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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
243 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 13
A thousand people are reported to have been-killed and 20,000 houses destroyed in a huge fire that is still raging at the port of Hakodate, on the south coast of the Island of Yezo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Eighty percent of the city of Hakodate was destroyed in the great fire that swept it in a hurricane yesterday and to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pillars of fire rushing through the streets and frenzied inhabitants leaping into mountainous seas, ware amongst the horrors of the firo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pillars of fire rushing through the streets and frenzied inhabitants leaping into mountainous seas were amongst the horrors of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.— During a serious fire at Young a dentist's surgery containing much valuable apparatus und an unoccupied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fire which dcatroyod seven drying kilns at the Mount Buer Government sawmill, seven miles from Millicent, caused about £3000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Daring a fireat Footscray early this morning which destroyed the stables of the well-known roughrlder, A. W. Cakebread, he rushed into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Following nightmare journeys through Swiss blizzards, a band of Englishmen obtained documents that would enable the British under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Following nightmare journeys through Swiss blizzards, a band of Englishmen obtained documents that would enable the British under…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mr. Thomas Nance, chief officer of the New South Wales Fire Brigades, has retired from that position and the service. He has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, April 4.—The Orient Line has ordered the installation of fire extinguishing sprinklers in its big liner now under construction for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Members of the police force and the Fire Brigade staff are combining in arranging a ball on May 22 to raise funds for the Hospital, and the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The sale ring and stand and seven horse boxes at H. Chisholm and Co's stables at Randwick were destroyed by [?]re early this morning. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TAMWORTH, Saturday.—A fire broke out in the home of Dr. K. Piper in Peel-street early this morning, and before the volunteer brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At 2.38 o'clock this afternoon the Central Fire Brigade was called to a fire at a house, situated it 403 Micastreet owned by Mr. Albert Austin,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Concern was expressed by Sam Yick, an elderly Chinese laundryman, whose shop in Glenferrie-road, Malvern, was damaged by fire, when he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A big fire here last night destroyed 14 shops and other business premises. The blaze broke out shortly after midnight and continued unchecked…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the worst fire in the history of Gatton damage estimated at £16,000 was caused. Three two-storey buildings were destroyed. These were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A valuable collection of curios was lost in a five which destroyed the contents of the sitting-room of Dr. Keith Piper's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HOBART, Thursday. — At the Coroner's Court Henry Edward Trouaselot, superintendent of the local Are brigade, was committed for trial for…
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