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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
240 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 12
LONDON, November 15.—Allied and Axis troops clashed near Bizerta, a big French naval base in Tunisia. 70 miles from the Algerian border. This was reported in a broadcast late tonight by Morocco radio now under Allied…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A bush fire which threatened at [?] to get out of hand broke out in an unusual fashion on Oakvale station, the property of Mr. C. Leckie, last Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plans are in hand for the further extension of local fire brigade reserves, which will involve not only the formation of men's auxiliary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →QUEANBEYAN.— Fire swept through the top portion of the Royal Hotel, Queanbeyan, at 3 a.m. today, causing damage estimated at £10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In "Ball of Fire," which opens at Johnson's tonight, Gory Cooper and Barbars Stanwyck share stellar honors, with Miss Stanwyck in the title role as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Five swept through the upper section of the Royal Hot 1. Queanbeyan, early today, causing damage estimated at £10,000. Starling in the lounge at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—A youth of 17 arrested by the police last night is alleged to have admitted that he started 16 fires in the suburbs. The youth was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hailed as one of the funniest offerings in many years. "Ball of Fire," starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck, deals with the strange happenings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool carbonising and scouring plant of L. W. smith Pty. Ltd., Launceston, was gutted and damage estimated at £150,000 done in the biggest fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK, November 29.— Wome nwith hair and clothes blazing were trampled to death in a frantic scramble to escape from a Boston…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →It is now officially estimated that 432 persons lost their lives and nearly 200 were injured in the fire which broke out in the Coconut Grove Night Club…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heart lending stories are pouring in as an aftermath of Saturday's night club fire There are several cases or a husband and wife dying leaving children…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shortly before 11 o'clock last night the Central Fire Brigade was called to Mrs. Lynch's shop at 564 Argent Street. The firemen succeeded in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Public Safety Committee has Announced that the dead in the recent cabaret fire reached 490…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An unoccupied four-roomed house of scone, wood and iron, at 261 Oxide Street, was completely destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sub-station Officer Tom Everuss, of the Central Fire Brigade Station, who has served 15 years with the local fire brigade, will leave here on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY.—It has now been revealed that when a fire ravaged the laboratory at the Sydney University last night about 5000 science papers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE. — Army commanding officers throughout Australia have Been authorised officially to permit troops under their command to assist…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A the which completely gutted the ch[?]mical buildings at the Sydney University last night caused damage estimated at many thousands of pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]mners made a fire-raising raid an Bizerta docks on Saturday. Correspondents says that the blaze could be seen for a hundred miles…
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