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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
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A big bush fire is raging in the Tynor dlistrict, Victoria. A large band of fire fighters is endeavoring to save the town from destruction. They…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thousands of pounds damage was caused by a disastrous fire which started at 2 o'clock yesterday morning in the wholesak [?] and vegetable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Th new year was very young when the Fire Brigade received its first call. At 2.21 a.m. yesterday information was given of a fire thought to be in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out at the Hong Kong hotel this morning. All the guests are safe. Many of the guests retired in the small hours of this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire early yesterday morning at Port Melbourne severely damaged a dragery establishment and seven rooms in Buckingham Bay-street, Port…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The post office and five bnsiness premises at Beeac were on Saturday destroyed by fire and several other buildings damaged. The damage to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the early hours or Sunday morning a second fire occurred in the East End fruit and vegetable market the damage being estimated at £8000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During a violent electrical disturbance a huge globe of fire shot across the sky and burst with a deafening report above the town of Hastings…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dorine the week-end a series of bosh fires have been reported from parts of Victoria (says a Melbourne message in the "Advertiser"). The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire at Hoiron and Smith's factory at Marrickville yesterday was due to one of the chemists dropping a tin of methylated spirit. The fumes came…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire broke out in the factory of Heiron and Smith at Marrickville yesterday. The building, which was used for the manufacture of gramophones…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At 10,33 o'clock last night the Firo Brigado was called from the alarm at the corner nf Argent and iodide streets but the call proved to a false…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Formers' Union at Bendigo has carried a resolution urging a Royal Commission to be appointed to investigate to the causes of the hush fires. and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At 8.6 o'clock last nicht the Fire Brigade was called through the alarm at the corner of Central and Morish streots. The South motor turned out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The town of Quilpie at the terminus of the western railway line was practically wiped out by fire early on Saturday morning. The main business…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At 12.52 o'clock this afternoon the Fire Brigade was called from the alarm at the corner of Chloride ard Morgan streets. A motor in charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire which occurred at Eden on Sunday morning destroyed a block of wooden buildings in the main street, including Howitt's billiard saloon,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Station-Officer J. N. Rust, who has been attached to the Central Fire Brigade Station for the past two years and two months, has been notified of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two hundred square miles of the Condobolin district have been swept by a bushfire which is still advancing rapidly. All efforts to stem the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Matinee Bransfteld (22), a farmer, was committed for trial yesterday on a charge of getting fire to his barn. The accused, who pleaded guilty, said…
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