Fire in Sydney. Extensive Damage. SYDNEY,Friday
Three of the top floors in a large building in Ash street, City, were destroyed by fire last night. The roof fell in. The admage is estimated at several…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
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Germans Fire Udine. Loss Estimated at £400,000. LONDON
Mr. Percival Gibbon, who is at the Italian headquarters, reports:-- The Germans fired the town of Udine. The loss is estimated at £400,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire in Melbourne. Melbourne
The premises of the Bloggs Proprietary, Limited, manufacturing chemists, and the adjoining premises of the Electrical Equipment Manufacturers'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Official Report. Intense Artillery Fire. Rome
An Italian official message states:-- There is most intense artillerying on the Asiago Plateau to the Lower Piave. We drove back the enemy who were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Death. Woman's Clothes Catch Fire. Sydney
Mrs. Amy Blackie met with a shocking death at her residence at Newtown early this morning. She was sleeping with a baby, and got out of bed to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vessel on Fire. Melbourne
A vessel in Port Melbourne this morning was on fire. Benzine fumes exploded in the forehold and the flames escaped from the open hatch. Four men were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire in Sydney. £25,000 Damage. Sydney
A fire was discovered in the copra stocks at the Texas Oil Co's depot, Greenwich Point (Sydney Harbor). The loss is estimated at £25,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Cables (Messages received, except where otherwise specified, through the Australian Cables Association.) a Terrible Disaster. Great Fire at Halifax. Half of City Destroyed. New York, Thursday Night
It is reported that half of Halifax has been destroyed by fire. (Halifax is the seaport and capital of Nova Scotia, with a population of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Under Control. Halifax
The fire is now under control. It is estimated there are a thousand dead. It is officially learned that, the wrecked vessel was only a small one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Disastrous Fire. Iron Works Destroyed. a National Catastrophe. Toronto, Thursday evening
The Poison iron works, tlie largest steel plant in Canada, is on fire to-night,, and is threatened with total destruction. For many months the works have been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Portuguese Revolution. Cruiser Fires on Lisbon. London
The revolutionaries in Lisbon, who are entrenched in King Edward VII. Park, repelled the Government troops with heavy losses…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. a Disastrous Fire. Brisbane
There was a disastrous fire in the main street at Chinchilla early this morning. The following places, comprising a whole block, were gutted:--The Royal Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire in Queensland. One Man Missing. Sydney
A disastrous fire has occurred at Chinchilla, Queensland, where a whole block was burnt out. It is feared that one man was burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More British Air Raids. Fire at Bbruges Docks. London, Wednesday Night
The Admiralty reports: our naval aircraft on Monday night dropped many tons of bombs on Mostacker aerodrome and Bruges docks. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Fire at Stockton. Newcastle
A wooden building at Stockton, occupied by Mrs. Sullivan and her three children, was destroyed, by fire early this morning. Mrs. Sullivan, on opening the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Glen Innes. Business Premises Gutted
At 11 o'clock on Thursday night a fire was discovered at Lawrence and Co. 's ladies' speciality house in Grey-street. The blaze had a good hold and soon spread to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Voting Under Shell Fire. Nurses and Workmen Also Voting. London
Gordon Gilmour, the special correspondent of the Australian Press Association on the Western front, writes: The greater number of the soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Sydney. a Narrow Escape. Sydney
A fire broke out early this morning at the Motor Radiator Company's works, Surry Hills. Mr. Adkins the proprietor, and his wife, who occupied a flat over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Voting Under Fire. the Poll on the West Front
ANZAC HEADQUARTERS, Friday. Many thousands of Australian soldiers voted within the range of the German guns, and thousands within easy range of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Canadian Elections. Voting Under Fire. Several Casualties. London, Tuesday Night
Several casualties occurred among Canadian officers and men while voting beside their guns at the front…
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