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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
499 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 25
Yesterday 112,000 people visited the exhibition at Wembley, which is nearly double the number which attended on the first day of last year's exhibition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As Messrs. Lawson Hall and F. A. Walker, with Mr. Hall's son and Mr. Walker's daughter; were returning from a pleasure trip on Saturday just…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire destroyed 2000 buildings at Kumagaya this morning, including the railway station, the commercial college, a silk factory, the Town Hall,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage estimated at £4000 was done by a fire last night in the two-story premises of Alywn Fisher Limited, stovemakers and tinsmiths, of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damage estimated at £4000 was done by a fire last night in the two-story premises of Alywn Fisher Limited, stovemakers and tinsmiths, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A fire early on Saturday morning at the premises of the Freeman Proprietary Limited, 46 Russell-street, city, caused damage estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire at the Kumburra Mechanics' Institute on Saturday night destroyed about 200ft. of picture film. The blaze was put out before extensive damage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire occurred on the steamer Dimboola on Saturday. Before leaving for Sydney some coal was found to be smouldering, but the boat left, it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Municipal Electric Light Power Station at Busselton was destroyed by fire on Sunday morning. In addition to the loss of fight and power the town…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A number of suspicious fires have occurred on farms in this district in the past two weeks. Sheds containing machinery and farm produce have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shortly after midnight last night a fire caused damage estimated at £200 at the premises of the Australian Glass Manufacturing Company at Kilkenny…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. N. Myhill, sales organiser for the South Australia Real Estates Investment Co., was motoring to Broken Hill on Tuesday, and when a few…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A day or two ago the fireman going on duty at a big Sydney building fonnd the place full of smoke when he opened the door. By some means a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire practically destroyed the Buffalo Lodge hall at Maylands on Saturday. The Norwood Fire Brigade was quickly on the scene and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"For we are not pans and barrows or even porters of the fire and torch bearers," says Emerson, "but children of the fire, made of it."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Salvation Army Hall at Dulwich Hill was destroyed by fire at 3.55 o'clock this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The chaff mills of E. C. Robertson, at Werribee, the largest in the State, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After receiving the police report concerning the fire at the Buffalo Lodge Hall, Maylands, Dr. Ramsay Smith, City Coroner, has decided not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At a few minutes after noon to-day the Fire Brigade was called to diningrooms situated at 321 Mica-street, owned by Mr. Watson and occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three unoccupied houses at Coolangatta were destroyed by fire yesterday. The damage is estimated at £2500…
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