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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
356 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 18
A member of the crew of one of the British light cruisers states that when the engagement in the North Sea commenced the eight cruisers of the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further details are to hand of the fire (news of which was briefly telegraphed to "The Miner" on Thursday), which occurred at the surface…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Central Fire Brigade Station received a call through the British mine fire alarm at 8.50 o'clock last night, and at the same time the South Broken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At last night's meeting of the City Council a [?]etter from the secretary of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales was received,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fighting in the La Bassee region continues in the Allies' favor. A vigorous German attack at Bethune, carried out in massed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out in David-street, Port Pirie, early yesterday morning, and three shops, occupied by George B. Johnston, were almost completely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire which broke out on the Mount Lofty Park property of Mr. T. H. Backhouse, destroyed a lot of timber which the South Broken Hill, Mining…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Brigade has responded to 13 calls since the beginning of 1915. Three of the calls were false alarms, and the remaining 10 were to fires…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A few minutes before 8 o'clock last night a fire occurred in the operatingbox at Messrs. Dix and Baker's picture show, Methodist Mission Hall,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In response to a telephone call, received a few minutes before 2 o'clock this afternoon, the double fire reel went to a fire in a three-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Brigade has responded to 13 calls since the beginning of 1915. Three of the calls were false alarms, and the remaining 10 were to fires…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In response to a telephone call, received a few minutes before 2 o'clock this afternoon, the double fire reel went to a fire in a three-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An unconfirmed report was received in London last night that, under cover of the darkness, five airships, presumably Germans, had appeared off the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The hose cart from Railway Town station and the double reel from the Central Fire Brigade station attended a call received at 9.10 o'clock last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grave suspicion attaches to two outbreaks of fire which have been discovered in suburban pillar-boxes during the week-end (says Monday's Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"I saw a good deal of the Indian troops out there," said a bombardier who has lately returned from the front. "The Pathans and the Sikhs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday morning a fire occurred in a boarding house in Raglan-street, Mosman, controlled by Mrs. Coghill. The boarders sleeping upstairs were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fire on the steamer Nairnshire, which occurred off Havre, has been extinguished. No. 4 lower hold was flooded, and between decks was also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An outbreak of fire at the British-Australian Oil Company's works at Hamilton (Victoria) dad damage to the extent of considerably over £1000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. T. Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, has received a cable message, stating that the New Zealand infantry while under fire at…
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