Fire-fighting Scheme
At the Progress Association meeting on Tuesday evening last Mr. G. Gray outlined an inexpensive fire-fighting scheme which would be suitable for…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
324 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 17
Fire. Sydney
A serious fire in the assay office of the electrolytic works, Port Kemble, did damage, estimated at £3000. The company's fire brigade succeeded in…
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At about midnight on Saturday last Mr. H. Landers' hay shed at Dobie's Bight, together with most of its contents, was totally destroyed by fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Exciting Fire. Pine View Stables Burnt[?] Sydney, Mo[?]
An exciting fire is reported lier's Pine View property at K[?] near Ardlethan. The stables an[?] were soon in flames. There we[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire-fighting Scheme Fort Dorrigo
At a recent meeting of the Dorrigo Progress Association Mr. G. Gray outlined a fire-fighting scheme. The scheme (says the Dorrigo "Gazette")…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Fire. £10,000 Damage. Sydney
A four-storied building at the corner of Druitt and Kent-streets, including Jackson and McDonald, talking-machine shop, Watson printer, and Gowing's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Kent Street Fire. Damage Assessed at £3000. SYDNEY
The damage by the fire in Kent street last night is estimated at about £3000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Moree. Child Burnt to Death. Sydney
As a result of a fire at the rear of Tattersall's Hotel, Moree, a child was burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Woolwich. Little Damage Done. London, Saturday Night
The Press Bureau announces that a fire occurred at Woolwich Arsenal this morning, but with no loss of life and only slight damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News of the World. Woolwich Arsenal. a Harmless Fire. London
Press Bureau: A fire at Woolwich Arsenal this morning caused no loss of life and slight damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Fires. Woman Committed for Trial. Sydney
A fire at Coolamon early yesterday morning destroyed four business places and damaged another. After inquiring into the fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beware of Fires
The present, probably, is an opportune time to sound a note of warning to settlers and others against indiscriminately setting fire to rubbish on their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Sydney. Early Morning Blaze. Sydney
About 2.15 this morning an outbreak of fire occurred in Lawson House, in Clarence-street. When the firemen arrived the building was well alight on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General War News. Munition Factory Fire. No Casualties. London, Friday Night
The official Press Bureau states that a fire broke out in sheds adjoining a munition factory in North London. Explosions were caused, but there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Farm Fire
On Sunday a severe loss was sustained by Mrs. A. Short, of Mount Edgecombe, by the destruction by fire of a large barn, which contained a large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brilliant British Feats. Deadly Fire Faced. Huns Give in Without Fighting. London
Phillip Gibbs, the "Daily Chronicle" correspondent, continuing his story of yestreday's British offensive, says:-- The Britishers elsewhere along the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at South Grafton
Somewhere in the early hours of yesterday morning fire broke out in the store and residence of Mrs. Martha Shore, Through-Street, South Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beach Thomas's Story. Clever Artillery Work the Wanted British Curtain of Fire. Worcester Regiment Isolated. London
Beach Thomas says advancing waves of Germans surrounded and isolated the Argyles, Sutherlands, and Middlesexes, who were presently in a terrible danger from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire. Motor Garage Burnt. Sydney
A fire at Narrabeen, early this morning, resulted in a motor garage, with its contents, of two motor buses and three motor cars, being totally destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires Burnt Out. Melbourne, Sunday Night
The strike of the Melbourne glass-bottle blowers is unsettled, resulting in the fires under the tanks of the Australian Glass Manufacturers' works being allowed to…
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