Fire in Iodide-street
At 3.30 o'clock this afternoon the Central Fire Station received a telephone call to a fire in Iodide-street, and the double reel turned out. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1915
356 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 18
Narrow Escape From Fire
Four persons had a narrow escape from being burned to death at a fire which broke out in a two-storey boarding-house in Donnelly-street. Balmain,…
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A sensation was caused on Thursday morning (says the Tallangatta correspondent of the Melbourne "Argus") when Mr. Athol Pearce, of Wagra…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Sant Anna. the Fires on a Liner. Naples
The commander of the liner Sant Anna, which caught fire in mid-Atlantic on September 18, says that the explosions on the steamer were due to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queen of the Belgians Under Fire. Paris
While the Queen of the Belgians was visiting the trenches on Saturday a lively cannonade was opened. She took shelter in a dugout. Several shells…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Escape From Germany Thrilling Adventures. the Man Who Invented Liquid Fire
The exciting and romantic story of escape and adventure, which follows is yet another proof that truth is indeed stranger than fiction (says the London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Kalgoorlie Fire
A Perth telegram states that at an early hour on Friday morning Hannan's Brewery, at Parkestown, two miles east of Kalgoorlie, was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Australian Soldier. Lecture by Private Banfield. His Experiences Under Fire
The experiences of a member of the Australian Expeditionary Forces from the time he enlisted till he returned from Gallipoli Peninsula to Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Balkans. "Setting Haystacks on Fire." the Russian Ultimatum. London
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, recently conversing with a diplomat, is said to have thus described the regal condition:—"A ruler is like a blind man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wars. the Balkans Crisis. Landing of Allies' Troops. a Division at Salonica. Formal Greek Protest; Roumania Urged to Mobilise Bulgarian King and Members of Parliament. Russians Capture Villages. Operation on the Western Front. (Reuter's Message.) On the Western Front. Exchange of Artillery Fire. Paris
An official communique states:— The enemy in the Champagne continued to fire suffocating shells on our positions behind our front. Our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maori Hostelry on Fire. Proprietor, Son and Lodger Perish. a Suggestion of Suicide
Auckland (N.Z.), Saturday. A fire destroyed a Maori hostelry at Whangarei on Thursday night, and Adolphus Oxley. the proprietor, his son,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Kalgoorlie Brewery Fire. Alleged Incendiarism
The Kalgoorlie correspondent of "The Advertiser" telegraphs:- The inquiry concerning the destruction by fire of the Hannans Brewery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →2nd Edition. Miner Office. 3.30 p.m. the War. (Reuter's messages.) On the Western Front. Violent Bombardments. German Fire Checked. Paris
An official communique states:- "There was a violent reciprocal bombardment last night, causing heavy enemy loss, to the north-eastward of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →French Baptism of Fire. Athens
The French troops in Macedonia received their baptism of fire near the railway bridge at Valandovo, where 40,000 Bulgarians are attacking them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enemy Subjects with Fire Arms. Melbourne
The Federal war census returns have revealed the fact that several enemy subjects have confessed to the possession of firearms contrary to the war…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Italy Takes a Hand. Great Fire in the Town. [?]
A wireless message states that the Italian squadron participated in the blockade and bombardment of the Bulgarian coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burned to Death. Factory Fire at Pittsburg. Eleven Girls and a Man Perish. Other Persons Reported Missing. (Reuter's Message.) Pittsburg (U.S.A.)
Eleven girls and one man were burnt to death by a fire which destroyed the factory of the Union Paper Box Company…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pittsburg Fire. Fourteen or Seventeen Killed. Mostly Young Women. (Reuter's Message.) Pittsburg (U.S.A.)
Fourteen persons were killed and eight injured in the fire at the Union Paper Box Company's factory. The fire occurred in a four-storey…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Iron Knob
Great excitement was caused at Iron Knob on Monday night last (reports the "Transcontinental") at 11.15 o'clock, when it was ascertained that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mysterious Fire on a Steamer. the Wodonga in Danger
The inquiry into the recent fire on the steamer Wodonga was resumed in Brisbane on Tuesday (reports the…
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