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Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
349 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 17 of 18
Atlanta (Georgia), December 8.—At least 112 persons are believed to have lost their lives in America's most tragic hotel fire. This early morning outbreak turned the. Winkeoff Hotel in Mintown, Atlanta, into an inferno from the sixth to the fifteenth story. Many of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Matters in connection with the South Fire Station will be discussed at a meeting to be held at the Alma Institute on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Saskatoon (Saskatchewan), December 9. At least eleven persons were killed and eighteen injuries when the Hotel Barry caught fire in the early hours of this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY.—A fire in the luxurious Darling Point residential Kyalla did extensive damage to upstairs rooms before it was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →NEW YORK, December 10.—A lighted cigarette thrown into the mattress of a folding bed in a third-floor passage is believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →To discuss tne starring position at the South Fire Station a public meeting of residents of South Broken Hill has been called for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Central Fire Brigade was called at 3.35 o'clock, yesterday afternoon to the corner of Thomas and Iodide Streets by a malicious false…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PUBLIC meeting held in the Alma Institute last night decided almost unanimously in favor of an agitation for a permanent fire officer at South Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A public meeting was held at the Alma Institute last night. The meeting, which was chaired by the Mayor, was to discuss the service provided by the South Fire Brigade. There was a fnir attendance and the meeting almost unanimously favored…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The people of South Broken Hill are on the move, uneasy because of the lack of fire-fighting personnel. The brigade is run by volunteers and they…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At 1.30 a.m. today a fire was discovered in a room at the Telephone Exchange. The Brigade was notified toy a passerby and it turned out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out at the Telephone Exchange at the Centra Post Office early this morning It was caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the meeting of the Wilcannia Pastures Protection Board held on December 6, attention was directed to the Paroo T.S.R. The Board decided that two directors inspect certain watering places and report on the best action to be taken. It is expected…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A small rubbish fire which occurred in the goods yard at the Crystal Street Railway Station this morning was extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →On Sunday last a Collar drover. Mr. N. Dawson, was the victim of a disastrous fire. Two miles out from willcannia, on the Cobar road, his plant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Roy Brock, by King's Warrant, Foreworks maker to His Majesty, will accompany the King and Queen to South Africa next year. He will arrange seven…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY—In reply to Mr. M A. Davidson (Cobar) in the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Chief Secretary (Mr. J. M…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney, December 19.—The Chief Secretary. Mr. Baddeley, said in the Legislative Assembly today that he would take up with the Fire Commissioner the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, December 20.—Alfred Lennon. District Fire Brigade Officer. Parramatta, died today. He was formerly of Bathurst and Broken Hill. He had…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A fire in a hessian bag parked on the side of utility on the way to Wilcannia was responsible for a man's death on Saturday evening. He was Mick Separevich-Markota (41) single of 336 Hebbard Street. He apparently over balanced out of the truck which was travelling at a fair speed and…
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