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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
552 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 18 of 28
A detective has reached Cloncurry by airplane from Charleville to assist in the investigation of the murder of a man named George Miller, whose horse…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At 9.49 o'clock yesterday morning the Fire Brigade was called through the telephone exchange to a four-roomed wood and iron house.at 148…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five shots were fired by Constable Head on Saturday night in a chase after a man, who it is alleged was found on the premises of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two firemen were slightly hurt when a fire engine they were on was returning from a small outbreak and collided with a tram at the corner of King and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Considerable damage was done by a fire which broke out in a block of buildings at the corner of Pitt and Goulburn streets, City, on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fire Brigade responded to three calls last night, but in no case was any damage done The first call was received at 7.44 p.m.from Gould's shop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Courthouse this afternoon Mr. K. C. Atkinson, S.M. and coroner concluded the inquiry into the circumstances connected with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →M. Hartwell, the proprietor of a smallgoods store at Leichhardt, was awakened carly, this morning by the crackling of flames, and discovered the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Toronto message says that a family consisting, of the mother, father, and three children perished in a fire which destroyed the home of Joe Klaiman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A small wooden steamer, the Excelsior, was badly damaged by fire at the dock at Drummoyne last night. A large force of firemen was called out…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"When Edward" John Pascoe, of 92 Ryan-street, was filling the tank of his motor cycle at Woodman's bowser in Argent-street on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Paris message says that M. Bokanowski, the French Minister of Commerce, and four others were incinerated this morning when an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire at Wingham, 232 miles from Sydney, early this morning destroyed 11 weatherboard shops in the heart of the town. The Taree fire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The owners of the Castle Moon, en[?] route from Blyth (Scotland) to Adelaide, received a wireless message that the cargo has been on fire in the main…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The burnt body of a man was found in the ruins of a house at Quorn which was destroyed by fire early this morning. The house had been empty…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In connection with a fire which destroyed Hudson's radio factory at Redfern last night, a station officer when searching among the ruins found…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortly after 8 o'clock this morning a caller at the Fire Station reported a fire in Cobalt-street. The Fire Brigade turned put and found that a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At Warialda, 466 miles from Sydney, practically the whole of the buildings in the main street were destroyed by a fire which broke out at 8 o'clock last…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fighting desperately to save their homestead. Mrs. Perry and her son were nearly trapped by bush fires which swept a portion of the Nebo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six valuable racehorses were incinerated to-day by a fire in the stables at Goldsborough Hall, the residence of Lord Lascelles, in…
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