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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
552 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 28
A bush fire threatened the buildings of the Redhead colliery on Monday. Pit props worth £500 were destroyed. The Hamilton motor tire engine raced 12…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Whilst Mr. Joseph Neist, was returning from Port Noarlunga in his Ford car yesterday, and he was on Tapley's Hill, the petrol became ignited. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. A. R. Perry, S.M. and City Coroner, opened an inquiry at the Courthouse this afternoon into the cause of the fire that on December 21…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The crew of the steamer Skipsea, which has arrived at Newcastle, battled for 10 days with a fire in her coal bunkers. The outbreak was separated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To operate street fire alarms open the door of the box, pull the level down to "stop," and let go. Then await the arrival of the brigade. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Courthouse to-day Mr, A. R. Perry, S.M. and City Coroner, concluded the inquiry, opened on Wednesday afternoon into the cause of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The damage done at the Central mine by the fire which broke out there on Thursday night and destroyed an electric motor is estimated nt £50 10/…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The damage done at the Central mine by the fire which broke out there on Thursday night and destroyed an electric motor is estimated at £50 10/…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At 4.55 p.m. on Saturday the South Fire Brigade received a call to the corner of Eyre and Whittaker streets, where is situated a four-roomed wood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A "storm troop attack" in Mill-street, Cork, failed after a seven hours' battle. The anti-Free Staters swooped down on every post…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Details of the Mill-street fighting show that seven anti-Free Staters were killed and 19-wounded. The anti-Free Staters adopted a ruse to seize the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Wellington (New Zealand) message, dated January 6, states—One of the most disastrous fires that have occurred in Welington for some years broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Players and spectators at the cricket match at Vansittart Park on Wednesday afternoon were supplied with an unlooked for diversion (reports the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A disastrous fire orcurred at Cairns in the early hours of Tuesday morning, in buildings in Spence street, as a result of which damage estimated at £17,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Central Fire Brigade received a call at 1.40 o'clock this afternoon to l61 Rakow street, Railway Town. On arrival it was found that, a wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred at Corder's paint and oil store and factory in Chapel street, Prahran, today. The front portion of the shop facing Chapel street was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A wooden shop occupied by. D. E. Verron hairdresser, at Alberton was burnt to-day. The insurances totalled, £700…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Unocctipied country residence of Mr. Cosgrave Premier of the Free State Government at Rathfarnham, has been practically burned down. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At 9 o'clock last night the Central Fire Brigade received a call to 288 Bromide-street on the corner of Williams lane. On arrival it was found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire occurred at Fisher s motor cycle and electro plating works in Grote-street to-day. The damage is estimated at several hundred pounds…
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