The Crookwell Fire
Before Sir King, at the Sydney Water Police Court on Monday morning, Amelia Smith, 27, was charged with setting fire to a shop occupied by…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
196 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 7 of 10
Crookwell Fire
Amelia Smith (27) and Albert Augustus Smith (28) were charged, before Mr. King, S.M., at the Water Police Court on Friday, with setting fire to a shop of which they wore…
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The committee appointed by the public meeting to inquire and report on the best means of minimising fires in Crookwell, met at Ewen's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Outbreaks of Fire in Goulburn. Damage Very Slight
At 5.30 p.m. on Thursday an outbreak of fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Augustus Flood in Goldsmith-street, between Sloane and Auburn streets. A citizen ran to the Fire Brigade station…
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David and Lucy lived in a log cabin to a great Oregon wood, fifty miles from the nearest town. Their papa and mamma worked…
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With the British Army in the Field. For real hastle come to France. I have just returned from a day with a battalion of railway builders, in khaki. They…
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At the Goulburn Police Court yesterday before Mr. Chippendale, Acting P.M., and Mr. Badgery, Albert August. us Smith and Amy Ame[?]a Smith were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Lessening. (British Admiralty Intercepts. Collected by the Wireless Press.)
A German official message states—The artillery fire has lessened on the Flanders front…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Western Front. Intense Fire by Artillery. Great British Aerial Success
London, July 29.—Correspondents telegraphing on Friday night describe a portentous British artillery fired on the Flanders front, which had been in progress for 48 hours, and was of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Flanders Battle. Unprecedented Bombardment. German Fire Equals British. (United Service Message.) LONDON
The vast battle in Flanders is reaching the height of its first stage. The appalling rear of the guns and explosions of shells keep the countryside shaking. The Germans are…
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The Fire Brigade received a call to the residence of Mr. E. Stevens, fruiterer, of Auburn-st. on Friday about noon. It was found that a chimney was on fire, but as no damage was likely…
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Whilst engaged as cook on a clearing contract on the Boomanoomana station, near Berrigan, William Eldridge, who suffered from epilepsy, fell…
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The Times Amsterdam correspondent states that the British fire was most intense at the week-end. Windows rattled any night in South Holland. Drum fire is expected at any…
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A meeting of the committee recently formed for the purpose of inquiring into the best means of coping with fires, was held at the Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Salonika. Disastrous Fire. 80,000 Homeless
Reuter's Agency, learns that a disastrous fire occurred at Salonika on 18th August. The city inside the walls is half destroyed and 80,000 are homeless. The loss of life is unknown. On the…
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Damage to the extent of £250,000 was done by a fire at Brooklyn Pier early this morning. Spontaneous combustion is believed to have caused an explosion, and the fire spread to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire. Great Loss of Life at Salonika. (Reuter Message). LONDON
Reuter learns that a disastrous fire ocourred in Salonika on 18th August. The city inside the walls was half destroyed. Eighty thousand people…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in New York. Great Damage Through Explosion. Reuter's Telegram). New York
A quarter of a million ste[?] damage resulted from a fire which broke out on Brooklyn pier early this morning. Spontaneous combustion is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Avenue of Flame the Salonika Fire. Huns Drop Bombs While Fire Is Raging. (Reuter's Message). LONDON
Reuter's Salonika correspondent states that the recent fire was most [?] inspiring. It was a mile wide, and like an avenue of flame devouring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Salonika Fire
Reuter's Salonika correspondent states that the fire was most awe-inspiring, a mile-wide avenue of flame devouring everything in its course. The entire business quarter and the…
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