Fire in Williams Street
A four-roomed wood-and-iron house and its contents in Williams-street North, owned and occupied by Kassim Mahomed, were totally destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1914
455 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 23
The Fire on the Buninyong. Sydney
The fire on the steamer Buninyong, which put into Eden, has been extinguished, and the vessel is coming on to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Church. a Sunday Evening Sensation. Adelaide
A sensation was caused at the Meadows Methodist Church on Sunday evening when a fire broke but owing to a large lamp falling. The Rev. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fatal Fire. Aged Woman Burnt to Death. Sydney
An aged woman Mrs. Walsh, who resided alone in Burwood, was burnt to death shortly before midnight last night. The discovery of the fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Siege of Liege. German Fire Perfect. High Explosives. Belgians Like Demons. London
A Liege correspondent telegraphs that heavy cannonading began at 11.30 last Wednesday night. There was a full moon. The German attack was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Cobalt-street
A fire broke out in a bedroom in an eight-roomed wood-and-iron house in Cobalt-street, off Oxide-street, and of which Mr. Edward Trevena is the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in a Sydney Suburb. Sydney
A fire broke out shortly before midnight last night at the furniture warehouse of C. B. Vintiner and Co., in Camperdown. A large quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Belgian Church. Many Women Killed and Injured. Brussels
A slight fire broke out yesterday in the Church of St. Antoine at La Louviere, Charleroi, while mass for the Belgian army was being celebrated. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Siege Guns Destroyed. Deadly Belgian Fire. Liege Forts Intact. Brussels
The deadly accuracy of the fire from the Liege, forts successively destroyed all the heavy German siege artillery, brought up to the entrenchments…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Terrific Battle. Reckless Courage. Deadly Belgian Fire. Germans Routed. Prisoners Fainting. Horses Starving. Brussels
The German cavalry and an infantry battalion with 12 guns, crossed the River Gette and flung itself upon Haolen and Diest. The attack was so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Beryl-street. House and Contents Destroyed
At 8 o'clock last night the Fire Brigade received a telephone call to an outbreak of fire in a 6-roomed wood-andiron house in Berryl-street North, owned…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New South Wales. Big Fire in Sydney. Sydney
Henderson's sweets factory, a large four-storied building in Barlow-street, Haymarket, was totally destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fighting in Alsace. Conflict Resumed. Effective Artillery Fire, London
Telegrams from Basle, on the Swiss frontier, report fresh fighting between Belfort and Altkirch. The Press Bureau states that a visit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fighting in Alsace. Conflict Resumed. Effective Airtillery Fire. London
Telegrams from Basle, on the Swiss frontier, report fresh fighting between Belfort and Altkirch. The Press Bureau states that a visit…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captive Balloons. Direct Shell Fire. Paris
A German monoplane, flying the French colors, dropped three bombs into Luneville (about 20 miles southcast of Nancy, in the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Fitzroy. Woman's Jump for Safety. Caught by Spectators
Sensational circumstances surrounded the outbreak of are at 38 (Johnstonstreet, Fitzroy, on Saturday (says the "Age.") This is a two-storied building…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Queensland Fire. Block of Buildings Destroyed. Brisbane
A destructive fire occurred at Allora yesterday, when a block of buildings comprising seven shops at the corner of Herbert and Drayton streets, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Broken Hill Fire Bricade. Quarters for Married Men
At last night's meeting of the City Council, a letter was received from the board of fire commissioners, stating that it had been compelled to defer,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Otaki. Wellington
A fire at Otaki yesterday, destroyed a block of seven business premises. This is the fourth serious fire that has occurred in the town in a few months…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Cruiser Ashore. Blown Up Under Fire. Amsterdam
An official German statement says that the cruiser Madgeburg went ashore during a fog on Odensholm Island, in the Gulf of Finland. The…
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