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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
267 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 14
A fire occurred to-night, which at one stage threatened the main Tokio railway station and many of the most prominent buildings in the heart of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A great fire is raging to-night at Hartlepool, County of Durham, England. It started in a big timber store. A gale fanned the flames which soon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The are at Hartlepool (Eng.), which started in a big timber store last night, continued to rage this morning. At present it threatens to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The fire at Hartlepool is now under control as a consequence of the exertions of 28 fire brigades. The flames at one time extended for one mile…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires which have been burning to the south-east of Wagga are the most disastrous in the district for 20 years. Farm after farm has been invaded by the fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hartlepool fire has been extinguished. In addition to the extensive destruction of timber yards 166 tenements were damaged and a large…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr B. J. Doe, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Premier's Department, in regard to above:— "With reference to the questions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Fitzroy Court on Thursday Henry White, a storeman, was charged with having on January 2 maliciously set fire to a dwelling (reports the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An explosion, followed by a fire, occurred in a cafe in Swanston-street, Melbourne, early this morning. The building was practically destroyed. A…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire-roomed wood-and-iron house, situated at 155 Pell-lane and owned and occupied by John David Cox, was, together with the contents, destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A new switchboard is being installed at the Central Fire Station the appliances having just arrived from Sydney. District Fire Officer R. W. Smith says…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A big bush fire is burning in the Iron Knob district. Mr. Robert Schenk is believed to have been caught in the flames and killed. Over 50…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Mount Bryan East on January ll lightning struck a tree north of the mount, and set fire to the grass (reports the "Register"). A hot north…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious fires on pastoral country are raging north-west and west of Port Augusta. Yudnapinna, East Siam, and Wartaka stations are all affected…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Serious fires on pastoral country are raging north-west and west of Port Augusta. Yudnapinna, East Siam, and Wartaka stations are all affected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out on the steamer Helmslock to-day. The coat bunkers and wheat cargo were slightly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A grass fire, said to be the largest for some years, broke out near the Poorneet railway station at about 1 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police inspector W. F. Dimond this afternoon received a telegram from Constable Spicer, stationed at Cal Lal, about 50 miles below Wentworth,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News has reached England from Reuter's correspondent at Manilla to the effect that a great fire, the greatest that has occurred since the Americans…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fighting of the fire in the bunkers of the steamer Helmslock at the Birkenhead wharf, Port Adelaide, is continuing. The seat of the fire has…
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