£10,000 Damage by Fire. Sydney
The box factory of Thomas Barclay and Sons was practically burnt out yesterday. The damage is, estimated at £10,000…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
326 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 17
The Wars. Enemy on Italian Soil. Capture of Udine. Operations on the Western Front. Resumption of the Offensive. Advance Towards Roulers. On the Westen Front Raids by British and Belgians. Airmen Fire on Troops. Aerodromes and Railways Bombed. (Reuter's Message.) London
Field-Marhal Sir Douglas Haig reports:— "The Inniskilling Regiment r[?]ding the enemy trenches north-eastward of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Motor Fire Engine. Arrives Via Cobar This Morning
The new motor fire engine arrived in Broken Hill this morning in charge of Mr. E. H. Parrar, M.L.C., president of the Board of Fire Commisioners,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire at Baltimore. Baltimore
A fire at Baltimore on Wednesday destroyed the piers and a stock of munitions intended for France. The damage is estimated at £1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Motor Fire Engine. Demonstration of Its Work
Yesterday afternoon Mr. E. H. Farrar, M.L.C., President of the Board of Fire Commissioners, and First-claas Fireman Wills, of the Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guarding Against Bush Fires. Adelaide
Owing to the luxuriance of the vegetation everywhere this season special warnings have been given to the public to guard against bush fires during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New Zealand Fire. Twenty Shops Destroyed. Wellington (N.Z.)
A fire yesterday destroyed 20 shops at Ohakune, a bush township in New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frightened by Motor Fire Engine. Bolt Tn Mica-street
The noise made by, or the strangeness of the appearance of, the new motor fire engine, appears to have frightened a horse and caused a bolt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another New Zealand Fire. Dunedin Store Burnt. Wellington (S.Z.)
John Edmonds' hardware shop and warehouse in Princes-street, Dunedin, was burnt out by fire, which started in the centre of the building, and left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer on Fire. Adelaide
The Farmers' Union coastal steamer Ready caught fire on Saturday at Port Adelaide. The forecastle was gutted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pacifist Party's Premises Set on Fire. (Reuter's Message.) London
Following a recent Pacifist Society meeting at Consett, in Durham, a crowd wrecked the Independent Labor Party's offices and set fire to them. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Setting Fire to a Vessel Two Seamen Charged. Sydney
Two seamen, one a Swede, the other a Finn, both about 20 years of age, were before the Police Court yesterday charged with having at Sydney whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Christchurch. Hall and Theatre Destroyed. Welington (N.Z.)
Canterbury Hall, Christchurch, comprising Fuller's Vaudeville Theatre, two small halls, and suites of offices, has been destroyed by fire. The hall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The United States. Great Vigilance Committee Planned. to End German Fires and Explosions. (Reuter's Message.) New York
A great vigilance committee to extend throughout the whole of the United States has been planned by the American Defence Society, to aid the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Port Neill. Adelaide
A fire at Port Neill destroyed a store and the post office. The loss is estimated at about £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Week's Conflict at Moscow. Kremlin and Town Hall Bombarded. Fires Started in the City. Maximilists and the New Ministry. (Reuter's Message.) London
Reuter's correspondent, in a later message, states:— "Ater the defeating of M. Kerensky the Maximilist Council of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enemy Chased to Protection of Battle Fleet. One Cruiser Seen on Fire. Mine Sweepers Sunk. Only Slight Damage to the British Ships. (Reuter's Message.) London
The [?] reports:— "No further information is to hand concerning the Heligoland Right operations, beyond the fact that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wars. the Naval Encounter Off Heligoland. One German Cruiser Reported on Fire. Maximilists in Power in Petrograd. Flight of M. Kerensky. Week's Conflict at Moscow Terminated. British in Palestine Occupy Jaffa. Further Fighting on Western and Italian Fronts
[The cable [?] in this [?] [?] "The Times' Message" are published in "The (London) Times" a newspaper, and cabled to Australia by special [?]. It should be understood that the opinions are not those of "The Times: [?] [?] a [?] to be so. The cables hended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Causing a Fire on a Ship. Sydney
A Finnish seaman was yesterday sentenced to six months' imprisonment for causing a fire on a ship…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reciprocal Artillery Fire. in the French Zones. (Reuter's Message.) Paris
An official French communique states:— "There is intermittent reciprocal artillery firing in the Vandesson…
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