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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
337 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 17
Japanese cavalry forces which attempted to rush the pass leading to Lingyuan, one of the main gateways to the capital of Jehol, were compelled to retire before a withering machine gun fire. Several hundreds were killed. The Chinese report that they have repulsed all…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Bush fires are attaining serious proportions in South Gippsland. At Carrajung dairy farming areas are threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A report of another bushfire in the Ivanhoe police district has been received at the Police Station. The latest fire is reported on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Damage estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire in Marks Buildings, city, early this morning. The steel-lined…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BERLIN, February 28.—Wholesale arrests of Communists followed the disastrous fire in the Reichstag, including all Communist deputies. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A skeleton covered with tattered clothing was found by two boys in the scrub at North Narrabeen last night. The police believe that it…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. L. O. Martin, the Minister for Justice, announced to-day that he had granted 14 days' additional remission to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Berlin was startled to-night when huge flames shot high in the air from the Reichstag building, the home of the German Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—Miners at the Glebe colliery were brought to the surface yesterday to assist in fighting a fire which threatened the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DENILIQUIN, Friday.— After a grass fire at Wandook, eight miles from Deniliquin, had burnt itself out it was found that 600 sheep had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Central Fire Brigade was called out at 4.6 o'clock this afternoon to a fire in a five-roomed cottage situated af 420 Crystal-street near the Palais…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. C. C. Freeman, superintendent of the Zinc Corporation, to-day denied that there was a fire burning on the No. 4 level at the mine, as has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. C. C. Freeman, superintendent of the Zinc Corporation, to-day denied that there was a fire burning on the No. 4 level at the mine, as has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further particulars concerning the fire which occurred at 420 Crystalstreet late on Saturday afternoon [?] briefly reported in the Sports Edition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Central Fire Brigade was called out at 4.6 o'clock on Saturday to a fire in a five-roomed cottage situated at 420 Crystal-street near the Palais…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Extensive damage was caused by a fire in Peek Freans biscuit factory at Camperdown early this morning. More than…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Built over 40 years ago one of Broken Hill's oldest dwellings, situated at 426 Lane-street, was completely destroyed by fire last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Residents are becoming alarmed at the increasing activity of fires in the old Hill End mine. A dense volume of acrid…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CESSNOCK, Thursday. — Under, ground fires at the old Hill End colhery, 208 miles from Sydney, are becoming more serious, and large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CESSNOCK, Friday. — The Hill End colliery is again throwing up tremendous columns of flames, reaching to a height of 100ft. in places…
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