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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1915

673 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 34

Awful Smash. Trains like Fire. Many Soldiers Killed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 19

A local train from Carlisle was shunting at Gretna, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, to enable the midnight express from Euston to pass,…

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German Ship Sunk. by Enemy's Own Fire. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 2

A Rome official message states that the enemy's naval fire at Ancona sank a German ship in the harbor…

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Big City Fire a Building Gutted. Another Structure Saved Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 5

Great tongues of fire leaping [?] Castlegreagh-street from the six-storey building of the Australian Paper Coy., at midnight last night, gave the first…

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Big City Fire Australian Paper Company. a Splendid Save. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 4

The six-storied building occupied by the Australian Paper Company and other firms, 192-194 Castlereagh-street, near Park-street, caught fire…

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British Schooner in the Sea of Marmora. Deadly Torpedo Fire. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 2

A "Daily Chronicle" despatch from Mitylene states that additional particulars of the exploits of the submarine E14 show that the vessel had eight…

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Rain of Fire. Athens

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 2

The Allies reinforcements are continually arriving at the Dardanelles. The Turks appear terrorised by the incessant attacks…

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Fire

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 31 May 1915 · page 2

Residents of Mudgee were alarmed on Saturday morning last when the fire bell rang about 7 a.m. The fire was in the premises occupied by…

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Sunk by Shell Fire. London

Leader · Monday 31 May 1915 · page 2

The British steamer Cadeby was sunk by shell fire from a Gorman submarine. The crow wore landed on the Cornish coast…

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Fire at Young. Man Falls Into Well. an Exciting Incident. Young

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 2

A fire occurred to-day at Hammond and Hanlon's grocery business. The building was gutted, and several other building's near by had narrow escapes…

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Big Cotton Fires. Incendiarism Suspected. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 2 June 1915 · page 4

An immense quantity of cotton has been destroyed as the result of fires an Manchester. Incendiarism is suspected…

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Yerranderie. House Destroyed by Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 June 1915 · page 3

A three-roomed house, owned by Thos. Phillips, together with the contents, were destroyed by fire during the week. The wind blowing strongly at the time, prevented the…

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Destructive Italian Guns. Forts Reduced to Powder. Austrians Fire on Austrians London

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1915 · page 2

Mr. M. Donohoe, the "Daily Chronicle" correspondent, states that from a high plateau at Asago, the Italans' heavy guns reduced several modern…

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Turkish Sappers Forestalled Bayonet Charges and Artillery Work. Many Turks Surrender. Moonlicht Attack Shatter Ed by Allies Cross-fire. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1915 · page 4

The Press Bureau in a communique dealing with the Daxdanelles operation says:— "We detected the enemy working under one of our posts on May 28…

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Fires[?]ick and Dynamite Germans in America. Criminal Propoganda. New York

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 3 June 1915 · page 3

Labor leaders give publicity to a pro-German propoganda, which has made its first apperance in St. Louis, where well-known persons have…

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The Zeppelins Ninety Bombs in London. Many Fires. Innocents Killed. London

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 3 June 1915 · page 2

The Admiralty announces in connection with the Zeppelin raid over the metropolitan area on Monday night that about 90 bombs, mostly of the…

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Pen-notes and Pencillings. That Fire-swept Zone

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 7

Having had a general map of the Gallipoli Peninsula, we may now consider it sectionally. The part given hero is the one of present greatest interest and is printed north-west up…

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In Gallipoli 250,000 Turks How Callipoli Is Defended. Warships' Devastating Fire. Turkish Attacks Confined to the Night. Costly Massed Attacks. Athens

National Advocate · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 3

Two hundred and fifty thousand Turks are perfectly entrenched in strong positions on Gallipoli, with at least one German officer per unit…

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Fire Extinguisher

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 June 1915 · page 2

A public exhibition of the Federal Dry Powder Fire Extinguisher will be given on a vacant allotment adjoining the Electric Power Station…

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Produce and Machinery Destroyed by Fire. a Serious Loss

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 2

Mrs. Nancarrow, who lives at the foot of Wyagdon Hill, sustained a serious loss yesterday morning through a fire on her premises…

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[?] Fire on Unarmed Men

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 June 1915 · page 4

Some of the Sunlight's crew took to the boats. The torpedo shattered the vessel amidships, and molasses were thrown into the air, and the…

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