Disastrous Fire at Port Adelaide. Oil Company's Works Cutted. Adelaide
One of the most disastrous fires in the annals of Port Adelaide occurred early on Tuesday morning, when the premises occupied by the Vacuum Oil…
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Fires & bushfires, 1916
422 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 22
Increasing Artillery Fire
Increasing canonading is reported to be in progress south of Dorrar. The Germans have established an aerodrome at Uskub. An Albatross…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Clay at Molong
Mr J. L Sooles, who has some mining knowledge, some nine months ago discovered an immense deposit of fire clay, na Mr Thos. Staines'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Tyneside Much Damage. London
A terrible fire broke out at Tyne Dock. South Shields. Assisted by a westerly wind, the fire started on board a Norwegian barque and spread…
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On Tuesday afternoon a fire broke out on Mr. H. F. Slavin's farm near Bilimari, Canowindra, a strong, squally wind blowing at the time, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire in Lisbon. German Foul Play Suspected. London
A fire at a military depot did damage to the extent of £100,000. some were killed. The Minister declares the fire to be due to foul play, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires
Very destructive-looking bush fees are to be seen on the eastern slopes No matter where they occur they do immense damage. If the grass in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tables Turned. Austrian Adtillery Fires on Fleeing Germans. Petrograd
A singular feature of the fighting at Czerniovitz was that Gorman regiments became panic stricken and began to run. The Austrian artillery,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Norwegian Fire. Much Damage. Christiana
A fire at Bergren raped all night long. spreading to twenty distinct quarters. The flames destroyed the Central Telephone Exchange, four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huge Fire in Norwegan City. £3,000,000 Damage. Christiania
One-third of the city of Bergen has been restroyed by fire. Two lives have been lost, and two thousand are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Bush Fire Treacherous Incendiarism. Serious Damage to Crops. Wagga
A serious bush fire, which appears to have been the result of a treacherous attempt to day waste a whole countryside, started on Heriot's estate,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Disastrous Fire. at Bergen. London
The (fireat fire at Bergen (Norway) was more destructive than at first reported. Four hundred buildings valued at £[?],100,000 were burned to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Many Peaks. Gladstone (Q.)
A fire at Many Peaks destroyed the premises of Messrs. Ganter and Jones, drapers, and the restaurant conducted by Nicholas Heller. The theatre Grand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Norwegian Fire Colossal Damage. London
Four hundred buildings, values at £11,000,000, have been burnt down. The total damage is £5,500,000. Food and clothing is being sent in large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bergin Another Big Fire. People Frozen to Death. London
This afternoon a great fire at Bergen was more destructive that the first. It is reported that four hundred buildings valued at £1,100,000 were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Phosphorus Baits Cause Bush Fires. Holbrook
A bush fire broke out near Holbrook on Sunday morning, and raged for two days. It was well in hand on Monday evening. The fire burned nine miles on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Paddock Set on Fire Rapid Spread of Flames. Heavy Losses by Farmers. Wagga
A serious bush fire, which appears to have been tho result of a treacherous attempt to lay waste the whole ecuntryside broke out on Heriot's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Austrian's Fire on Germans
It is reported that the Austrian artillery in the Strypa fighting fired ou Germans who were in flight before the Russian bayonets…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Fire at The Gap. a Quantity of Wheat Destroyed
We have to report a further loss of wheat in the district by fire. From what we can learn, by some unaccountable means a fire originated on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires Great Loss of Property. Wheat and Sheep Burnt. Albury
Details of the losses in the late disastrous bush fires in the neighborhood of Cookardinia and Holbrook show that about 30,000 bags of wheat, worth…
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