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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
552 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 16 of 28
A man who ran amok at Junorton, near Bendigo, this morning, shot his wife and two other persons, set fire to a dwelling and then committed suicide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A remarkable series of fires in a house occupied by Messrs. C. and W. A. Thompson, orichardists, at Geeveston, was inquired into by the coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The post office at Wudinna, on the West Coast, was burnt down on Tuesday and the telegraph and telephone connections destroyed. It was a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Simultaneous with a call to North Broken Hill through the telephone exchange to the Fire Brigade at 10.50 o'clock this morning came another one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire Brigade was called through the telephone exchange at 1.33 o'clock this morning to premises owned by Mr. Peter Young, and occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage estimated at several thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which destroyed Ashelford's cordial factory during the week-end. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Following the collapse of the strike on the East Indian railway at Calcutta and the return to work of 15,000 men, a strike has now broken out on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fire Brigade was advised at 9.20 this morning by the North Broken Hill police that at 4.40 p.m. yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage estimated at many thousands of pounds was caused by a fire which destroyed the premises occupied by Norco Ltd., in Sussex-street, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mrs. Marie Upton was burnt to death when her home at Bellara was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Mrs. Upton was the wife of a drover…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage estimated at £15,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed half the business centre of Belgrave, a township on the Dandenong Ranges,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →When a petrol lamp burst in the home of Mr. Frederick Whykes at Redcliffs, near Mildura, on Tuesday night it caused a fire which destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Fire Brigade Recreation Hall at 11 o'clock the visitors were accorded a reception by the League. There was an attendance of about 100,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Damage estimated at more than £1000 was caused by a fire in the motor garage of C. G. Falkenberg at Exeter early this morning. The cause…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When a motion picture show, which had been seen by 65 convicts at the State Prison Farin, at Houston (Texas), was closing, one man threw a lighted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fire Brigade was called through the telephone exchange at 10.48 o'clock last night to a three-roomed house occupied by Peter Petkevich at 337…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The launch Warrigal backfired and burst into flames near Taronga Park wharf, Sydney Harbor, yesterday. Charles Barringham, the only occupant,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A shop was destroyed by fire in the west-end of the city last night. The city fire brigado received a call, and three reels were dispatched. On…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Following a fire at the Vaccum Oil Company's shed at Nbrth Wollongong, the police seized a number of peases in a house in the Neighborhood and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain Courtney has sent a wireless message to his wife stating that he was forced down owing to an outbreak of fire. He describes it as the…
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