Fire Destroys Austrian Ships. Suspected Workmen Arrested
A message from Trieste states that a fire practically destroyed an uncompleted Austrian Dreadnought at Monfalcone, and damaged six destroyers…
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Major-general Hamilton Killed. Burial Service Lighted by Gun Flashes of Enemy. Accompanied by Roar of Shell-Fire
Major-General Hubert Jon Wetherall Hamilton was standing with a group of officers in a covered place, when a shell burst 100 yards away. A bullet from the shell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wonderful Charge by French Infantry. In Face of Withering Fire. Clear Germans Out of Villages
LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. During the storming by the Allies of Laitedtic, to the westward of Lille, in the north-east of France, the enemy was very…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blaze at Broome. Mr. A. E. Bull,s Residence Gutted
A fire broke out on Sunday afternoon last at the residence of Mr. A. E. Bull, "Lyndhurst," Broome. The house which was a fine weatherboard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Dockyard
News has reached Rome from Trieste of n disastrous lire in the Austrian naval dockyard at Monfalcone (16 miles north-west of Trieste). An Austrian…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Fire at the Freezing Works
Just prior to the commencement of the first race on Wednesday afternoon, those present a the racecourse noticed smoke and then flames issuing from a large stack…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Fire on the Hay Irrigation Area
A destructive fire took place on the Hay Irrigation Area about two o'clock this morning when a commodious six-roomed cottage, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Finley. Post and Telegraph Office Destroyed
A fire, resulting in the total destruction of the Post and Telegraph Office, and Mr. F. G. Scoullar's fruit and confectionery shop, occurred at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Freezing Works. FIREWOOD & Shed, Destroyed
Just-before the first event started on Wednesday at the racecourse, smoke was seen rising from the side of the freezing works. Those who had field…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burning of Dixmude. Terrific Fire of the Germans. Scene Like Gigantic Butcher's Shop
Everywhere, say the correspondents, the shells were screaming. White puffs of smoke went up as the shrapnel were discharged, and great black clouds rose in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Melbourne. Bourke Street Drapery Premises. G. P. O. in Danger
A big fire broke out at about midnight on Friday night in premise of Messrs. Stephens and Sons, drapers, next door to the telegraph office of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Allies Progress Everywhere Record British Bayonet Charge Chase Germans Six Miles and Slaughter 6000 of Enemy Russians Beat Back Germans Crown Priwce's Narrow Escape From Death. Western War Theatre. Terrific Fire From Franco-British Squadron. LONDON
Some of the war correspondence give graphic details of the naval fight, particularly the Trafalgar Day fight, between Nieuport and Middelkerke…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Fire Brigade. Chamber of Commerce Appreciates
The fire brigade is one of the finest institutions in the town, but, unhappily, its work is not always appreciated to the extent it deserves. It is therefore pleasing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chapteh Xxxiv. The Fire
Enid had risen to her feet. She confronted Gilray with flashing eyes. "Now I can speak plainly," she said. "Dr. Gilray, you are guilty of one or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bursting Shells. Inferno of Fire. Dramatic Story of Battle. London, Monday. The "Times" correspondent in West landers writes:—
All round the horizon east of the River Yser houses are burning, and hells of the enemy are falling along he river. Towards the end of a pier…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Fire-damp Detector
For many years scientists and inventors have been striving to perfect some means of obtaining a reliable warning as to the existence of fire-damp in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany Angling for Peace with France Kaiser Again Exposed As Hypocrite and Liar Enemy Repulsed in East and West Three Million Starving in Belgium Total German Losses-three-quarters of a Million War Ousts Seven and a Half Millions Daily Western War Theatre. Galling Fire From British Flotilla. Opposing Gorman Fire Practically Ceased. MELBOURNE. Friday Night
Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australian, cables: "The Admiralty announces that the British naval flotilla continues to support the Allies. Since the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire at Murray Valley
Saturday was a scorchingly hot day and an awful one on which to light bush-fire; but the residents of Murray Valley and thereabouts had to face the ordeal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans Cross Yser, But Are Raked by Artillery Fire
Advices from the front state that at one point the Germans have succeeded in crossing the Yser in Belgium, but the lie of the country snakes this advance of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans Soak 1200 of Dead in Paraffin. And Set Fire to Pile Covering an Acre of Ground
German methods of fighting broke down in Poland, under the fierce close quarter infantry tactics of the Slav regiments. The Russians have brought an immense army…
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