Inquest on fire
On Wednesday last the District Coroner (Hon. W. Bennett) held an inquiry concerning the destruction by fire of a barn at " Melbee," the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1915
558 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 25 of 28
Bush Fires. Heavy Damage on the North Coast. Dorrigo
Since Saturday evening the homesteads belonging to Messrs. F. G. Wright, W. Caffery,' M. Burns. F. Sawtell, A. P. Jackson, and T. T. Johnson, of Yarrum. Creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Broke. Disastrous Fires
Mr Rogers, of Fordwich, suffered a severe loss through an outbreak of fire on his property on Wednesday night. One of his grass paddocks caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Extinguished. New York
The captain of the French liner Rochambean has sent a wireless intimating that the fire has been extinguished, and the steamer is proceeding to Bordeaux…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Sydney. Exciting Scenes. Sydney
A leap from the second story by a woman on to a cross wire, and thence to the ground, and the rescue by a fireman of her daughter, who was hanging on to a ledge of one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Under Shell Fire. What It Feels Like
My first experience of shell fire. How I had subconsciously dreaded it—or rather dreaded what my feelings would be, and whether I'd show them…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →News by Wire. Destructive Fire. Sydney
A fire broke out in a shop and dwelling occupied by Mr. P. T. Worth, general store-keeper, Cabramatta, early this morning. The blaze started in the shop, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →American Steel Works on Fire. German Agents Suspected
London, Thursday Night.—Workmen to the number of 800 were endangered by a fire which occurred in the Bethlehem Steel Works in the United States…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer on Fire. Another German Plot. Halifax (Nova Scotia), Nov. 6
The British steamer Rio Lagos, which caught fire in mid-ocean, has returned here. It is reported, that an incendiary bomb was discovered in the sugar cargo. A steam hose…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Bush Fires. Farmers' Heavy Losses
For some nights past the mountain range in the Illawarra district has been brilliantly illuminated by bush fires. The outbreaks between Milton and Moruya in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destructive Fire
The residence of Edward Hicks, together with most of its contents, was destroyed by fire at Ryde on Saturday, night. Hicks was in his back yard shooting flying foxes, when he saw flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fierce Fires at Tinonee. Narrow Escapes. Taree
Fierce bash fires were raging at the back of Tinonee yesterday afternoon, and all night. A strong westerly was blowing, with the result that Tinonee had a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires
On Sunday last a bush fire started at Dusodie, and settlers in this locality had a hard battle with the flames to save their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disagreeable Weather—Bush Fires
Saturday and Sunday last, and more especially Sunday, were the most disagreeable flays we can remember experiencing for we don't…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton Letter. Heat and Bush Fires. "Singleton
A terrific heat wave was experienced on Sunday, and the oppressiveness, combined with dust and smoke, will not readily be forgotten. The wind rose early in the day,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Heat Wave Unpleasant Time in Singleton. High Temperatures and Hot Winds, Bush Fires Everywhere
After a fairly early, spell of warm weather, that included a three-figure shade temperature last week, an excessive heat wave sot in on Sunday in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cessnock District News. Serious Fire Averted
Shortly [?] eight o' clock on Sunday evening a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. C. Jobling in Yange-street, Cessnock, as a result off which slight damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Middle Styr Fighting. Masses of Fire. London
Reutor's petrograd correspondent state that the fighting on the Middle Styr, which is growing intensely, is culminating in masses of fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Camp-fire Fraternity. Jam Cakes in This Valley Death
The spirit, of soldierly comradeship between the Australians and the Indians in Gallipoli is described in a letter to the Secretary for India by Private Arthur Browett, 3rd Field…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under British Fire. German Officer's Ordeal in Flanders. Shell in a Dug-out
Some frank tributes to the etficacy of the British artillery in Flanders are paid by a wounded German officer in the course of a narrative published in a German newspaper…
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