A Steamer on Fire. Fire Extinguished at the Semaphore. Adelaide
The steamer River Prince arrived at the Semaphore yesterday afternoon. The fire on the steamer started when she was 48 hours out from Fremantle,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1919
362 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 19
Steamer on Fire. Approaching the Semaphore. Adelaide
A wireless message has been received in Adelaide that, the steel steamer Fraser River, coming to Australia for a load of wheat, is approaching the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Melbourne Fire. Chocolate Factory Destroyed. Motor Car Works Damaged. Melbourne
Hoadley's chocolate factory in St. Kilda-road, South Melbourne, was totally destroyed by fire this morning. The flames spread so rapidly that in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Ship on Fire. and Attacked by Submarine. Finishes Up in Quarantine. at Melbourne
How the large Federal Shire liner Ayrshire, with a tire turning stubbornly in No. 3 held, ma[?]e a desperate dash for safety on the American coast a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on a Steamer. Not Yet Extinguished. Adelaide
Huddart Parker, and Co.'s tug Eagle, which is equipped with a powerful pump was engaged yesterday (Friday) to flood the bunkers of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire on a Steamer. Not Yet Extinguished. Adelaide
Huddart. Parker, and Co.'s tug Eagle, which is equipped with a powerful pump, wag engaged yesterday (Friday) to flood the bunkers of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Russia. Bolsheviks Occupy Mitau. Germans Set Fire to the City. (Reuter's Message.) London
The Bolsheviks have occupied Mitau the Germans abandoning immense quantities of material and starting a fire which consumed the centre of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Railway Town
The fire brigads received a call today to a six-roomed wood-and-iron house at 150 B[?]ryl-street, Railway Town, owned by W. Hannett and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Coal Heap. Sydney
A fire had been burning for five days on one of the reserve heaps of coal at the Australian Gas Light Co,'s works at Mortlake, probably due to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at North Broken Hill
At 11.35 o'clock last night the Central Fire Brigade was called to a fire in a two-roomed wood-and-iron house, situated at 73 Warren-street, North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Ush and Grass Fires. Great Damage Reported. Sydney
Dest[?]ive [?]ush and grass ares are still raging in the various parts of the country. Many miles of fencing, and thousands of acres of grass have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales. Stack of Wheat Destroyed by Fire. Sydney
Twenty thousands bags of wheat stacked at a railway goods station at Mount Victoria, in the Blue Mountains, caught alight yesterday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Wheat Stack on Fire. Damage Not Extensive. Port Pirie
One of the Solomontown wheat stacks is on fire. The Stack which is burning is close to the new sterilising plant sheds. Later in the day it was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Picture Film on Fire
The Crystal Brook correspondent of the Port Pirie Recorder" reports:— "A" sensational incident occurred during the screening of the Olympian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Wheat Stack on Fire. Damage Not Extensive. port pirie
One of the Solomontown wheat stacks is on fire. the stack which is burning is close to the new sterilising plant sheds. Later in the day it was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Extensive Bush Fires. Adelaide
Extensive bush fires devastated the pastoral country in the Burra district on Friday and Saturday. Many haystacks, sheds, and fences were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Oxide-street. B.b.b. Building Damaged
At about 1.30 o'clock this afternoon an alarm of fire was received through the street fire alarm at the corner of Oxide and Mica street, and the motor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Greek Fire
The Pistol gelding Greek Fire fell in the Hurdle Race at Randwick on Saturday, and was so badly injured that he was destroyed. Greek Fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grass Fire at Victoria Park. Fire Brigade Summoned. Adelaide
A diversion was caused at the Victoria Park races on Monday by a grass fire which started during the interval between the Turretfield Stakes and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Burra District. Enters Township
On Friday one of the worst fires known in the Burra district started on Mr. J. O'Dea's farm, about 16 miles from Burra (says the "Daily Herald")…
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