockyard fire, the jury to-day returned a verdict that there was not sufficient evidence to prove the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The new telephone exchange [?] Murray-street, which has been erect[?] for a considerable time, but was unoccupied owing to the incomplete state…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After a lengthy inquiry into the Portsmouth Dockyard fire, the jury to-day returned a verdict that there was not sufficient evidence to prove the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fusing of an electric wire on the first floor of the Sunshine Harvester Company's building in George-street yesterday is supposed to be responsible…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The destructive fire in the Canada Building, George-street, on December 17, needed an enormous amount of water to cone with it, and a report…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A paper store connected with Messrs. Robert Sands and Co.'s paper mill at Lane Cove was completely destroyed by fire yesterday. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chief-officer Sparkes, of the Sydney Metropolitan Fire Brigade, made a staternent on Tuesday regarding the allegations of apathy which have…
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