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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
526 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 27
About 400 volunteer firefighters answered to the call of duty at Castlemaine yesterday. Their gallant efforts resulted in the saving of several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The extensive bush fires near Big Hill have seriously threatened the existence of the town of Halcourt. Last night hundreds of volunteers fought…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Owing to the continuance of an epidemic of fires in schools in New Zealand, the Education Department is offering £200 reward for the detection…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leonard and Company's sawmills at Nambucca Heads were destroyer by fire early yesterday morning. The damage is estimated at £5000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire yesterday caused damage estimated at £5000 to the rear portion of Cohen Bros.' furniture warehouse at Prahran. Most valuable furniture was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire destroyed the Home and Colonial Company's bulk store, containing groceries valued at £14,000. The building was valued at several thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire this morning at Pittsworth totally destroyed J. W. Shaw's two-storied brick auctioneering premises, and also Emily Hannay's store and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A big bush fire is raging 10 miles from Gundagai. A great number of men are fighting it. The fire will ravage the whole district west of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The latest reports from the fire frontier near Bendigo indicate that the settlers again have the outbreak well in hand, after further magnificent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. J. Hebbard Broken Hill manager for the Sulphide Corporation, stated to-day that the [?] plant which has been obtained for putting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire at Narromine destroyed three shops within two hours. The damage is estimated at £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A grass fire in the Hay district destroyed 22,000 acres of grass on four stations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newtown had another furniture fire last night when Padgett and Pearson's factory was destroyed in 20 minutes. It was one of the swiftest fires that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire swept through the Australian Knitting Mills last night, completely destroying the building. The damage is estimated at many thousand pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →S. Turner's confectionery [?] fruit shop and tearooms were totally destroyed by fire on Sunday. The place was closed at 9.30 o'clock on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire in Moe, resulting in the destruction of the premises of T. Treloar and Co., general merchants, and two adjoining shops used as a newsagency…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. J. Hebbard, Broken Hill manager for the Sulphide Corporation, stated to-day that a boring plant has been erected and the work of putting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The total damage done by the fire at the Australian knitting mills factory will probably be in the vicinity of £90,000. It is not yet known whether…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire involving many thousands of pounds damage occurred at the South Australian Brush Company's factory in Flinders-street on Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The loss involved in the three fires this morning amounts to well over £100,000. The damage to the contents of Beard. Watson's alone is…
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