German Liquid Fire. an Australian Invention
The wonderful invention of liquid fire, which the Germans have put to such terrible use in the present war, is the invention of the late Mr…
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Fires & bushfires, 1916
427 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 10 of 22
Big Fire in Sydney. Damage, £100,000. Soldiers Overcome by Fumes
Spectacular as any fire Sydney has seen of recent years, and extinguished only after a long and hard fight, an outbreak of fire that occurred in Simpson's Free Stores, Darling…
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A destructive fire occurred at Carrathool yesterday. Wilkinson and Luvender's offices, Darcy's Saddlety shop, M'namara's bulk store, and a cottage were destroyed. Very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →V.c. for a Curate. Rescue of 22 Wounded Under Fire
The[?] King has conferred the Victoria Cross on the Reverend Edward Noel Mallish, temporary Chaplain to the Forces, formerly curate of St. Paul's, Deptford, for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Singleton. Old Man's Narrow Escape. Singleton
A fire occurred in Castlereagh-street shortly after midnight, when a weatherboard house of five rooms occupied by an old man named Henry Dell was practically gutted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire in Sydney. Damage, £100,000. Soldiers Overcome by Fumes
Spectacular as any fire Sydney lias seen of recent years, and extinguished only after a one and hard light, an outbreak of fire that occurred in Simpson's Free Stores, Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire in Castlereagh Street
An alarm of fire was sounded about half-past 12 on Friday night, when loud and prolonged blasts from railway locomotives and the clanging of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Sydney. Sydney
A fire broke out early this morning in mark Foy's store in brisbane-street, but the promptitude of the caretaker and the brigades saved what might have been a big…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Woman Burnt to Death. Fire at Croydon. Sydney
A fire party destroyed the residence of Mr. R. Atkinson Price, member for Gloucester, at Croydon, resulting in Miss Sophia Price, aged 50, being burnt to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Wire. Fire at Auburn. Sydney
A fire destroyed a three-roomed weather beared house at Auburn early this morning. The occupants escaped from the burning building after saving a few personal effects…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Auburn. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A three-roomed weather-board cottage in Beafe-street, Auburn, owned and [?] cupied by Stanley Smith, was destroyed by fire. The building and contents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. German Attacks Shattered French Curtains of Fire. (By Cable.) London, Tuesday Night
A Paris official message says: "Our machine guns, with a curtain of lire, shattered three German attacks during the night on Hill 324…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Effect of Shell Fire on Animals
The effect of the war on different animals (says the Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Express") is described in the "Norddentsche…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at a Cessnock Hotel. a Midnight Alarm
Shortly before midnight last night a fire broke out in the Northumberland Hotel, Vineent-street, Cossnock. The blaze started in a linen press which was placed against a…
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Captain Craig and members of the Cessnock Fire Brigade at the splendid work at the [?] which occurred at the Northumberland Hotel, Cessnock, on Thursday night. On…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Pyrmont. Box Factory Destroyed
As the result of a fire which broke out early morning Eaton's box factory in Schlinker's-lane, Pyrmont, was totally destroyed. The building, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Effect of Shell Fire on Animals
The effect of the war on different animals (says the Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Express") is described in the "Norddeutsche…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Burnt to Death. Fire at Croydon. Sydney
A fire partly destroyed the residence of Mr. R. Atkinson Price, member for Gloucester, at Croydon, resulting in Miss Sophia Price, aged 50, being burnt to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Fire in Sydney. Winn's Bulk Store Gutted. Nearly £100,000 Damage
At 6 o'clock this morning a disastrous fire broke out in the triangular block bounded by Oxford, liverpool and Yurong streets, the bulk store of Winn's big drapery…
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