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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
567 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 17 of 29
Fire gutted the floor of premises in Castlereagh-street used by. J. C. Williamson, as a storeroom for theatrical properties. District-Officer Neville…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It has been reported to the Fire Station that about 12.25 p.m. to-day a double-seater Dort motor car owned by D. and W. Murray caught fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →So cold was it early on Wednesday morning that firemen fighting a fire had their clothes frozen stiff, and were covered with icicles. As soon as the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire destroyed, 12 business premises at Ballina yesterday morning. The damage is estimated at £30,000. The brigade did excellent work in face of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The newspaper office owned by Western Newspapers Limited, at Forbes, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. An adjacent building was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This afternoon a motor car approached the Wellington punt near the Murray mouth. Constable Broadordered the occupants to pull up, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A cable head on a telephone post at the corner of South and Eyre streets in South Broken Hill was destroyed by fire this afternoon. At…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Parramatta coroner held an inquiry to-day concerning the fire which partially destroyed a cottage at Punchbowl on June 2 last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More than 10O summer houses were destroyed by a forest fire to-day in the vicinity of Mount Tamalpias. The famous giant redwood forest in Muir…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fourth fire this week occurred in the town last night when the rear of Stinson's shoe store, situated in the main business block, was damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The fourth fire this week occurred in the town last night when the rear of Sanson's shoe store, situated in the main business block, was damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →San Fransisco, July 3.—A fire breaking out on Tuesday in the wealthy section of Hill City, across the Golden Gate, destroyed 130 houses. It is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage estimated at £300 was caused by a fire which broke out in Arlington Chambers, Collins-street, late last night. After a hard fight the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →More [?] [?] summer houses were destroyed by a forest fire to-day in the vicinity of Mount Tamalpais. The famous giant redwood forest in Muir…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire Brigade was called through the telephone exchange at 10.55 o'clock last night to Dr. Ross's residence in the Hospital grounds facing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About 11.30 this morning when Mr. Walter Davis Harris was driving his Nash motor car towards Broken Hill, 10 miles out on the Menindie road, it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer King Cadwallon, bound from Africa to Adelaide, is returning to Durban with a fire in the No 2 hold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Of the 15 men and boys involved in the Gillingham Park fire 14 are dead, and the other is critically ill. The disaster occurred during a comic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Of the 15 men and boys involved in the Gillingham Park fire 14 are dead, and the other is critically ill. The disaster occurred during a comic…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blinded when he fell into his camp fire at White Rock, near Cairns, Herbert Foote (71), wandered away seeking assistance and was lost in the bush…
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