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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
216 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 11
MELBOURNE.—Hoyt's Regent Theatre, Collins Street, was gutted by a fire which broke out shortly before 1 a.m. on Sunday, and left only the Collins Street frontage and lobbies intact. Damage estimated at more than £250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday L[?]t about I [?]a face or control in teh switchla[?] of the South Mine brother Nation which [?] clon age ann[?]ting to between [?] and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Zinc Co-operation has installed at various points underground automatic fire sprinklers which respond to certain temperatures, such as would be the case if…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →About seven tons of wood and the greater portion of a motor lorry were destroyed by fire on the Wentworth Road on Wednesday. A report to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London, May 8.—Admiral D[?]nitz, broadcasting to the German people over the Flensburg [?] said [?] the right of May 6 [?] ordered the Germans High…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—Mr. J. E. Hackney, who was injured when fierhting bush fires in the Jugiong district on Christmas Eve, 1943. died yesterday in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne, May 13.—Heavy damage was caused by a fire which broke out shortly after 2 a.m. in Sunshine Buildings, 654, 664 Bourke Street, City…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE.—Damage estimated at £50,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the factory of E. Lucas and Co., white workers at Ballarat last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE.—When a fire broke out in Sinclair's stables at Ascot Vale early today passers-by rushed to the aid of thc stable boys and led…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY.—Fire brigades from several suburbs were rushed to Bondi last night following reports that a large number of persons at the King's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CONSTRUCTION of a tank-carrying bridge while bullets cut the jungle above their heads was one of the finest of many feats by Australian engineers in Southern Bougainville. With infantry men south of Dawe Creek depending on the bridge to let Matilda tanks through to help them,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central Fire Brigade was called to the home of Horace Suckling, at 334 Kaolin Street, a little after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. A fire in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Central Fire Brigade received a call to 33¼ Kaolin Street, a house occupied by Horw[?] Suckling, at about 3.3 o'clock yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Washington, May 24.—More than 550 Superforts at 2 a.m. today, Jap time, launched the heaviest raid of the Pacific war on Tokio, unloading 4,500 tons of fire bombs in 105 minutes on the Shinapawa district, which is between the Tama River and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NEW YORK, May 25.—Tokio was hit again today by a big force or Super Fortresses from the Mariannas. More than 500 of them dropped 4000 tons of fire bombs. It was the second big fire raid in 48 hours bringing the total of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SEVERE Japanese setbacks in the Pacific and on the Chinese mainland are reported today. The Chinese Sixth Army has captured Nanning, key point in the southern sector of the Japanese corridor to French-Indo China and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New York, May 27.—So badly has Tokio been damaged by American "fire bomb" raids, including Friday's assault, to which a 70 m.p.h. gale put the finishing touches by sweeping the raiders' fires over great areas of the capital, that the entire city will have to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →JUEW YORK, May 29.—Yokohama, the big naval base and greatest port in Japan, is burning block by block following yesterday's great fire raid by Super Fortresses. Pilots reported huge clouds of smoke rising four miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Guam, May 30.—In two months six Superfort raids on Tokio have burnt out 51 square miles of the Japanese capital, including 18.6 square miles of the industrial area, which was knocked out in the last two assaults, bringing the total destruction to…
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