The Year's Fires
The official returns of the Maitland division of the New South Wales fire brigades show that during the year 54 calls were received, and one false alarm. The most…
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Fires & bushfires, 1915
558 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 28
Our Fire-fighters
It is with pleasure we note the interest the young men of the district are taking in the fireman's work. It is an enthralling game once one gets into it, and the Maitland [?]lads…
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The members of the East Maitland Fire Brigade held a banquet at the fire station last evening. The Mayor (Alderman W.M. Porter) presided over a good attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letter to the Editor. Fire at East Maitland
Sir,—I shall esteem it a favour if you will grant me space in your valued columns to make a correction in the report of the above fire, which appeared in your columns last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →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…
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In a letter to a friend in Blackburn Private D. Thomas of the South Staffordshire Regiment related the following brief and heroic incident. In a recent severe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Artillery Fire Remarkable British Soldiers. Wounded Officer's Experiences
"I have been in several engagements previous to the present campaign," my friend remarked, wrote a correspondent to the London "Daily Telegraph," "but I never…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hot Baths. in the Trenches. Smoking Concert Under Enemy's Fire
Amusing sidelights on the war and the wonderful way in which the French soldiers have accustomed themselves to trench warfare are contained in letters from the front, writes…
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The damage by fire to Brown's fronmongery warehouse off Liverpool-streeet is estimated at about £2000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Between Two Fires. the Germans in Trouble
London, Friday.-The Dunkirk correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states taht the capture of Saint Georges by the Allies affords them valuable…
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The Japanese liner Tango Maru and the steamer Taiyuan, both of which arrived in Sydney yesterduy, brought a budget of interesting news concerning the fall of…
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Wellington (N.Z.), Sunday.—A flre broke out in the tobaeco department of Bing, Harris and Company's Duncdin warehouse, and though the flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Underground Railway Fire. Frantic Fighting. Terrible Panic. New York
The whole of the city's underground railways have become disorganised through a fire in a tube railway under Fifty-Third-street…
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New York, Thursday.- The whole of the underground railways have been disorganised by a fire in, a tube railway on Fifty-third-street. A terrible panic…
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Below is a vivid account of the bombardment of Messines, in Belgium, a few miles south of Ypres, sent home by a wounded cavalryman to his father in Bury. Messing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Concerning the Enemy. Cuxhaven Raid. Germans Say It Missed Fire
London, Thursday Night.—The German newspapers state that the Cuxhaven raid was a failure, all the bombs missing their mark…
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Amusing sidelights on the war and the wonderful way in which the French soldiers have accustomed themselves to french warfare are contained in letters front, writes…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Disastrous Fire. Brisbane
A fire broke out in the main street on Dalby, Queensland, this morning. Six shops have already been destroyed, and the fire is still raging. Other premises are in danger…
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A disastrous fire occurred at the New Zealand Portland Cement Company's works, Limestone Island, as the result of which practically all the manufacturing plant was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Coramissioners' Report
At the meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners, held in Sydney yesterday, the president (Mr. F. Flowers, M.L.C.), stated that the balance-sheet for the year…
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