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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
552 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 19 of 28
It is unofficially reported that a party of officials of the Central mine made an inspection of the 400, 500, and 600ft. levels of the mine on Tuesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →So far As cAn bE ascertained the greatest depth touched by the Central mine fire was the 1200ft. level, this level being alight in places during July…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →So far as can be ascertained the greatest depth touched by the Central mine fire was the 1200ft. level, this level being alight in places during July…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At about 4.30 o'clock this afternoon the South Broken Hill Fire Brigade received a call through the fire alarm box at the corner of Central and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →From what can be ascertained unofficially there is no immedate prospect of the Central mine resuming operations. It is still impossible to reach…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To operate street fire alarms open the door of the box, pall tbe level down to "stop," and let go. Then await the arrival of the brigade. On…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Joshua Jeffries, superintendent of the Abermain collieries and consulting engineer to other collieries, said yesterday at the inquiry into the Bellbird…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Joshua Jeffries, superintendent of the Abermain collieries and consulting engineer to other collieries said yesterday at the inquiry into the Bellbird…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →For the month ended September 30 the Fire Brigade turned out to five fires and three false alarms making a total of 10 fires and eight false alarms for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At a few minutes to 10 o'clock on Saturday night the Fire Brigade received a call from the Gypsum-street a[?]m to the [?]side Picture Theatre,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A very strong gale which raised clouds of dust spread grass fires in the suburbs to-day. It was a public holiday and thousands of people…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday a heavy gale did considerable damage in the city and suburbs. The gale was accompanied by blinding dust which reached 67 miles an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Collie Cc-operative mine, belonging to the Amalgamated Collieries Limited, was found to be on fire last week at No. 31 bord at No. 3 in tne…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Between £9000 and £10,000 worth of damage was done by a fire, the origin of which is a mystery, which broke out at the premises of A. Scarlett, hay and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A remarkable story of a gigantic incendiary organisation, described as the greatest ever known in Great Britain, lies behind the conviction at the Old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Joshua Jeffries, superintendent of the Aberdare [?] and consulting engineer to the Seaham and North Bulli collicries, in evidence on Friday at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A W yong message states that a fire occurred at Chapman and Sons' stores at Wyong last night and did £5000 worth of damage. A horse was burned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The position at the Central mine as regards the fire is far more serious than is generally thought. From an unofficial source it was ascertained…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At 4 o'clock this afternoon the Fire Brigade received a call through the telephone exchange to A. A. Brice and Co. s stables in Blende-street. On…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The inquiry into the Bellbird colliery disaster was concluded yesterday. The [?]inding of the jury was that the miners died from carbon monoxide poisoning…
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