Fire at Waterloo
A large building at Waterloo, which was used as a hat factory and chairworks, was partly destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage is estimated at about £3000…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
559 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 28 of 28
News by Wire. Sydney, Wednesday. a Suspicious Fire
A suspicious outbreak of fire occurred to-day on board the steamer Lo[?], one of the vessels recently seized as a prize of war. Smoke was noticed issuing from [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rescue of Airmen. Motorist's Dash Through German Fire
A British staff-lieutenant at Antwerp wrote:—Whatever may be said of the German infantry has no bearing on their artillery…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Greta
A four-roomed house, the property of Mr. George Brooker, of High-street, Greta, was completely demolished by fire at 10.30 last night (writes our Greta correspondent). Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fire. at Coff's Harbour
A fire occurred at Cofff's Harbour on Sunday morning, and did damage to the extent of £ 15,000. The blaze was first seen at Hardy's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Engine Wrecked. Damage Estimated at £800
The new 40 h. p. Slmonis motor turbine fire engine at Manly has been wrecked, the damage being estimated at £800. The motor was proceeding to a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The British Soldier Under Fire. Impressions of a French War Correspondent
By the most wonderful chance happened to be in the British lines in Belgium just when the great battle of Charleroi began, a fight that will remain inscribed in letters of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →War in Daily Life. Families Under Fire. Children Play While Guns Boom
One of the most striking phases of the campaign in Belgium has been the facility with which the population accept the business of war as a part of their ordinary life,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sentry Fires, Three Shots Young Woman Wounded
An extraordinary shooting affair occurred near Brookvale late on Saturday night. The sentries challenged all vehicles to and from Manly, and at…
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A fire occurred early on Monday morning in an old building at the rear of Mr. H. R. Flanders' private residence. Bridge-street. The place was used as a storeroom for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£800 Fire Station
Included in the 1915 estimates of the Fire Brigades' Board allowance is made for the erection of an up-to-date fire station in Cessnock. As…
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On Wednesday evening, at a social function convened for the purpose, at the Court House Hotel, members and ex-members of the -Singleton Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Christmas Eve Fire
The happy holiday crowd that thronged High-street on Christmas Eve were rather startled about 10, 25 on Christmas Eve by the clanging of the fire station bell. The police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Coast. Fleet's Terrible Fire
London, Wednesday.—Details of the battle of Nieuport show that the French troops took up a position at the,most dangerous point, where they had to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rescue of Airmen. Motorist's Dash Through German Fire
A Britih staff-lieutenant at Antwerp wrote:— Whatever may be said of the German infantry has no bearing on their artillery…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →British Aviator's Exploit. Fires Military Buildings. Dunkirk, Dec. 26
Commander Samson, V.C., carrying 12 bombs, started at 6.30 in the evening and dropped bombs on the military posts at Ostend. Bruges, and Ghent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at East Maitland
At 8.5 last night Mr. Gordon Judge, of West Maitland, gave the East Maitland Fire Station the alarm for a fire at a cottage in Melbourne-street, occupied by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Breakfast Under Fire. Good German Shooting. Buenos Aires
The Germans in the Falkland Islands battle opened fire at such long range that the British were allowed [?] finish breakfast, but could scarcely be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Blaze at Duckenfield
The watchman on duty on the lookout tower at West Maitland Fire Station last night reports that at 12.30 there was a very brilliant glare in the sky in the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heroic Trumpeter. Gallant Rescue Under Heavy Fire
In a letter to a friend in Blackburn, Private D. Thomas, of the South Staffordshire Regiment, related the following brief and heroic incident. Ina recent severe…
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