Homeville Fire station
Homeville residents will be very pleased to learn that telephone communication has been installed between the new fire station and the West Maitland station, and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
395 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 20
Fire at Any Cost. Amazing Story in Court
Extraordinary alogations regarding the cause of recent fires at Kilkenny, near Adelaide were made during the hearing of a Criminal Court case at Adelaide, when two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Huns Deliberately Fire on Australian Wounded
Extract from a recent letter from Captain Kelly to his brother:— "The Huns played a desperate game and adopted the methods of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News by Wire. Destructive Fire. Sydney
Bennett and Woods' cycle establishment at Goulburn was considerably damaged by fire this morning. Practically the whole of the contents were rained. The damage to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recruiting Tent Fire Threatening Letters to Officers. "A Week to live." (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Lient. Hag, the officer in charge of the Hyde Park recruiting tent, which was destroyed by fire on Monday night, has received a letter describing him as…
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Between last night and this morning no less than seven outbreaks of fire occurred in the, home of Mrs. Fraser, at Petersham, by on each occasion the flames were…
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The steamer Ohilka, bound to Rangoon from Madras, was abandoned on fire. There were 1700 passenger aboard, and it is feared that there was many fatalities…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Any Cost. Amazing Story Ix Court
Extraordinary alegations regarding the cause of recent fires at Kilkenny, near Adelaide, were made during the hearing of a Criminal Court ease at Adelaide, when two…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Big Fire in Norway. London
The "Times" copenhagen correspondent reports that a great fire is raging at Trondjem Norway. It broke out at four different points and destroyed goods on transit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big' Fire in Norway. Patrol Ship Blown Up. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Copenhagen, Tuesday Night
At Troundhjem, on the west coast Of Norway, fire broke out at four points. A Norwegian, patrol ship in the vicinity blew up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Fire. Grave Suspicions. Cessnock
A report has been made to the Cessnock police to the effect that the night watchman at Aberdaro Colliery, John Hill, discovered, a fire in an empty oil cask at about…
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The steamer Ohilka, bound to Rangoon from Madras, was abandoned on fire. There were 1700 passengers aboard, and it is feared that there were many fatalities…
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The "Times" Copenhagen correspondent reports that a great fire is raging at Trond-jem, Norway It broke out at four different points, and destroyed goods on transit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fierce Fighting on French Front Trenches Taken and Retaken. Most Intense Artillery Fire. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Thursday Night
A trench communique reports: Reciprocal artillerying prevails on the whole front. It is particularly violent between the Somme and the Aisne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Incendiary Fires. Vancouver; Sunday
The second largest saw in[?] in the United states has been burned down at Bomi[?] minnesota. Bush fires are Traging in Ca[?]fornia and Idaho. Many of them are believed to be…
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Yet another mysterious fire occurred on the Upper Richmond, a barn belonging to Mr E. A. McAuliffe, of Bruton, having been destroyed by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires on Upper Richmond Farmer's Third Loss. Alarming Frequency of Fires. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A barn and its contents, the property of Mr Reynolds, were destroyee by fire on the Upper Richmond, near Kyogie This is the third occasion, on which Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brutality to Prisoners. British Captives Exposed to Shell Fire
The treatment of civilian prisoners, as well as of British soldiers who fell into the hands of the enemy during the battle of Arras, grows 'worse and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The Wind Changed." Enemy Fires Tall Grass
A terrible moment in the British campaign in German East Africa is told by "A Soldier's Wife" in the "Cornhill Magazine:"— In the more open country grows the giant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Clothing Factory. Next I.W.W. Rooms. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Fire broke out in Anthony Hordern's clothing factory in Sussex-street, adjoining the I.W.W. rooms, on the lower floor…
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