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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
204 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 11
THESE REMARKABLE PICTURES were taken shortly after the outbreak of fire, which destroyed the Mile-End (Adelaide) store of the Government Supply and Tender Board. Damage has been estimated at between £11,000 and £12,000. It was the second big fire in Mile-End within a week…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALBURY (N.S.W.), Friday.—Damage estimated at £2000 was caused by fire which destroyed a two-story building at the rear of the Albury…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A new fire extinguisher puts out flames by freezing them. A steel cylinder filled with liquid carbon dioxide under a pre[?] of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the biggest fires in the history of Bourke destroyed the old Central Australian Hotel. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One of the biggest fires in the history of Bourke destroyed the old Central Australian Hotel. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →REGINA (Canada), February 3.— While his wife was at a party Joseph Jost, a farmer, set fire to their home, burning himself and five children to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Efforts are being made by 'plane, and steamer to solve the mystery of t[?] fire on Anser Island, a normally uninhabited…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY Friday;— Considerable damage was caused by a fire which destroyed the Blue Room Cafe at Murwillumbah last night and spread…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The master of the M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn steamer Kooliga (Captain Thomas) has found that the fire burning on Anser Island was not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The old Central Australian Hotel, built ever 50 years ago at Bourke, was demolished by fire about three o'clock Saturday morning. The outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, February 9. — Damage estimated at £500,000 was caused by a spectacular fire at Elstree in the early hours of to-day. Pyjama clad…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A 4-Roomed wood and iron cottage situated at 143 Brazil-street, and owned and occupied by Mr. Richard James Beahl was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, February 11.—The Turin Royal Theatre ranking as second only to the famous Scala theatre in Milan, has been destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire broke out early this morning on the premises occupied by Baker's Tyre Works Company in Liverpool-street, city, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →LONDON, February 12.—With efficiency, in the circumstances, ironic, one of the film concerns whose premises were involved in the huge [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PERTH, Thursday.—As the result of a remarkable series of misfortunes, two members of a family at Herne Hill, about 15 miles ea[?]t of Perth,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A two-roomed wood and iron house situated at 551 Blende-street owned by Mr. George Thomas, of Fullarton, South Australia, and occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A man employed on the Block 14 mine observed a fire at North Broken Hill at 7.8 o'clock last night and communicated with the Central Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Wentworth now has modern firefighting equipment, including a Dennis fire engine, and ca nboast of an energetic volunteer fire br[?]"…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Broken Hill citizens are unaware that there is a by-law in existence under the Fire Brigades Act prohibiting the lighting of fires in…
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