A Mine on Fire. Sensation at Broken Hill. Block 11 in Flames
BROKEN HILL, Monday.-A sensational discovery was made on Sunday afternoon, at Block 11 mine. Smoke was observed issuing from the…
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Second Edition. the Fire at Broken Hill. Blocking the Shafts. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill, Monday morning
Large volumes of smoke are still issuing from the open cut at Block 11. Endeavours are being made to block all the shafts and the tunnel adjacent, so as to isolate the fire as far as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Disaster at Broken Hill. a Mine on Fire. Block 11 Burning. Flames Issuing From the Shafts. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill, Sunday (Midnight)
Misfortunes seldom come alone. Immediately following the tragedy at the South mine comes the startling fact that the southern end of Blook 11 is burning. Large volumes of smoke are coming…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by the Mail. Murder of a Cyclist. Big Fire in Portugal. Burglar Attacked by a Lion. a Notorious Nihilist Killed. Fearful Military Mistake. a Sentinel Mistaken for a Target
ALBANY (W.A.), Monday. -The R.M.S. Orizaba, which arrived from London on Saturday, brings English files with news from St. Louis that…
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At 10 minutes past 11 last night the brigades received a call to an outbreak of fire at 317-319 Kent-street, occupied by Thomas Robinson and Son, engineers. On arrival…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Momba Fire
WILCANNIA, Sunday.--Sergeant Wilson returned here from Momba station yesterday, apparently after a fruitless Investigation. Any Information that he gained as…
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Two unoccupied weatherboard cottages, situate at Brussel-street, North Botany, were destroyed by fire early this morning. The North Botany…
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WILCANNIA, Monday.-The police returned from Momba on Saturday night. They report that a considerable portion of the shed was saved, and shearing can…
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In connection with the recent fire at Messrs. Sanders and Company's, Pyrmont, at which the Metropolitan Fire Brigade did such excellent service, a…
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Soon after 11 o'clock last night the constable on duty in Kent-street discovered a fire on the premises occupied by Messrs. Thomas Robinson and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heaping Coals of Fire on the Premier's Head. to the Editor
Sir,--What is there good in this man? He is a bombast, an abuser of all that is better than himself, a misrepresenter, a misleadcr, a proposer of damnable laws, a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Broken Hill Fire. Smothering the Flames. the Work at the Mine
BROKEN HILL, Monday.-Crowds have been visiting the Block 11 Proprietary Mine, the scene of the fire, the sides of the open cut and the various vantage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fire at Momba Woolshed. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wilcannia
Sergeant Wilson and a black tracker returned on Saturday night from Momba station, where the woolshed was partially destroyed by fire. It appears that after strenuous efforts a portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Fire at Block Eleven. Efforts to Subdue the Flames. No Danger to Block 10
BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--Mr. Stewart, general manager of the Block Eleven mine, interviewed to-day, states that the fire at his mine originated near the surface…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Theatre Destroyed by Fire. the Loss Estimated at Over a Quarter of a Million
Jacobs' Theatre on Third-avenue, New York, was almost destroyed by fire on the morning of 17th June Immediately adjoining the building on the north is a five-story tenement house…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fighting the Flames. The Block 11 Fire. The Efforts to Smother It. Danger to the Men at Work-Attempts at Stifling the Flames. Broken Hill
The fire in Block 11 of the Proprietary mine still continues. The work at that end has been entirely suspended. It has been located, and ail channels and passages are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Fire at Broken Hill. Block 11 Workings Still Burning. Attempts to Stifle the Conflagration. the Shafts Battened Up. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Broken Hill
Large volumes of smoke are still issuing from the open cut at Block 11. Endeavours are being made to block all the shafts and the tunnel adjacent, so as to isolate the fire as far as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News by the Mail. Murder of a Cyclist, Big Fire in Portugal. Burglar Attacked by a Lion. a Notorious Nihilist Killed. a Sentinel Military Mistake. a Sentinel Shot Foe a Target
ALBANY (W.A.), Monday. -The R.M.S. Orizaba, which arrived from London on Saturday, brings English files with news from St. Louis that…
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A fire broke out about midday on Monday at a cottage situated at 66 Albion-street, Leichhardt. The house, which was one of a terrace, was occupied by Mrs. Lucy Jesse…
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On Monday, at the fortnightly meeting of tho Metropolitan, Fire Brigades Board, there were present Messrs. Charles Bown, J.P. (chairman), J. St. Vincent Welch. J.P…
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