Big Fire at Parkes. Damage, £10,000
The most disastrous fire in the history of Parkes occurred at an early hour on Sunday morning. At 4.30 a fire broke out at J. Howell's fruit and tobacco shop and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1915
558 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 28
Terrific Fire. Old Scores Paid Off. London, March 14
"Eye-witness" with the British Head-quarters Staff, says: Our offensive Neuve Chapelle was attended with signal success. The fire of the many guns and howitzers…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Germany Day by Day Spoonfuls of Truth. Russians Guns That Really Fire
Germans are now promised that England's lack of organising ability will result in her being starved into surrender instead of Germany. That is the apparent meaning of an…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire at Newtown. Four Buildings Damaged
At about 10.55 a.m. yesterday a fire broke out at No. 6 Wilson-street, on premises occupied by Messrs. Ogden Brothers, timber merchants. The building consisted of timber and…
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The inquiry into the Star and Garter Hotel fire at Aomaru (N.Z.) was concluded on Friday. Telfer denied the truth of Clark's statement that she…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Driven Mad by Fire. Amsterdam. March 22
Three hundred Germans have been placed in asylums a Aix-la-Chapelle, having been diven mad by the British artillery and the slaughter of their comrades at neuve…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germans Driven Mad. Under British Shell Fire
Amsterdam messages state that 300 German infantry, who were under a terrible shell fire from the British at Neuve Chapelle were driven mad and had to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attacking the Forts. Terrific Firing. Turkish Defences on Fire
Touedos, Saturday.—Observers on Mount Elias witnessed terrific explosions, accompanied by immense flames, at Chanak and Kilid Bahr. Both places…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attacking the Forts. Terrific Firing. Turkish Defences on Fire Tenedos
Observers on Mount Elias witnessed terrific explosions, accompanied by immense flames, at Chauak and Kilid Bahr. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Zealand Hotel Fire
The inquiry into the Star and Gar ter Hotel fire at Aomaru (N.Z.) was concluded on Friday. Telfer denied the truth of Clark's statement that she…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alarm of Fire
[?] evening the West Maitland Fire Brigade received a call to premises in High-street, occupied by Mr. J.A. Dransfield, seedsman. Sub-district Officer Harper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How the Blucher Sank. Terrific Gun Fire. What a Naval Action Is Like
The following vivid account of the sinking of the German cruiser Blucher in the North Sea appeared recently in London "Times," written by a correspondent who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Gloucester. Clift and Trenbath's Premises Burnt Out
Messrs. Clift and Trenbath's premises in Church street were burned to the ground on Monday night last…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Kurri Kurri. Mr. Shephard Examined. Kurri Kurri
The district coroner (Mr. G. Brown), opened an inquest at the Kurri Courthouse this morning into the circumstances of a fire which destroyed the business premises of Messrs. J…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Driven Mad by Fire. Amsterdam, March 22
Three hundred Germans have been placed in asylums a Aix-la-Chapelle, having been diven mad by the British artillery and the slaughter of their comrades at Neuve…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at a N.z. Hotel. Lodger's Evidence
At a magisterial inquiry at Oamaru (N.Z.) regarding the recent fire at the Star and Garter Hotel, startling evidence was given by Clark, a commercial traveller, who…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire at Kurri Kurri. Who Hired the Motor Car? Kurri, Kurri
When our report closed yesterday evidence was proceeding at the inquiry into the fire which destroyed the business premises of Messrs. J. H. Shephard and F. Nixon, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sunk by Shell Fire. Liverpool Steamer. London, March 28
The Liverpool steamer Vosges has been sunk by shell fire off the Cornish coast. The engineer was killed, and three of the crew were injured by shrapnel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Fire at Kurri Kurri. Shephard Committed for Trial
When our report closed yesterday evidence was proceeding at the inquiry into the fire that destroyed the business premises of Measrs. J. H. Shephard and F…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Singleton. Singleton
The shrill blast of railway locomotive whistles and the clanging of the firebell awakened residents about three o'clock this morning. The scene of the fire was at…
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