Great Ottawa Fires
American papers to hand this week contain graphic stories of the destruction by fire of the Canadian Parliamentary buildings. In the Hearst papers…
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Fires & bushfires, 1916
275 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 14
A Sydney Fire. New House Destroyed. Sydney
A house which was nearing completion was destroyed by fire at Roseville last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Attacks on Vaux. Five Efforts Frustrated. French Fire Causes Heavy Losses. London, Friday Evening
It is officially stated that five heavy German attacks on Vaux were shattered with heavy losses. The following communique issued at…
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An alarm of fire was raised last night, and on inquiry it was found that the outbreak occurred in a bedroom at a building occupied by Mr. Schumacker, in Oliver-st…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fatal Fire. Sydney
A tragic fire occurred at Mount David, a mining township 30 miles from Bathurst, early on Sunday morning, when William Gibbons, aged 60, and Thomas Heywood, aged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. Fire in Alice-street
The fire that broke out in Alice-street on Monday evening was at "the residence of Mrs. T. Richards, adjoining the place occupied by Mr. Schumacher, the report that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War the Great Verdun Battle. Another Terrific Attack. Fresh Troops and Liquid Fire Used. Suppressed by the French. Slight German Progress, at Heavy Cost. London, Tuesday Night
The Germans, after a terrific bombardment at the North-west Verdun- Avocurt-Malancourt sector, made a vicious infantry attack, employing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Malicious Deed. the South Grafton Fire
The fire in a four-roomed cottage in Kelly-street, South Grafton, on the morning of the 16th inst. formed the subject of an inquiry by the Deputy Coroner, Mr. R. C. Law…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Under Shell Fire
"If a man bells you he is not afraid of shell-fire you can bet your hat on it he's a [?]ar," says. Mr. H. Cullett, the Commonwealth official war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Tweed Heads
The Hotel Pacifique, Tweed Heads, together with Mr. T. Ninnis' saloon on the one side, and Mr. S. Stanley's residence on the other, was totally destroyed by fire on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Commissioners. Visit to Grafton
The Hon. E. H. Farrar, M.L.C. (chairman), MR. R. Shepherd (Municipal and Shire representative), and Mr. H. Webb (secretary) of the Board of Fire Commissioners, arrived…
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The Board of N.S.W. Fire Commissioners (Hon. E. H. Farrar, M. L. C., chairman. Mr. R. Shenherd, Municipal and Shire representative and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tweed Heads Fire
The destruction by fire of the Pacifiqae Hotel, Tweed Heads, has awakened a good deal of local sympathy for the licensees (Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Redfern. Sydney
A fire broke out at the basement of a two-storey house occupied by Mrs. Clara Morgan and boarders at Redfern at 2.30 this morning, and did a good deal of damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire in Victoria. Fourteen Shops Destroyed. Melbourne
Fourteen shops were destroyed by fire at Terang (Victoria) on Saturday. The damage is estimated at fifteen thousand pounds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Slaughter of the Huns. in the Open at Verdun. Between Two Fires
Messages from Paris state that it is not known why the Germans have adopted new attacking formations around Verdun, unless it is that their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegrams. Woman Fires at Detective. Sydney
While Detectives Sickerdick and Bell were searching a house for a man in Melbourne last night a shot was fired as the former got inside the door of a locked room…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Liquid Fire as a Hun Arm. Terrors of the "Flame Projector."
It would be folly to deny military genius, to the Germans. No nation since the world began (writes Ignatius Phayre in the "War Budget")…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fighting in Belgium. Liquid Fire Attack Repulsed. London
A French communique says:--"Our artillery in Belgium energetically bombarded a sector east of the Ypnes-Pilkem road, where a British action at this point is progressing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in George-street. Narrow Escapes. Sydney
A fire occurred at a shop occupied by Jack Rose, blousemaker, George-street, City, yesterday. Four persons, who were caught in roomscover the shop had an exciting time…
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