Outbreak of Fire
The West Maitland Fire Brigade received a call at 2.15 this afternoon to the residence of Mr. L. Jennings in Plaistow-street, Horseshoe Bend. A fire, believed to have been caused by a…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
291 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 15
Fire at Abermain
Serious damage was caused at Abermain on Saturday night, when a fire occurerd in premises occupied by Mr. V. Hesseny, as a general store. The local firemen, under…
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In connection with the fire which occurred at Abermain on Saturday night, when Mr. H. M. Hessnie's shop and residence were gutted, Mr. W. E. Bell, of…
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We have been reading recently about very destructive bush fires in Queensland. Bush fires cause enormous destruction in Australia and not nearly enough is done for…
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A message from Hughenden (Q.) reports that fires started on one of the Cambridge Downs selections and travel, led to Clutha Station, where 300 cows…
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Very extensive damage has been done by the bush fires in Queensland. A message has reached Barcaldine from Mr. Neville, manager of Leichhardt Station, stating that all…
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There is probably no previous morn such devastating fires in [?] Queensland as is being made this was says a. message from Blackall, The [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Fire in Sydney. C.S.R. Coy's Sugar Store. Completely Destroyed with Contents. Sydney
aT 1 o'ciock this morning a fire was discovered In the refined sugar store of the Colonial Sugar Kenning Co. at Pyrmont, and as. a result almost 3000 tons of refined, sugar,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Through Fire to Duty. Ship Apprentice's Sacrifice
The posthumous award of the Albert Modal for gallantry to Reginald Cartis Clayton, an apprentice in a merchant ship, is announced in the "London Gazette."…
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An outbreak of fire which resulted in considerable damage being done to the cargo occurred on board the steamer Mataram, which was anchored off the…
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The damage by fire in Brisbane-street, Sydney, last night, is estimated at about £10,000…
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A fire, which broke out in the Australian Card Manufacturing Company's five-storied factory, 15 Brisbane-street Sydney, shortly before half-past 6, last night destroyed the…
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Very extensive damage has been done [?] the bush fires in Queensland A message [?] reached Barcakline from Mr. Neville, [?] ager of Leichhardt Statice, stating that at…
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A fire, which broke out in the Card Manufacturing Company's five-storied factory Brisbane-street, Sydney, shortly before half-past 6 last night, destroyed the…
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A French wireless last night stated that a German, Captain Von Selldorf, was waiting for the German fire to cease in order to return to the German lines…
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The strident tones of the fire bell at an early hour this morning—to be precise it was at 3.30 a.m.—summoned the firemen to an outbreak of fire, which was located…
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One of the largest bush fires ever known in the Mungindi district broke out last Thursday night on Geoffrey Doyle's station, at Curraweena…
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News from Mungindi states that one of the largest bushfires ever known in this district broke out last Thursday night on Geoffrey Doyle's station, at…
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Reuter's Rotterdam correspondent, telegraphing on Nov. 17, says:—TO-day, which was fixed for the revolution promised by Troelstra, was marked by the appearance of the…
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One of the largest bushfires ever known in this district broke out last Thursday night on Geoffrey Doyle's station, at Curraweena…
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