Coat on Fire a Costly Blaze. Valuable Wheat Destroyed. Melbourne
A man loading wheat from a stack in one of the country centres noticed his mate's coat on the ground ablaze. The cart also caught fire, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1916
422 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 22
Fire at Country Show Ground
The industrial hall and poultry shed at the Forbes show ground were destroyed by fire. The outbreak started amongst some straw…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Big Fire. Parliament House Alight Disastrous Canadian Narrow Escape of Members. Play Suspected. £1,500,000 Damage. Serious Loss of Life. Ottawa, Illicitly
A disastrous fire in raging in Parliament House buildings. It is strongly suspected that the fire is of incendiary origin. The victims known so far are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The War Parliament House Burnt Out
The destruction of the Parliament Houses at Ottawa Canada was a startingly sudden disaster. The outbreak occurred on Friday night and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burnt Out Parliament House Destroyed Exciting Scenes. Premier's Hurried Escape. London
The destruction of the Parliament Houses at Ottawa, Canada, was a startlingly sudden disaster. The outbreak occurred on Friday night, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ottwawa Fire How It Started. Latest Details. Vancouver, Friday evening
There are conflicting statements, as to the supposed origin, of the fire which destroyed the Dominion Parliament buildings at Ottawa…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ottowa Blaze Prisoners in Burning Buildings. Woman and Men Incinerated. Sensational Escapes. Ottawa
Further details of the fire which destroyed the Parliamentary buildings at Ottawa and caused the deaths of a number of people tell of sensational…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Bridge on Fire. Sydney
The Railway Commissioners to-day received word that a 7-span railway bridge, near Narribri, was damaged by fire this morning. Every…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in the City. Sydney
A fire broke out to-night in the premises occupied by Frank Fanning tailor. The third floor was gutted. while the lower parts of the building…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Naval Steamer on Fire. London
A fire broke out on the naval boarding steamer, Peel Castle in the Straits of Dover. Other craft assisted in the fire fighting and pumped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Wheat Crop. Supposed Incendiarism. Gundagai
A fire started in three places in a wheat crop, farmed on the halves by W. Paton, of Jellingre, 150 acres of standing crop being destroyed. A man…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vilna Disastrous Fire. Germans Fine the Town. London
A fire in Vilna has [?]raged several days, practically wiping out all the wooden houses. The flames reached the German…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vilna Fire. German Headquarters in Danger. Huns Fine Town. Petrograd
During the fire at Vilna on January 27, the flames reached the German headquarters on the Barenovitchi front. The Germans, believing the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Bridge Damaged by Fire. North-west Traffic Held Up. Sydney
The Railway Commissioners announce that the seven-span railway bridge between Turrawan and Tibberena, a wooden structure in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recovered His Speech Soldier's Remarkable Experience. Mimic Gun-fire on the Stage. Sydney
Gunner D. Dunn, who lost is speech through a shell explosion at Cape Helles, recovered the use of his vocal organs last night during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ottawa Fire Temporary Parliament. Inquire Into the Disaster. Additional Bodies Recovered Looting the Houses. Ottawa
Expert packers are removing exhibits from the Parliamentary museum and carpenters are making temporary accommodation for transacting the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire at Mullion
A big bush fire, three quarters of a mile wide, is raging at Mullion Crcek and travelling towards the C[?]loola mountains. The fire broke out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in George-street
An outbreak of fire in an outhouse at the rear of W. J. deary's butcher shop, situated at the corner of George and Russell streets, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A George-Street Fire
On Saturday afternoon a weather board wash and lumber room at the rear of Mr. W. J. Cleary's butchery establishment at the corner of George…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The West a German Offensive. Stopped by Curtain or Fire. Paris, Saturday morning
A communique says:— After we had regained a notable portion of the trench clements captured south of Frise the enemy by a…
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