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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
356 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 18
There has been much rioting in the Douro Province (Northern Portugal), owing to the clause in the treaty of commerce between England and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ballarat Agricultural High School has been completely destroyed by fire. It is said to be the most destructive fire in the history of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Semi-official: While a column of wounded was leaving the battlefield on the Isonzo to reach the motor ambulances, an Austrian aeroplane…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A mysterious fire occurred in the D[?]fferin Dock. Belfast, yesterday afternoon and destroyed 5000 bags of flour, part of Canada's gift to the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reuter's Dardanelles correspondent telegraphs that airmen the other day reported the arrival on Gallipoli of large Turkish reinforcements, leading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Refugees from Constantinople, who have arrived at Athens, state that in the Turkish capital last week a fire destroyed 3000 buildings, including a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On August 4, 1914, just a year ago by date. Great Britain declared war on Germany for breaking the treaty with, and violating the neutrality of,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The South Broken Hill fire curricle turned out last night to a fire in a three-roomed wood-and-iron house in Morrish-street, off Whittaker-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An official communigue says:- "The enemy, supported by heavy artillery, twice attacked us in the Plava section, but was repulsed, our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Danish schooner was set on fire by the Germans in the North Sea. The crew was picked up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further details have been received of the fire at Euriowie on the night of August 6, as the result of which the Royal Mail Hotel (licensee, Mr. Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Some pepper trees which were being burned on the premises of Mr. J. C. Goodhart, in Morgan-street, at about 1 o'clock this afternoon, notice of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fire bridage received a call at 4.10 o'clock this morning from the alarm box at the corner of Mica and Oxide-streets. On responding, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A four-roomed wood-and-iron house, owned by Mr. F. B. White, licensee of the Tailem Bend Hotel, and occupied by Mr. M'Mahon, was, with its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The South Broken Hill fire curricle turned out, in response to a call from the alarm in Central-street, this afternoon. The fire was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Central Fire Station turned out to two calls last night. The first was received at 9.15 o'clock, and was to a rubbish fire on premises at the corner…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Olympia At[?]letic Club a huge building at Newtown, a near suburb of Sydney, was this morning destroyed by fire. The outb[?]eak is regarded as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A small fire was discovered in the drill hall at the side of the Olympia Stadium Newtown, at eight o'clock this morning Twenty minutes later the big boxing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Admiralty announces:— "Lieutenant-commander Layton reports that when the E13 grounded at Saltholm all made efforts to refloat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Saturday morning when the charwoman visited the Stawell State School she found that a hole, some inches in diameter, had been burnt…
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