Forest Fires. Destruction in Canada. Montreal
The towns of Cochrane and Matheson in Northern Ontario (Canada), were destroyed by fire, and a hundred lives lost and many others injured. A bush fire swept the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1916
275 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 14
Fire at Petrograd. Famous Bridge Destroyed. Petrograd
The famous old Palace Bridge across he Neva has been destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canadian Disaster. Frightful Forest Fires. Six Towns Wiped Off the Map. Ontario
Six towns-Cochrane, Mathesoh, Kelso, Jushka and Iroquis--in Northern Ontario, have been wiped off the map. In Sunday's bush fires 200 persons, were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Raids. Train Blown Up. Ammunition Depot Set on Fire. London
General Haig reports: No infantry fighting, Nothing important to-day, Aviators made several raids and dropped seven tons of bombs on the enemy communication…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Trouble for Huns. Rioters Fire Chinese Concessions. Millions of Dollars Damage. Pekin, Tuesday Night
Rioters caused fires near the Germanic concessions at Hankow. The damage is estimated at several million dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canadian Fires Quenched. Ottawa
Rain quenched the forest fires in Canada, after a hundred square miles were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canadian Fires. More Than Five Hundred Deaths. Ottawa
The death list of the great forest fires in Northern Ontario has now climbed to more than five hundred persons. The blaze swept the country like a tornado. Two freight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Petrograd. Famous Bridge Destroyed. Petrograd
The famous old Palace Bridge across [?] a has been destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Concentrated Artillery Fire. German Batteries Destroyed. London
The "Times" correspondent at headquarters says: We made a concentrated fire on a large number of German batteries a considerable distance behind the lines, destroying…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Huns Temporary Success. with Liquid Fire. London
General Haig reports:--Two enemy attacks northward of Pozieres, one with liquid fire, temporarily forced us back from captured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australians. Cover Themselves with Glory. a Deluge of Shell Fire. They Save the Situation. London
The Paris "Liberte" correspondent says there were fiercest counter-attacks north of Pozieres on Sunday. The Australians once more covered themselves with glory. One…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Kingaroy. Main Portion Destroyed. Brisbane
A fire, which broke out at midnight, in the main portion of Kingaroy, Queensland, destroyed a block of buildings. The flames spread to the Queensland National Bank,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Slight German Success. Liquid Fire Used Again. London
General Haig reports: South-west of Guillemont our line was advanced four hundred yards. The enemy made four attacks northwest of Pozieres. Three failed, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Cable Services. the Western Front. Anglo-French Situation Satisfactory. Australians in Cheerful Mood. Germans Use Liquid Fire. General Haig Reports. German Aeroplanes Dispersed. London
General Haig reports: We drove back the Germans in the Leipsig salient; also blew up the enemy trenches and dug-outs north-ward of Rolincourt. Ten German aeroplanes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destroyed by Fire. Sydney
Woolwich Post Office was partly destroyed by fire last night. About £100 worth of postal notes were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Bega. Sydney
Five-business premises at Bega were destroyed by fire this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Military Camp. Auckland
Damage to the extent of £1000 was caused by the destruction by fire on Sunday of two buildings, at the Trentham Military Camp, New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Carso Fight. Austrians Fire Blindly. Austrian Cruelty. London
Lord Northcliffe, describing the fighting on the Carso plateau, says the Austrians were firing blindly, whilst the Italian heavy batteries searched position after position, the shells…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Grafton. Early Morning Blaze. Prince Street Premises Damaged. Fire Brigade's Fine Work
Just before six o'clock this morning a fire was discovered in the back portion of the Clarence Furniture Manufacturing Co.'s premises which run…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires. Heavy Sums Involved. Sydney
Since the beginning of the present year, the insurances, involved in six serious fires reached the enormous, total of nearly £700,000…
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