Fire in Williams Lane
The fire brigade last night responded to a call received at about 9.45 p.m., to an outbreak in a five-roomed wood and iron houss in Williams-lane, off…
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Fires & bushfires, 1915
356 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 18
Australians Under Fire. on the Suez Canal. Praise From General Maxwell. Melbourne
The Minister for Defence announces that he has received the following cable from General Sir John Maxwell from Cairo:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Items. Fighting for Us. Experiences Under Fire
Thousands of men are fighting and hundreds are dying in France and Flanders that we may retain our liberty under the Union Jack (says the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at South Broken Hill. Four-roomed House Destroyed
The fire brigade received a call from the British mine alarm at 11.40. o'clock last night, and the mine hooters sounded for some time. The South station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Egypt. Arabs Attack Toussoun. Defending Sikhs Withhold Their Fire. Then Completely Rout the Enemy. Cairo
It is understood that an Arab regiment attacked Toussoun. A Sikh (Indian) regiment withheld its fire, and allowed the enemy to come to close…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stable on Fire
An outbreak of fire in a stable in Kaolin-street at a little before 10 o'clock last night was the canse of a call to the Central Fire Station. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Adelaide Fire. Adelaide
On Sunday night Constable Long, while on duty near the Supreme Court, noticed, smoke issuing from the furniture warehouse of N. Solomon, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at South Broken Hill Four-roomed House Destroyed
The fire brigade received a call from the British mine alarm at 11.40 o'clock last night, and the mine hooters sounded for some time. The South station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boys Before the Court. Alleged Damage to Fire Alarm
In the Police Court this afternoon, before Mr. C. F. Butler, S.M., five boys, all in knickerbockers, were charged with having, on January 20,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Queensland Fire. Outbreak at Longreach. Seventeen Business Places Destroyed. Other Buildings Damaged. Brisbane
The Deputy Postmaster-General has received the following message from Longreach:— "A disastrous fire occurred on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hotel Destroyed by Fire
Information was received at Ballarat on Thursday (says the "Argus") that a destructive fire had taken place at Beech Forest early on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Scarborough Raid. School Girls Under Fire
One of the mistresses of a school at Scarborough (Eng.) gives the following account of the plucky way in which her pupils behaved under shell fire:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Outside Fire
Mr. C. A. Ring, of Adelaide, arrived in Broken, Hill yesterday morning to adjust a couple of recent fires. One was that of Merris' house, South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Small Fires. in Mica-street and Central Reserve
A little after last midnight the fire brigade was called out to a fire in a two-roomed wood and iron house in Mica-street, off Oxide-street. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Sydney Fire. a Fireman Injured
A fire in George-street, Sydney, on Sunday last caused a deal of damage to the premises of the London Tailoring Company and the various…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Sydney C.P.O. Thousand Telephone Lines Damaged. Sydney
An outbreak of fire at the Sydney G.P.O. last night damaged 1000 or more telephone lines, catising numberous subscribers to be cut off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Official Communique. the Repulse of the Germans. Terrible Russian Machine Gun Fire. "Heaving Masses of Humanity." Paris
An official communique states:— "The repulse of the German attacks in Poland seems complete. "The Russians have inflicted losses…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australian Bush Fires. Do Considerable Damage. Homesteads Suffer. Adelaide
Several large bushfires have been raging duringd the past few days. Owing to the drought many residente thought that the undergrowth was too scanty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at the Sydney G.p.o. Telephones Affected
A fire broke out in the basement of the General Post Office shortly before 7 o'clock on Thursday night (as wired to "The Miner"). It originated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. the Bush Fires. Adelaide
Several of the large bush fires that have been raging in the Mount Lofty hills during the past few days, have burned themselves out but not before…
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