Under Shell Fire a Gunner's Experiences
Mr George Rayment, member of a well-known Singleton family, has received an interesting letter from his nephew, Claris Parsons, now in Ontario Military…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
291 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 15
Train Takes Fire
Amsterdam, Wednesday.—A telegram from Vienna gives accounts of a disaster in Austria. A passenger train at Sambor, in Galicia. caught fire while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade Dinner
One of the most pleasant social functions of the year is the Fire Brigade dinner, which is annually held on New Year's Eve. There was a gathering of about 50 representative…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District Fire Brigades. Annual Report
The annual report of the Maitland District Fire Brigades submitted by Sub-stalion-Officer Henry Sercombe to Divisional officer German, Newcastle, shows that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Explosion and Fire. Germany's Losses. London, Sunday night
A telegram from Mannheim reports that a serious explosion, occurred in a munition works near Forbach. A benzine tank was ignited and an extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Liverpool
A fire broke out in a bootmakers' show at Liverpool early this morning. The premises were burnt out and the contents destroyed. The adjoining shop was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Bush Fires
Bush fires which have been raging between Gunbar, Hillston, and Whitton for the past three weeks were kept within 30 miles of Whitton by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Bush Fires. Caused by Lightning
Extensive fires have occurred in the Mathoura district. Over 20,000 acres at grass have been destroyed, as well as a large number of sheep and several hundred acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Bush Fires
Bush fires which have been raging between Gunbar, Hillston, and Whitton for the past three weeks were kept within 30 miles of Whitton by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Extremists Fire Out Opponents. Ukrainian Developments. London, Sunday night
Over 500 election returns for the Constituent Assembly have been received. The elected representatives include 261 Social Democrats and 158 Maximalists…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outbreak of Fire
At call was received by the West Maitland Fire Brignde at 1.33 this afternoon to premiscs situated at 557 High-street, near the Long Bridge, and occupied by Mr. James…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Value of Fire Breaks
The immense value of fire breaks in saving crops was exemplified at Forbes the other afternoon. A bush fire, which destroyed 250 acres of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Batteries Cause Fires. Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Sunday Night
An -Italian official message says: The British batteries caused big fires at Serviglia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Fire Brigade. Emphatic Protest. Sydney
Members of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade at a meeting last night unanimously protest against the proposed reforms in the service the administration of which it has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires. Wheat Crops Destroyed
Two bush fires have occurred in the Forbes district during the week. On Mr. Jas. Henderson's property, on the Grenfell road, 65 acres of standing crop, which was giving eight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mid-day Fires. This Burmese Way
A pall of heat, blurring eYen the near objects, alloying the unclouded sky with a leaden haze, hurting the eyes with its insistent vibration, lay upon the lake, the paddy-fields,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Cessnock
A fire broke out at the residence of Mrs. Boland, Maitland Road, Cessnock, at about 8.30 on Saturday night, as a result of which the interior of the building was slightly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fighting Forest Fires. Government Pamphlet
The Forestry Officer at Cessnock, Mr. Wilson, is in receipt of a pamphlet issued by authority of the New South Wales Forestry Commissioners, on "Forest Fires; their…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires in Wheat Crops. Farmers' Heavy Losses
Two bush fires occurred in the Forbes district during last week. On Mr Jas. Henderson's property, 65 acres of standing crop, which was giving bass…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →America's Troubles. Fire-stick in Factories. Vancouver
German sympathisers throughout the United States apparently launched a fire offensive on Saturday, for extensive damage was done in many…
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