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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
552 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 28
A determined attempt at suicide was made last night by Bernard Sheridan (46), a blacksmith of Gabramatta, who after inflicting two gashes in his throat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The entire bathing establishment on the pier and the cafe at the Lido have been completely destroyed by fire. Hundreds of bathers rushed from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The entire bathing establishment on the pier and the cafe at the Lido have been completely destroyed by fire. Hundreds of bathers rushed from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire in a shaft at the Rochelamclier coal mine, St. Etinine, caused a violent explosion. The gallery was filled with workers. Sixty men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Paris message says that a biplane piloted by Captain Bragger, who was accompanied by a mechanic, while taking par in the aerial pageant at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →When a house at Yallourn Caught fire yesterday Mrs. W. Stevens and one of her two small children had narrow escapes from death. Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A disastrous fire which occurred at Gernrington on the south coast last night, resulted in the destruction of Williams's boarding-house and Reid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →'A fire which broke out in Arundel-street, City, near the Central Railway Station last night caused considerable damage. The top floor, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A large grain shed stacked with wheat was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The shed was the property of the Railway Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A, large grain shed stacted with wheat was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The shed was the property of the Railway Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Five Brigade was called from the alarm at the corner of Chapple and Zebina streets at 10.33 o'clock this morning, but on turning out found that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The steamer Carmarthenshire was descending the Thames when a serious fire was discovered in the oilbunkers. The ship had to be beached…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Leslie Eugene Gosper [?], a poultry farmer, was charged at the Darlinghurst Sessions willi having attempted to fire a loaded gun at a young woman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horace Mann (69) gave his life in an effort to save his sister from a burning house. He first brought out one sister who is an invalid, and then…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A pot of melting beeswax and turpentine caught fire in the pantry of Faith Ward. Adelaide Hospital, this afternoon. The door of the pantry was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inquiry was held to-day at Parramatta concerning the destruction by fire of a weatherboard cottage at Flemington in May last. Evidence was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Berlin message says that 2000 textile workers at Lodz invaded a mill, demolished the plant, turned the ledgers, and thrashed two managers. They…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"On no account shall children be fired at," says a new police decree issued by the Russian Ministry ot the Interior…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire occurred yesterday afternoon on the steamer Birriwa, which is at anchor off Spectacle Island. The vessel is one of the Commonwealth Line's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A message from Kandos says that when a fire broke out in the Majestic refreshment room the dancers at a ball at St. Dominic's Church rushed to help…
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