Fire at Botany. Damage Estimated at £10,000. SYDNEY
One wing of a two-storey building at Botany, owned and occupied by Bayley and Sons, tanners, together with the contents, consisting of machinery and skins were…
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Fires & bushfires, 1916
275 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 14
The Italian Offensive. Attacking New Defences. Forest Fire Raging. London
A Rome message states: The Italians are now attacking the recently constructed Austrian defences ten kilometres behind their former line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Other Neutral Vessels Destroyed. One Set on Fire. LONDON,Tuesday Night
The Germans set fire to the Swedish ship Pepita, which, with a cargo of sleepers, was bound for Sunderland. (Eng.)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Grafton. Prince-street Shop Gutted
An alarm of lire was received simultaneously from two sources at the Grafton Fire Station at 5.58 yesterday morning, one being a telephone ring, and the other from Mr. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Grafton Fire. Inquiry Proceeding
At the Grafton Court House this morning an inquiry was opened before the Coroner, Mr. J. L. Shropshire, into the cause of the recent fire at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Western Front. at Fleury. Germans Use Liquid Fire. But Are Repulsed with Serious Losses. London
A Pairs communique says: A powerful German attack at Fleury was repulsed with serious losses to the enemy. The attack was accompanied by liquid fire, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hotel Fire. Boarder Burned to Death. Melbourne
A fire destroyed the Royal Hotel, Melbourne. William McDonald, a boarder, failed to hear the alarm, and was burned to death in his bed. The charred remains were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Printer's Blaze. Considerable Damage Done. Sydney
A fire was discovered early this morning on the premises of Arthur McQuitty and Co., printers, Wentworth Place, off Clarence-street. The flames were subdued, but not before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canadians' Heroism. Fighting at Ypres. Terrible Shell Fire
The attack on the Canadian front of the Ypres salient, which began on June 2, was, according to Mr. Philip Gibbs, the special correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Grafton Fire. Coronial Inquiry. an Open Verdict
On Wednesday (as briefly reported in that day's issue), at the Grafton Court House, an inquiry was held by the Coroner, Mr. J. L. Shropshire, into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Canadian Fires. Ten More Lives Lost. a Great Area a Sea of Flames. Ottawa
Ten more lives have been lost in the bush fires in Northern Ontario. Several silver-mining camps were surrounded by fires in the province of Quebec, and several villages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Repel Attacks. Fire Holds Huns Back Paris, Thursday Night
A French communique states:--We repulsed a grenade attack, following on a bombardment, at Soyecourt Wood. Our fire prevented the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Trenches. Devastating British Fire. London
Reuter's British Headquarters correspondent says that the quantity of unposted letters from officers and men found in the German trenches continue to testify to the devastating…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canadian Bush Fires. Immense Losses. Vancouver
Ottawa official estimates state that the damage in the recent bush fires at Ontario show 300 people were killed, and 700,000 acres of forest burned. Five million…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Bondi. Some Narrow Escapes. Sydney
A twelve-roomed weatherboard residence at Bondi was completely destroyed by fire this morning. A number of inmates had a narrow escape. Three young men awakened…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer on Fire. Sydney
A fire broke out this afternoon in the forehold of the steamer Tambo, berthed at the Federal wharf. About 500 tons of copra were seized by the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Cobargo. Child Burned to Death. Sydney
During the fire which totally destroyed a residence at Cobargo, a child, aged five, was burnt to death. The mother succeeded in rescuing a baby from the flames, but was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires. Conflagration in Sydney. Public Supply Stores Gutted. Mark Foy's and Snow's Affected. Sydney
The Public Supply Stores, Pitt-street, were completely destroyed by fire at five o'clock this morning. Apparently the fire had been in progress some time before it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Fire in Sydney. Public Supply Stores Destroyed. Sydney, Thursday Night
At 5 o'clock this morning the Public Supply Stores in Pitt-street were found to be on fire, and were completely destroyed. An hour after the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Air Raid on London. One Zeppelin Downed by Cun-fire
Zeppelins made a raid on London and casters coastal districts at 11 o'clock on Sunday night. Official reports states two were killed and…
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