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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
455 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 23
The damage caused by the Glasgow fire is now estimated at £200,000. It was due to an accident in repiling the dock. The piles were, saturated with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A length of 360 yards of the quays on the south side and 60, yards of whargfage on the cast side of Kingston Dock, Glasgow, have collapsed as the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire broke out in the engine-room of the Golden Point mine; Eaglehawk, on Sunday night, and spread to a second building, and both were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out at Cloncurry (Queensland) on Saturday night and destroyed the post office, a hotel, and 11 shops…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A small weatherboard building, situated on the Carlingford-road, Carlingford between Epping Station and Parramatta, and used as a church by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire occurred in W. E. Johnson's photographic studio, in George-street last night, but owing to the prompt arrival of the brigade the flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A telegram from Cloncurry in reference to Saturday's fire, states that there was very little water available, and the buildings, which were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suffragettes saturated with petroleum and set fire to a compartment on the Newcastle train. The fire was fortunately discovered between Reading…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A telegram from Paris states that a fire occurred to-day in the Magasins General la Vilete, resulting in damage, principally to foodstuffs, estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out in the grain warehouses and wool stores at Grimsby Docks, and destroyed half an acre of buildings. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →It is estimated that fully half of the old city of Salem, Massachusetts, has been destroyed by the great conflagration which raged on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A destructive fire broke out on Monday in M'Kenzie's tailor shop in Maryland-street. The flames spread on both sides, and in two hours had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The past month has been a slack one for the Fire Brigade, only four calls having been received, one of which proved false. The total calls for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The owners of three houses burned by the suffragettes in County Antrim, Ireland, have been awarded £9700 compensation, to be levied out of the rates…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred at the premises of Mrs. Alice Martin, grocer and storekeeper, Torrensville, yesterday. The fire spread rapidly to the adjoining,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Forest fire are devastating wide stretches of country in the north-east of Russia. The fires have assumed alarming proportions and an enormous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian troops have been mobilised to help combat the forest fires in portions of Russia. A huge expanse of territory around Archangel is a mass…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At 12.45 a.m. to-day a fire broke out at Thurlow's tailoring establishment in Rundle-street, and the shop and stock were considerably damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Roman Catholic Presbytery at Hillston was yesterday destroyed by fire. The Rev. Father, Ginsbach had a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly after midnight a fire, broke out in the lost luggage office at the Central Railway Station. How the blaze originated at present is a…
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