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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
209 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 11
R.A.F. planes sent bombs crashing down in the centre of Berlin a few minutes after midnight, causing fires and explosions in railway yards. Meanwhile in London the defences again hit back…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BRITISH bombers again attacked Kiel last night and today bombed the German base at Brest (France). The Air Ministry communique states: "Aircraft of the coastal command made a daylight attack today on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SMOKE POURING from the burning building during the height of the fire in the warehouse of the Dunlop Perdriau Rubber Co., Flinders Street, Adelaide, yesterday. In the foreground are firemen sending thousands of gallons of water into the inferno. lt was the second large fire in the history of Adelaide…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MUCH damage to platform timber, etc., used for Sunday School anniversaries, church fair stalls, and banquet tables was done by a fire which occurred in an old cottage used as a storeroom at the Thomas Street Methodist Church at the corner of Kaolin and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Committee Meeting of the Wilcannia Each Fire Brigade was held at the Wilcannia Court House on 11th October, 1910…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Monday.-For the second time in ten days a fire broke out yesterday in the Royal Arcatle. Pitt and George Streets, city. The blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FANNED by a powerful south-westerly wind, a fire which occurred in the general store of W. L. Collis, at Patton Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A JUNKERS commercial plane, belonging to the Sino German Eurasia Aviation Corporation, was forced down and burned when nine Japanese planes yesterday raided Yunnan-Fu (Kunming), the terminus of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FIRE destroyed a number of U.S. War Department documents and files in the Munitions Building in Washington today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE, Thursday—Huge bush fires in many parts of Queensland have resulted in further severe losses of stock. In one district alone nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →FIRES visible 40 miles away were started in Hamburg and Kiel shipyards by R.A.F. bombers last night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To meet the needs of members of Bush Fire Brigades who use motor vehicles in an emergency to transport men to the scene of bush fires…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"RETURNING to the family property. Teurika Station, about 40 miles east of Tibooburra, Mr. Wilfred Davies, son of the owner, Air. T. H. Davies, discovered that the homestead had been completely destroyed by fire. Th ere was no one at the station at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Several hundred bags and a spring cart and harness were destroyed yesterday morning when a fire burned down a shed at the rear of premises…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TUMUT, Monday. —A fire on Saturday, destroyed the printing works of the "Tumut, and Adelong Times," and the "Adelong and Tumut Ex…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Considerable damage was done to a number of outhouses, and a motor car was completely destroyed in a fire at the residence of Mr. Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →STORMS in parts of south-east Queensland last night assisted fire-fighters to control some of the bush fires which have been burning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Word hus been received from the Fire Brigades' Commission that the local Brigade will be able to participate in the Hospital Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Monday.—When a bushfire approached within 30 yards of the Panorama Hotel at Bulli Pass yesterday, Constable Walton rushed from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE destruction of between three and four hundred German planes by anti-aircraft fire since August demonstrates the effectiveness of the British air defences. A recent Air Force communique reveals that one plane was brought down from a height…
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