Another Sydney Fire. a Warehouse Damaged. Sydney
A fire broke out in G. G. Cohen's general merchandise warehouse in Spring-street city, yesterday. The caretaker of the premises…
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Fires & bushfires, 1915
356 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 18
Pola Bombed. Arsenal Set on Fire. Destroyer Flotilla Makes a Raid. Rome
An official communique says:- "One of our dirigibles bombed the railway stations, petrol depot, and arsenal at Pola on Sunday night. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wars. Italy's Advance in Austria. Bombs Fire Pola Arsenal. a Torpedo Boat Raid. Allies Progress in Flanders. German Lines Pierced. Enemy Admits Losing Trenches. Sinking of Merchant Vessels Continues. the German Note to America. (Reuter's Messages.) Italy in Action. Austrian Forts Reduced to Powder. London
Mr. M. Donohoe, the "Daily Chronicle's" war correspondent, cables: "From a high plateau in the Adige region the Italians' heavy guns reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Under Fire. Story Written by French Corporal
A young French soldier who has just [?]sed his stripes as corporal has [?]nt a letter to his father describing his personal inpressions of the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wars. Heavy Fighting in the Dardanelles. the Allies Progress. Kitchener Praises the Australians. How H.M.S. Goliath Was Sunk. Russians Report Great Victory in Galicia. (Reuter's Messages.) In the Dardanelles. Forcing the Narrows. Ineffective Enemy Fire. Germans "Satisfied, Yet Anxious." London
The London "Daily Telegraph" corerspondent at Chanak communicates as follows:- "A neutral army officer estimates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Gaffney-lane
A call was received by telephone at the Fire Statics last night at 10 o'clock, to Geffney-Lene. No. 3 station hose cart tamed out. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Landing at Gallipoli. Gallantry Under Fire
Private Prank Hodson, who left Australia with the first contingent of the Expeditionary Force, returned to Melbourne from Lemnos Island and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Royal Despatch Rider. Prince of Wales Under Fire
An interesting account of the life of the Prince of Wales at the front is given by a correspondent of the New York "World," who writes that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big London Fire. Motor Works Burnt. Machines for the Front Destroyed. London
The works of Brown, Hughes, and Strachan, motor-body builders, Park Royal, Ealing, covering an area of three acres, were burned last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Sydney Fire. Sydney
A two-storey building in Oxfordstreet, near Crown-street, City occupied by Charles Wigzell, hairdresser, and Reg. Burge, Milliner, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans Using Liquid Fire. Petrograd
Reports from the front show that the Germans on the Beura are using liquid fire squirts in hand-to-hand encounters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Riot at Malines. Germans Fire on the Crowd. "Quite Seven Hundred Killed." Amsterdam
A traveller from Ghent declares that some women in Malines, a few miles south of Antwerp, commenced rioting on Tuesday and almost the entire…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire at Hamburg. Amsterdam
The German Vacuum Oil Company's warehouses at Hamburg have been burned, causing great damage. The boiling and burning oil streamed down…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Willunga Fire. Adelaide
The residence of Mrs. Hill at Willunga was destroyed by fire last night. The inmates escaped in their night attire to a shed. Nothing was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Picture Theatre on Fire. Five Hundred People Leave in Safety. Manager's Presence of Mind. Sydney
A 'fire broke out in the Strand Theatre, a recently opened picture show in Pitt-street, near Market-street, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Sulphide-street
At hair-past 3 o'clock this afternoon the central fire station received a call by telephone—the first since June 9—to an outbreak of fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bombs Dropped on Arras. Fires Started, Many People Injured. Paris
German aeroplanes dropped 100 incendiary asphyxiating bombs at Arras. Fires were started at several places. Many persons were injured. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Sulphide-street
At half-past 3 o'clock this afternoon the central fire station received a call by telephone—the first since June 9—to an outbreak of fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Interview with Armenian's Captain. Accurate Shooting from Submarine. Number of Men Killed by Shell Fire. Steamer Set Ablaze in Three Places. London
Captain Trickett, the Armenian's captain, interviewed, states:—"The submarine signalled us to stop by putting a couple of gunshots across our [?]ws when four miles off. I put my stern to him, and ran for it. He shelled continuously. The shrapnel killed several of the crew and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Cobalt-street
A fire broke out in a fire-roomed wood and iron house in Cobalt-street, off Bromide-street last night. The premises were occupied by Mr. S…
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