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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
151 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 8
The mill building of the Adelaide qoarries at Sleeps Hill, containing the largest stone crushing plant in south Australia, was destroyed by fire early…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire occurred on the premises in Ellen-street, occupied by Pimlott, Ltd. furniture makers, at half-past six last evening, and in an hour had swept…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out on the top of the Australian Picture Palace building at the corner of Oxford-street and Wentworth-avenue yesterday afternoon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At 9.35 o'clock on Saturday night a fire occurred at the home of Mr. W. C. Shoobridge, situated at 196 Pell-street causing slight damage to a cupboard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Believing that everyone was trying to murder him, a man at Dubbo armed himself with a pea rifle and cartridges, and taking up a position near the main…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Paton and his party, who have been surveying a track route from Lake St. Clair to Gormanston, and whose failure to reach Gormanston…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Information received from Munica states that the Premer has informed Parliament that 1700 revolutionary sai-ors at Nuremburg fired…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire broke out on Saturday in the No. 2 level of the C.S.A. copper mine at Cobar. The oregon timber burnt fiercely, and all attempts to approach…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Norman Collings, who was badly burned on the back and hands during the fire consequent upon the explosion of methylated spirits in a restaurant in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious affair occurred in Dublin when a crowd followed troops as they were leaving a theatre in the city. There was a collision near Portobello…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The death occurred in the Adelaide Hospital last night of Ernest Green, the sixth Victim of the fire in King William-street on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires on the American mail trains on January 3 and 9 damaged some tons of mails for Australia, by the Sonoma and Moana…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At 9.10 o'clock this morning the Railway Town and South fire brigades turned out to a fire which occured at the home of Mr. Joseph Hendry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extensive bush fires are raging on the Monuty Lofty Hills near Norton's Summit, princ-pally among the scrub…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →During the month of March the fire brigades were called out on four [?][?]ions, there being two fires and two false alarms. For the three [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the month of March the fire brigades were called out on four ocasions, there being two fires and two false alarms. For the three months…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire broke out at the River Murray Milling Company's large new mill, which was opened on September 30 last. The outbreak was first observed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The No. 2 State sawmill at Big Brook, was entirely destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The damage is believed to be between £30,000 and £40,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The enginedriver, the fireman, and the guard of a goods train had a startling experience owing to an outbreak of fire amongst several trucks attached…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The superintendent of the Broken Hill South Company's timber department at Forest Range (says the "Advertiser") reports that at 5 a.m. on…
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