Big Fire in Sydney. Winn's Bulk Store Gutted. Nearly £100,000 Damage
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 24 June 1916 · page 5
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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The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 3
At six o'clock on Saturday morning a disastrous fire broke out in the triangular block bounded by Oxford, Liverpool, and Yurong Streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intense Artillery Fire Hill 304 and Dead Man's Hill. Terrific Street Fighting
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 2
A Paris communique at midnight stated that there had been no infantry attacks on oither side of the Mouse. There was intense artillery fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Sydney. Nearly £100,000 Damage. 100 People Out of Work
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 1
At 6 o'clock on Saturday morning a disastrous fire broke out in the triangular block bounded by Oxford, Liverpool, and Yurong streets, Sydney, the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1916 · page 7
In view of the rather alarming number of [?] that have broken out of late in soft-[?] establishments in Sydney, the police have been led to suspect incendarism. This…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Unparalleled Artillery Fire. Belgian and Dutch Frontiers. (By Cable.) London, Tuesday Night
Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1916 · page 2
Violent explosions are being heard on the Belgian and Dutch frontiers. The thunder of artillery has never been paralleled before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Pyrmont. Box Factory Destroyed
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 2
As the result of a fire which broke out early on Monday, Eaton's box factory in Schlinker's-lane, Pyrmont, was totally destroyed. The building, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at a Cessnock Hotel. a Midnight Alarm
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 9
Shortly before midnight last night a fire broke out in the Northumberland Hotel, Vincent-street, Cessonck. The blaze started in alinon press which was placed against a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Fire in Sydney. Winn's Bulk Store Gutted. Nearly £100,000 Damage. Sydney
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 8
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…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Germany's Latest Type of War Plane with Revolving Gunner's Pit. This remarkable picture shows the latest type of war place now in use by the Hung. The machine was brought down by gun fire within the allied lines
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1916 · page 6
The observer in the latest type of German warplane shown in this picture sits within a circular gun-rest, which he can turn in any direction. The gun is fitted with a telescopic sight, which can be seen at its muzzle end. Is an opponent is approaching from below the observer can depress the muzzle of the gun and fire down the tube. In order to list forward the observer turns round, rises in his seat, and grips the handle and trigger of the upper and lighter gun fixed above the pilot's head…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Morpeth
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 July 1916 · page 4
A fire was discovered about eight o'clock on Sunday morning in one of the rooms of a two-storey brick building, occupied by Mr. John Newton in Swan-street, Morpeth, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Mackay
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1916 · page 7
Further particulars of the fire which started at Mackay, Q., late on Sunday night show that it originated in MeCullagh's music store about 9.40, and rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cessnock District. Disastrous Fire. Cessnock
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 July 1916 · page 3
A fire, which broke out shortly before one o'clock on Sunday morning, destroyed a five roomed weatherboard cottage in Charlton-street, and damaged the house arjoining. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Recent Cessnock Fire
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 July 1916 · page 4
The house that was destroyed by fire at Cesnock early on Sunday morning was occupied by David Robertson and John Pyne and their families, and the building was the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific Fire. Greater Than at Verdun. New York
The Scone Advocate · Friday 7 July 1916 · page 2
Mr.Wiegand, the correspondent of the "New York World," in a despatch from Berlin, states that the terrific artillery bombardment which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Mackay
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1916 · page 10
Further particulars of the fire which started at Mackay, Q., late on Sunday night show that it originated in McCullagh's music store about 9.40 and rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A New Fire-damp Tester
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 July 1916 · page 4
Numerous attempts liave been made of late years to construct apparatus which will unable miners at any time to test the air of the shaft in which they are working at any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Ourimbah
Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 July 1916 · page 2
A fire occurred at Ourimbah at 3 o'clock on Monday morning, when the store premises owned and occupied by Mr F. D. Burns, together with stock,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Africans in France. Baptisal of Fire. London
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 July 1916 · page 5
The correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that the South Africans have just undergone [?] their [?] of fire. It may be said that they [?] distinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Auckland
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1916 · page 3
GOVERNMENT HOUSE DESTROYED. Auckland Government House, a handsome and charmingly situated wooden pile dating back to the sixties, was practically…
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