His Baptism of Fire. An 18-Year-Old Australian
Sydney. Wednesday.-A letter from an 18-year-old Sydney boy who was wounded at the Dardanelles, vividly describes the heroic conduct of the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1915
558 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 28
With the British Army. (Copyright Reserved by the Crown). III. British Headquarters in France, March, 1915. a Night Under Fire
Half a mile away from the trenches there is no sign of the two lines of fighters. you never get accustomed to the idea that in this peaceful-seeming landscape, with its little…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huge Fire in London. Motor Car. Works. Damages £50,000. LONDON
The works of Brown. Hughes, and Strachan, motor body builders, at. Royal Park, Ealing, covering three acres, have been burnt down…
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Mitylene reports state that the troops which landed on the peninsula played an if important part in repulsing Turkish attacks. Several Turkish companies attempted a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →German Fire Bombs. Enormous Heat. London, June 2
At the inquest into the deat[?] of a man and his wife, who were killed in the Zeppelin raid, at London, a verdict of murder against some agent of an [?] force was…
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It is estimated that there are forty German army corps in Galicia. It is estimated that the battle will last another month. The war correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire in London. Damage £80,000. (By Cable.) London, Thursday Night
A fire broke out in the works of Brown, Hughes, and Strachan, motorbody builders, Park Royal, Ealing. The works, which covered three acres, were…
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With the object of making arrangements in connection with the camp fire concert, to be held at the military encampment on Saturday night next, a meeting of the Girls'…
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Corporal George E. Nash, D Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Infantry Brigade, gives the following description of the fight at…
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Shortly after 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning considerable excitement was caused in John-street by great masses of black smoke pouring up from the…
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There was an alarm of fire yesterday morning, between 9 and 10 o'clock; but fortunately, the blaze extinguished before any serious damage was done. The…
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A mounter camp fire concert in aid of our wounded soldiers will be held at the Light Horse Brigade camp to-morrow (Saturday) night, commencing at 7. 15 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Weston. Coroner's Inquest. Open Verdict Returned
The District Coroner, Mr. G. Brown, conducted an inquest at the Aberdare Hotel, Weston, yesterday, into the circumstances of the fire that destroyed Jewell's…
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The installation of fire alarms in the South Maitland district is a work that urgently needs attention. On several occasions recently it has been demonstrated that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Hamburg. Amsterdam, June 18
The Gorman Vacuum Oil Company's warehouse at Hamburg was burned, enormous damage being done, Bolling oil streamed into the canal. Several houses were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late War News Fine Feat of British Submarine Sinks Three Vessels at Constantinople. Escapes Forts and Warships Fire
London, Thursday Night—Another British submarine has made her way light up to Constantinople, and in the Golden Horn sank a large steamer and…
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A communique states: Austrian scouts and destroyers bombarded the completely undefended towns of Pesario and Rionl, but damaged only a few houses…
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The camp fire concert held at the encampment of the 2nd Light Horse Brigade at Bolwarra on Saturday night, was probably the most successful event of its kind…
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An alarm of are was received at the West Maitland Fire Station at about 1.10 a.m. this morning. The scone of the fire was given as the Maitland Hospital…
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A communique states: Austrian scouts and destroyers bombarded the completely undefended towns of Pesaria and Rioni, but damaged only a few houses. Three…
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