A Grass Fire
As the Manchester Unity picnic train was approaching, on the return journey yesterday, the Block 14 Dam, a grass fire could be seen blazing just…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
239 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 12
Fires on Farm Lands. Aeson Alleged in VICTORIA
During the referendum campnign strong feeling was aroused between the rival parties in the Rushworth district, on the north-eastern line, and it is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Total of 69 Fire Calls. Including 12 False Alarms
During the month of December the Broken Hill Fire Brigades responded to 9 calls, 7 of which were for fires and 2 false alarms…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grass Fire Starts in Sparrow's Nest
A Castlemaine telegram in the Melbourne "Argus" states:— A few acres of grass at Campbell's Creek was destroyed by fire on Friday. The fire…
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One of the wheat stacks at Solomontown, Port Pirie, caught on fire on Wednesday afternoon, the cause, it is believed, being a spark from an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wallaroo Town Hail Fire. Verdict of Incendiarism. Adelaide
The inquest on the fire which destroyed the Wallaroo Town Hall resulted in a verdict that, the place was set on fire by some person or persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer on Fire. Somewhere in the Pacific. (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver
San Francisco reports that "S.O.S." wireless calls were received to-night from the steamship Shinyo Maru from somewhere in the Pacific. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spanish Palace on Fire. Building Destroyed.. Adjacent Houses in Flames. Immense Losses. (Reuter's Message.) London
Reuter's Madrid correspondent telegraphs that the Royal Palace at La Granja is on fire. Later…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fire Call
This afternoon at about 5.45 o'clock the Central Fire Brigade was called to a fire in the yard of premises occupied by Kay and Co.(tobacconists) and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in Adelaide. Town and Country Stores Ablaze. Adelaide
A destructive fire occurred IN Rundle-street at an early hour tins morning. The outbreak was in the rear portion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer on Fire. Somewhere in the Pacific. (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver
San Francisco reported that "S.O.S." wireless calls were received to-night from the steamship Shihyo Maru from somewhere in the Pacific. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japanese Steamer on Fire. United States Warship Standing By. (Reuters Message.) Vancouver
A United States warship is standing by the Japanese steamer Shinyo Maru, from which "S.O.S." wireless calls had been collected, statins that she was on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grass Fire in the Ranges. Adelaide
A big fire occurred in the ranges near Glen Osmond yesterday. Thousands of acres of grass were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fire in Adelaide Hills. Glen Osmond Threatened
In the Adelaide bills, as elsewhere in the State, there wag a prolific growth of grass during the past season, and with grabing land lightly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass and Bush Fires. the Latest Details
Further details of the grass and bush fires on the Durling River holdings have been obtained, showing that two great fires have been raging.One…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Grass and Bush Fires. Raging on Darling River Holdings. Extensive Tracts of Country Ablaze. Station Staffs Fighting the Flames
Grass and bush fires have been raging since Friday last on the stations and homestead leases along both sides of the Darling River, between…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Crass and Bush Fires. Blaze Near Kapunda
The Kepunda correspondent of the "Register" reports:— The most disastrous fire which has occurred in this district for years broke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Caused by Lightning
A Melbourne telegram in "The Register" states:—A destructive [?] fire occurred at Rupanyup North at 10 o'clock on Wednesday night. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Woman Burnt. Clothing Ignites at a Fire
It is reported that while attending to a fire in a house in Wolfram-street, off Bromide streefc,, at about 8 o'clock this' morning, a young woman named…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Salonikma Fire. Inadequate Efforts to Extinguish. Much Petty Looting
Mr. Gerald Cumberland writes in the Manchester "Guardian" as follows:— "When the fire that destroyed Salonika broke out I was staying at a…
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