Fire at Chatsworth
A very disastrous, fire occured at Chatsworth on Friday morning between 12 and 1 o'clock, when the brie store of Mr. S. Newlinds was completely destroyed…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
324 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 17
Serious Fires. at Broken Hill Steelworks. Newcastle
Serious fires broke out this morning at the Broken Hill Proprietary Co.'s steelworks at Port Waratah. No sooner was one outbreak smothered than another…
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Hon. E. H. Farrar, M.L.C. (president), Ald. W. Taylor (city and suburban municipal representative), and Mr. H. M. Webb, of the New South Wales Board of…
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Hon. E. H. Farrar, M.L.C. (chairman), Ald. W. Taylor, and Mr. H. Webb (secretary), of the N.S.W. Board of Fre Commissioners, who are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big German Attack. Broken by French Fire. Paris, Saturday Night
A French communique states: -- Yesterday, after a violent bombardment, the Germans attacked northwest of Braye, from the Chevrigny ridge to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →L22's Fate. Wrecked by British Naval Fire. Eye Witnesses' Story. Copenhagen
The recent destruction of L22 off Esb jerg was clearly seen from the Danish coast. The zeppelin came from the south early in the morning on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pola Bombed. Great Fire Caused. Rome, Tuesday Night
A squadron of Italian aeroplanes bombed the Austrian arsenal at Pola and caused a great fire, which was burning for two days. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Dangerous Cargo. Fire in Napier Harbor. Sydney
The crew of the steamer Arahura: which arrived at Napier after a fire had been experienced, caused by benzine fumes, refused to sail unless the 5000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire. Atlanta Loses Four Millions. Miles of Residential Section Burned. New York
Several square miles of the residential section of Atlanta were burned. The loss is calculated at four millions sterling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →America. the Atlanta Fire. Fifteen Thousand People Homeless. New York
As the result of the fire at Atlanta 15,000 people are homeless. (The "Daily Examiner" explained yesterday that this fire took place in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japan. Town Destroyed by Fire. London
A great fire at Yonezaw, Japan, destroyed all the public buildings, besides 3500 private houses…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Enemies' Internal Troubles Big Fire in Hungary. 1250 Houses Burnt. Thousands Homeless. Amsterdam, Wednesday Night
Advices from Budapest state that a thousand houses have been burnt at Gycengyes and 250 are still burning. Seven fatalities are reported, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in Europe. Hungarian Town Partly Destroyed. Forest Fires Round Berlin. London
The Hungarian town of Gyenyoes has been partly destroyed by fire. Several forest fires are reported in the vicinity of. Berlin. Great anxiety is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fires in Germany. Incendiarism Suspected. London
Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent states:-- Great fires continue in Germany. The latest includes the gutting of Moabit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mice Plague. Fires and Strike. Sydney
Mice are believed to be responsible for the fire which consumed 25 tons of hay and a quantity of chaff near Temora. A homestead near Narromine was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Incendiarism. Hay Shed Set on Fire. Sydney
A new hay shed, containing a considerable quantity of hay, carts and machinery, belonging to Mr. Knowles, was burnt to the ground at Quirindi…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand. Explosion and Fire on Steamer Auckland
An explosion and fire on board the steamer Te Anau at Napier, New Zealand, injured three seamen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire and Explosion. in Bohemian Munition Factory. London
Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent says that, as the result of a fire and explosion in a munition works at Bolovec, Bohemia, there were numerous casualties…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Yass. £2000 Damages. Sydney
A fire broke out early this morning in a block of buildings in the centre of Cooma-street, Yass. The flames were not extinguished until damage estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mysterious Fire
Some extraordinary evidence was given at an inquiry held at Cora[?]i on Friday into the cause of a f[?]e that destroyed Mr. M. G. Kable s residence…
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