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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
455 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 23
A message from Halifax, Nova Scotia, states that a steamer, which has not yet been identified, is reported to be on fire 300 miles south of Cape Race…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire last, night at Port Hariri (Napier) destroyed the New Zealand Shipping Company's new store, also Williams and Kettles No. 2 store. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A disastrous fire broke out yesterday in the business portion of Byron-street, Inverell, and before it was finally got under it did damage to the extent of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A destructive fire broke out in Government House this morning, during the progress of which there were many exciting scenes before the flames finally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out in a boarding-house in Canterbury-place, Wellington, on Saturday night, and spread with great rapidity. Exciting scenes were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An alarming fire broke out to-night in the Press Club building in Fleetstreet. The fire broke out in the club room…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires broke out in five different places in Warracknabeal last night. One vacant house, the property of Dr. M'Donald, was burnt down. In the other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Flowers visited Broken Hill yesterday in another capacity besides that of Minister of the Public Health Department. He is also president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News reached Sydney yesterday that the Norwegian barque Svenon, bound from Fremantle to Newcastle, had been destroyed by fire off the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mayor (Alderman Driscoll), on behalf of the City Council and the public of Broken Hill, extended a hearty welcome to the Minister, at the same…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News reached Sydney yesterday that the Norwegian barque Svenon, bound from Fremantle to Newcastle, had been destroyed by fire off the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The central fire brigade received a call to a fire, the first for the past five weeks, at 7.55, o'clock last night. The outbreak was in a three-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Almost overcome by the heat and smoke, Miss. Edith Colo and Miss Dorothy Howe awakened the other inmates of a burning shop in Oxford-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fortieth fire since March 23, occurred to-day, and destroyed 16,000 bales of cotton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Residents of Warracknabeal and members of the local fire brigade passed through a trying time between 9 o'clock last night and 6 o'clock this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The hearing of a charge against Mrs. lda Winitred Hill, of having set fire to the house of Mrs. Oates, in Annstreet, at Stawell, Victoria, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred at Mr. T. J. Baker's farm, Yongala, this morning. It was first noticed by Mr. Baker's son, whose attention was attracted by the glare…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Deports from St. John, in New Brunswick province, state that forest fires are threatening the villages along the Canadian Pacific Railway route…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire broke out in Rawson-street this morning, and three shops and a dwelling house were gutted. The damage is estimated at £3000…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The local fire brigade experienced a very quiet month as for as calls to fires were concerned. Only on one occasion for the four weeks were their services…
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