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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
151 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 8
QUICK work by the crew prevented the spread of fire on the interstate liner Orungal last night. The fire broke out among the cargo and the ship was not damaged. With 150 passengers the Orungal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRITISH troops in Shanghai have been ordered to fire on any aircraft coming dangerously close to their outposts, following the fatal attack by a Japanese 'plane yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A motor truck valued at £350 was practically destroyed by fire at a drover's camp on the border fence about 80 miles north of Cockburn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Disastrous bush fires have been raging in the Hughenden district for more than a week and yesterday covered an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A calf to the New Masonic Hall was received by the Fire Brigade at 1.34 a.m. to-day. On arrival they found the floor in the supper room…
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Continued on Trove, page 8 →CREATING an inferno of flames and smoke a fire gutted the glass and headlight factory of L. G. Abbott and Co. Ltd., Wakefield-street, City, at noon to-day. Menaced by falling iron and blazing timber firemen battled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE explosion of a large electric globe was responsible for the earkt duscovery of the fire in the New Masonic Hall yesterday. Damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe storms continue in scattered areas in the southern part of the State. As a result of a cloudburst at Ocean View on the North…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Father Divine's "super heaven," an 80-room mansion at Kingston (New York) was burnt to the ground while husky negro "angels" chanted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE next few days will be'critical for China as the Japanese, heavily reinforced, are close on the heels of the retreating Chinese army and are doing their utmost to prevent them re-establishing defensive lines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FIRE swept through the premises of the Australian Lithyte Explosive Co., Leichhardt, Sydney, yesterday afternoon, and caused damage,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loretta Young and Don Ameche have the main roles in the gay comedy, "Love Under Fire," which commences a season at the Ozone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All the wedding clothes and treasures of pretty Olive Hill, 22-year-old brideto-be, were destroyed by a fire at Ever-shot, Dorset, while she was forced to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loretta Young and Don Ameche are co-starred in "Love Under Fire," which is at present showing at the Ozone Theatre. Most of the action…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A weatherboard shack at the rear of the Old Methodist Church in Argent-lane was totally destroyed by fire shortly after midday to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FIRST rate comedy is provided by Borrah Minevitch and his "gang" in "Love Under Fire," the main attraction at the O[?]one Theatre, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CEVERE thunder storms in country districts have caused extensive damage. A timber mill at "Wilga, in the south-west was struck by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—Spreading with great rapidity a fire destroyed the tannery of John Carew and Co. Pty. Ltd. at Collingwood early this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A RAGING bush fire which is sweeping through the ranges around Macedon drove many people from their homes…
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