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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
243 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 13
Twenty-three people perished in flames when a big motor bus conveying 50 passengers from Brooklyn to a baseball game at Sing Sing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Friday.—When a fire broke out on the ground floor of a Crown-st. building occupied by Herbert Lems and Company, furniture…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →SYDNEY, Friday.—When a fire broke out on the ground floor of a Crown-st. building occupied by Herbert Lenis and Company, furniture…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At 9.55 o'clock on Saturday night the Central Fire Brigade received a call to the Hospital where one of the chimneys was blazing in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Tuesday. — Fourteen occupants of a hotel at South Johnstone, North Queensland, had a narrow escape when the building was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday—Fire destroyed the three-roomed weatherboard building of the Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney at Tullibigeal, early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Having stolen tobacco and cigarettes valued at £130, thieves at tempted to set fire to the Kingston Heath golf clubhouse at Cheltenham,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Awakened by the sound of flames, Mrs. H. Kinnear, of Brighton, groped her way through clouds of blinding smoke, snatched her two children, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Awakened by the sound of flames, Mrs. H. Kinnear, of Brighton, groped her way through clouds of blinding smoke, snatched her two children, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Central Fire Brigade was called out last night, but the call was again what is described by the officers as a malicious, false alarm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. A. Vorweck, of Tanunda, had a remarkable escape from being seriously burned and it was only through the timely assistance of Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Following inquiries into the fire which destroyed a factory at Rozelle containing timber, varnish and other inflammable materials on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WITH the delivery of the Prime Minister's policy speech in Sydney last night, the first big gun in the Federal election fight has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A new fire extinguisher puts out [?] by freezing them. A steel cylinder filled with liquid carbon dioxide under a pressure of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.—An explosion, occurred in the State coal mine at Hartley and a fire is now raging underground. Fortunately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Fire dostroyed the premises of the Sydney Rowing Club at Abbotsford to-day and the loss includes many valuable trophies…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the worst train wrecks in the history of Manchukuo occurred last night 26 miles south of Harbin when bandits succeeded in derailing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One of the worst train wrecks in the history of Manchukuo occurred last night 20 miles south of Harbin when bandits succeeded in derailing…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →SYDNEY, Wednesday. — An outbreak of fire occurred this morning in premises occupied by H. Don and Co. Ltd., in a narrow lane off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BORONIA (Victoria), Wednesday, —Amelia Annie Jones, 19 years, of Boronia, died in hospital tram burns. She was drying some children's…
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