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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
267 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 14
The anti-Free Staters have evacuated the gaol, police barracks, and county counthouse at Tullamore, all of which they set on fire. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The anti-Free States have evacuated the gaol, police barracks, and county courthouse at Tullamore, all of which they sat on fire. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To operate street fire alarms open the door of the box, pull the lever down to "stop," and let go. Then await the arrival of the brigade. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Giant Benz, a new German make of car of 21,504 cubic centimetre capacity, made its first appearance at Brooklands. It started at scratch and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reuter's Granada (Spain) correspondent reports that an aeroplane on the Casablanca (Morocco) to Toulouse (France) mail service caught fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During last month three false calls of fire were received at the Central Fire Station. There Were, no fires during the period. Since January of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Because of reduced wages the Fire Brigades Employees' Union is to consider a suggestion for the application of the "go-slow" policy to their work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After a fortnight's strenuous fighting on a 25 miles front the surprise landing af the Government troops in the vicinity of Flint, County Kerry, was a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On a warm evening, specially if there is the least tendency to thunder, it is always worth while looking for luminous plants in the garden (Wri[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A fire broke out in the mat making shed at the Pentridge Gaol on thursday night. The outbreak was,extinguished after slight damage had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire broke out in the mat-making [?]bed a Pentridge Gaol on thursday night. The outbreak was extin[?]urished aften slight damage had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At about 4 o'clock this afternoon the Central Fire Brigade received a call to a fire which had occurred in a house situated at the corner of Argent-lane…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A number of anti-Free Staters in Dublin attacked the G.P.O. in O'Connell-street on Friday night. They overpowered the guards who had been on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Over £200,000 worth of damage was done when thousands of tons of freight were burned in a fire which broke out on the New York central pier, North…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At 10.45 o'clock to-day the Contral and South Broken Hill fire [?] went to the South Mine in [?] to a call received through the mine [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An outbreak of fire, involving damage to the extent of thousands of pounds, occurred at the premises of Messrs. R. R. Woolcott and Co., paper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sydney Fire Brigade Employees' Union has rejected the proposed goslow tactics, and will file a claim in the Arbitration Court for a new award…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hydro-Majestic Hotel, at Medlow Bath, a health resort on the Blue Mountains, was half destroyed by fire at about 3 o'clock this morning and is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →With their lives and the ship endangered, the men on the steamer Australbrook refused to rise from their bunks because they believed the cry of "Fire"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reuter's Calais correspondent reports that damage estimated at several million francs has already been done by a big fire which broke out in the…
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