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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
401 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 21
At Margaret River yesterday afternoon Ivy Lynn (0) and Jim Lynn (13) were trapped in a bush fire while walking home from school. The girl…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire Brigade on being called out to a house occupied by Mr. G. J. Barwick, 167 Chappie-street, at 8,87 o'clock last night, extinguished a chimney fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortly after employees finished work at 6 o'clock last night fire swept through the join[?]ry works of W. J. Pimlopp and Son, Port-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire, at Chnrleville (Queensland) l[?]te last night caused damage estimated at £80,000. Buildings, on the corner of two main streets were totally…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The first message received from Hastings tells a trngic story. Already 21 bodies have been recovered mainly from the streets of the town, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A message received late last night slated that the police at Napier estimated the deaths at more than 100. Dressing stations appeared to be fairly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A slight fire was discovered on the Maloja on Sunday morning in No. 7 lower hold and the lower orlop. This section contained wheat, wool, skins,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The latest estimate of the death roll in Hastings and Napier is 400. A correspondent of the "New Zealand Herald" reports that there are 250…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Further particulars of the fire which destroyed several buildings at Charleville last night show that the damage is now estimated at £100,000. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →James Lyan (18), who was critically burned in a bush fire on Monday last, died in the Margaret River Hospital, He was walking home from school with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It was reported to-day that fires have again broken out among the debris in Napier Naval men and firemen fought the flames for hours before they quelled…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At 10.27 a.m. to-day a fire occurred in a 14 x 10 feet shed, used as an engine-room, at the promises of A. and W. Wills, wood and coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A message from Crookwell says that a fire which started on Sydney Kensit's property at Kingaloola spread to a number of other properties and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A new fire [?] pots cot [?] by freezing them. A start cylinder filled with liquid carbon dioxide [?] a pressure of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Several bush fires occurred in various parts of Victoria on Thursday and to-day, but no serious damage is reported. Two Wapiti aeroplanes, piloted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A report received by the police shows that a motor van owned by Mr. David King, mercer of Argentstreet, was destroyed by fire about ll…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A wheat heap containing, it was estimated, 400 bags of wheat and a motor winnower, were totally destroyed by fire, to-day. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, the Governor, was one of the fire fighters who performed good work in stemming the progress of a firce bush fire nine…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Monday morning a motor lorry owned by Joseph Boulus, and driven by his son Richard Boulus, of Broken Hill, was partly destroyed by fire (as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another frontier tragedy was narrowly averted to-day when Captain H. A. Barries, assistant commissioner at Charsadda, was the objects of a…
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