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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
288 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 15
Winns', Ltd., drapery block, 18-28 Oxford-street, together with the stock, was destroyed by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at about…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Particulars as to the amount for which the business premises of Winns', limited, in Oxford-street, which were destroyed by fire yesterday, were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Particulars as to the amount for which the business premises of Winna' Limited, in Oxford-street, which were destroyed by fire yesterday, were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Sydney telegram to Adelaide says that the Sydney police believe that certain fires in large city premises recently are the work of an incendiary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A German communique reports:- "A great Anglo-French offensive commenced along a 25 miles front, after strong artillery and gas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"At about 1.15 o'clock on Sunday morning" (writes a correspondent to "The Miner"), "the residents of Jamestown were awakened by the sound of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At five minutes after last midnight, the South Broken Hill Fire Brigade received a call from Sergeant Manus to an outbreak of fire in Bonanza-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Russian coimmunique says:- "During the fighting on the right bank of the Daaster the Germans defending a village received their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ashcroft, a mining and ranching town, 200 miles east of Vancouver, has been burned out. The loss is estimated at £500,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Field-marshal Viscount French reports:- "At 10.30 o'clock last night a German submarine appeared off the small…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reuter's correspondent at Athens states that the forest of Tatoi, north of Athens, has been burning for several hours. The flames spread to the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The London "Daily Mail's Balkan correspondent reports that during the fire at the Royal Chateau at Tatoi Prince Alexander rushed into the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Athens correspondent of the "Giornal d'Italia" says that King Constantine was injured in the eyes and face and on one leg in attempting to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Russian communique says: "The retreating Turks in Armenia set fire to the town of Haiburt."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →just after 7 o'clock last night the fire brigade was called by telephone to an outbreak of fire in a two-roomed wood-and-iron dwelling in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A serions fire which broke out yesterday in the heart of the business centre of New Plymouth caused damage that exceeds £20,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire was discovered in a house occupied by George Smallacombe, Dulwich, on Saturday night. During the absence of the occupier…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire was discovered in the confectionery works of James Stedman and Co., Clarence-street, Sydney, early this morning. A short while after the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The firemen were busy all yesterday inside the smouldering ruins of Stedman's factory preventing any further outbreak. The damage will probably…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A mail coach travelling between Glen Innes and Inverell caught fire yesterday. Seven bags of mail were damaged…
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