Fire Fighting Equipment
The Fire Commissioners have completed the installation of eight fire alarms at various points in Cessnock. The alarms, which are of the latest type have direct…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
291 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 15
Disastrous Fire
A fire was responsible for a considerable amount of damage at the back of Coller's refreshment rooms, Balmoral Beach, early this morning. A number of persons were…
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The Board of Fire Commissioners recently installed a number of fire alarms in the Cessnock district, but they are of little or no use because there is no permanent officer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Brave American Girls. Heroines Under Shell Fire. London, Tuesday Night
The United Press correspondent reports that 16 American girls from the Smith College were heroines in the recent fighting, sueeoring refugees under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Boy's Home
A fire occurred on Saturday last in portion of the workshops at the Boys' Home, which might have had very disasterous results…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Airmen "Spotters." Photography Under Fire
In the distance, some live miles across the lines, was a group of villages—landmarks indicating the area they were to photograph. No man's land was vertically…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Prussian Diet. Playing with Fire. London
The Prussian Diet by 235 votes to 183 rejected the Social Democratic motion to restore the equal suffrage clause in the Electoral Reform Bill. They passed a resolution,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Suspicious Fire
The cause of a fire which severely damaged the saloon and flooring of hairdressing and tobacconist shope in pitt-street early this morning, is engaging the attention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Latest. To-day's Cables. Heavy Artillery Fire. Australians Make Short Advance. Sydney, 12.57
Reuters' correspondent in France state that the British gunfire in Flanders to the past three days completely prevented any enemy movement. The enemy had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspicious Fires. Discoveries at Hotel Brighton
The police were engaged yesterday in investigating an outbreak of fire which occurred at the Hotel Brighton, Brighton-le-Sands, near Sydney. The licensee of the hotel; Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Weston. Suspicious Circumstances
The district coroner, Mr. G. Brown, held an inquest at the Criterion Hotel, Weston, on Wednesday, concerning a fire that occurred on March 23, as a result of which a…
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The Rockdale police are making investigation regarding four separate fires which were discovered on Thursday morning In the Hotel Brighton at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Suspicious Fires. Discoveries at Hotel Brighton
The police were engaged yesterday in investigating an outbreak of fire which occurred at the Hotel Brighton, Brighton-le-Sands, near Sydney. The licensee of the hotel, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mystery Fires in Germany. London
The outbreak of mysterious and destructive fires in Germany continues! The latest instances are the destruction of the Berlin municipal granary containing one thousand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire. Raymond Terrace
A fire broke out about eight o'clock this morning in the bakehouse of Messrs. [?] Bros., in Hunter-street and extended to the large bay shed of Messrs. Cameron and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Raymond Terrace Fire. Loss Over £2000
Further particulars received regarding the fire lit Raymond Terrace yesterday show that the loss is greater than was at first supposed and it was only the arrival of the West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reign of Terror Russia's German Friends. Slaughter, Fire, and Plunder. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Tuesday Night
A wireless Russian official message says the Foreign Commissary has sent a message to the German Government calling attention to the terrible position…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Destructive Fire
On Tuesday morning a fire which caused a good deal of damage, broke out in Mr. E. L. Markey's bakehouse, and soon extended to the large hay shed…
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Splendid service was rendered by the West Maitland Fire Brigade, under Station-officer Sorcombe, at the fire at Raymond Terrace and, had it not been for their successful…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Huge Shipyard Fire. Vancouver
Coughlan's shipyard, the largest British Columbia industry has been burnt down. The damage is estimated at £500,000…
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