Very Latest News. SYDNEY, Thursday. Fire Fiends Totalisator Libels
A number of daring attempts to destroy city buildings by fire, has just come under notice of the police. Fires occurred at Knock and Kirby's Way…
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Fires & bushfires, 1916
427 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 22
Suspicious Fires
The detectives have been notified that a fire broke out at Brennan's, Newtown, on Saturday, similar to those reported in other parts of the…
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Captain C. E. W. Besn states:—I do not know if my series of telegrams, spmmodioally despatched, reporting a succession of heavy fights during the past Bix weoks, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at East Maitland
At 2.50 O'clock this morning the West Maitland Fire Brigade station received an alarm of fire East Maitland. Mr. H. Sercombe who was in charge, immediately passed the call…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Singleton Argus. Thursday, September 14. Fire Fiends
A recent Sydney telegram conveyed the alarming intelligence that, between Friday and Saturday last, deliberate attempts ,bad been made to set fire, by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempted Fire in Redfern. Cotton Waste and Chemical. (By Telegraph;)- Sydney
The police have no doubt that a fire in Brown and Co.'s promises at Redfern yesterday originated in the same way as the others in the city,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Balmain. £5000 Damage
At about 6.50 last evening the Balmain Fire Bridage received an automatic call from Lever Bros.' soapworks, Reynolds-street, Balmain, The outbreak was confined to a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →£500 Reward. Suspicious Fires in Sydney
The Government has decide to offer a reward in connection with the recent outbreaks of fire in the city and the case of attempted arson discovered at the end of last week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Australians. Nature of Shell-fire
Captain C. K. W. Bonn, Australian press correspondent, writing from British Headquarters in Kinncu on September 8, says:— "I do not know if my curies of telegrams,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire in War Hospital. Wounded Men Rescued. (Australian Cable Assn. Message) London, Thursday Night
A serious fire occurred in a war hospital at Lord Luceas' house, near Luton. Some 200 wounded men were eately removed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Highly Organised Fire. Each Calibre of Gun with Its Special Task. Paris, July 21
An authoritative account of the [?] Phases, at the battle of the Somme from July 1 to 9, published in the French papers, lays great emphasis on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Monsters. Fire Spitters. an Awesome Spectacle. London
Lately frequent rumors have been current concerning a new type of armored car. Those who had seen them referred to them mysteriously as tanks. The soldier who had handled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire at Denman
Messrs Frederick and Arthur Nealon, late of Broke, and who recently opened in business as grocers, fruiterers, etc., at Denman, suffered a heavy loss on…
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Mr. Frederick Palmer, who is at the British head-quarters, cables :—"A fire-spouting car, like a phe-historic monster of strange shape…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Tamworth. Damage Nearly £10,000
A fire occurred at Tamworth at about [?] on Monday morning, portion of the large general store of P. G. Smith and Co., Ltd., and contents being destroyed. When the fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News Denman Fire at Denman. Five Businesses Destroyed
Denman was aroused from its peaceful slumbers on Sunday morning at about 3 o'clock to the sounds of the Buttery Factory whistle and the ringing of hells The [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire at Tamworth
A most disastrous fire occurred in Tamworth during the early hours of Monday morning when portion of the large business premises occupied by P…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huns Between. Two Fires. Tale of an Argyle Piper
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS, July 18. Geographically the British offensive is not progressing very rapidly at the moment, but is maintaining the pace that kills—the Germans. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Inquest. Man Committed for Trial
As inquiry was held by the Sydney City. Coroner into the cause of the fire which broke and at the Co-operative printing Works, 570 Hartis-street, Sydney, on September 4,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Denman. Business Places Burnt
Further details concerning the fire at Denman early on Sunday morning show that it was discovered in a fruit shop occupied by Messrs Neilan Brothers…
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