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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
326 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 17
German aeroplanes on the North Russian front dropped messages thanking the Russians for fraternising, and thus enabling the Germans to transfer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Navy Office announced on Wednesday (says "The Age"') that the Union Steamship Company's Waitotara caught fire at sea, and had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A French official communique states: "There is a violent interchange of artillery fire in progress in the sector of Foyers and Froidmont farms and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At about 2.30 o'clock this afternoon the Central Fire Brigade received a call to extinguish some burning dry pepper tree branches at the residence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a later report Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig states:— "Our artillery this morning prevented the development of a counter-attack…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An official French communique states:— "The artillery duel continues to be fairly lively in the region of Laffaux…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three new motor fire re[?]ls have been built for the Port Adelaide, Unley, and Norwood fire stations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Wellington (N.Z.) message to "The Advertiser" states that the head office of the Union Steamship Company is advised that the steamers which have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Elder Dempster Co.'s steamship Addah has been sunk by a German submarine without warning. The date of the sinking of the vessel was June…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During last week the Broken Hill Fire Brifiade was called out to attend two fires. For the month of June, there were seven fire calls, and one false…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six hundred inhabitants of Mons, whose names are given, have been working compulsorily in the Germen trenches between Vitry and Douai…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortly before 9.30 o'clock last night the Railway Town Fire Brigade received a call to attend an outbreak of fire which had occurred in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The St. Louis Federal authorities hare commenced an investigation to ascertain whether the race [?]iots were fomented by pro-Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon, the Central Fire Brigade received a call to a fire in a four-roomed wood and iron house in Crystal-lane, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Adedaide Criminal Court on Tuesday, before the Chief Justice, George P. G. Duthie (14½) and Frederick W. Dobbie (18½) admitted that they…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shortly after 3 o'clock on Wednesday, the Central Fire Brigade received a call td a fire in a four-roomed wood and iron house in Crystal-lane, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The firm alarm whistles blew between 11 and 12 o'clock this morning, and the fire brigade turned out. On reaching the scene of the supposed fire, it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last night's potato rioting was most serious in the vegetable market area. The mob pilleged the shops, and the police charged them with their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two men who were connected with the Kilkenny Volunteer Fire Brigade during the period when a large number of fires occurred in that district have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There was a sensational development on Friday in connection with the fires in the Kilkenny district, two men who were connected with the Kilkeny…
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