Fire at Bonegilla
A live roomed weatherboard house, with contents, the property of Mr. P. J. Keely, was completely destroyed by fire at Bonegilla on Thursday afternoon. Mr. Kelly…
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Naval Warfare the Goeben on Fire. Surprised by Russians
According to official advices from Petrograd, the ex-German battle cruiser Gochen has been badly damaged, if not actually sunk, by the Russians…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge Engines of War. Siege Guns Which Fire One-Ton Shells
The extraordinary advance made in the science of warfare in recent years is in no way better illustrated than in the matter of siege guns, such as were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Typhoid Epidemic in German Troops 500 Men in Hospital Germans Claim Big Victory Against Russia Two Successful Allies' Traps for Enemy Goeben Badly Damaged by Russians Disappears on Fire Western War Theatre. Germans Bumbard Allies Left. LONDON
A communique issued in Paris reports that the violence of the enemy's artillery fire has increased along the northern front in Belgium, particularly between the sea…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific British Shell Fire. Reduces Germans to Verge of Insanity
The British have carried on a fearsome cannonade in Flanders. British field gu[?] have razed whole forests there. The shellfire has been so terr[?] that scores of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snow Mantled Battlefields Fearsome British Shell Fire Drives Germans to Verge of Madness Position of Allies Most Secure Germans and Austrians Vie in Atrocities Two Germans Generals Commit Suicide Western War Theatre. Snow Clad Battlefield. German 17-Inch Guns Taken. LONDON
A Paris communique states that the weather in the northern area of the fighting is very bad, and snow has fallen. There were practically no infantry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury Fire Brigade. First Recognition by Body of Representative Men
The secretary to the Albury Fire Brigade, [?] J. S. Grinton, wrote to Tuesday night's meeting of the Albury Chamber of Commerce, stating.-"I have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire at Ariah Park Bank of N.s.w. and Eight Shops Burnt Out. £5000 Damage
On Wednesday morning about 3 o'clock the most destructive fire ever known at Ariah Park took place, the origin of which is unknown. The fire was discovered by…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Deadly Maxim Fire
Another report has been received from an eye-witness with the British forces. Writing on Friday, he states —"The Germans intended to assault the British left…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Terrors of Artillery Fire
The British Press Bureau has issued a report by an eye-witness, who gives extracts from the diaries of German soldiers, throwing light upon the psychological side…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Turks Fire on Americans
Considerable interest is being taken in America in the incident at Smyrna, where the Turkish forts fired on the United States cruiser Tennessee. President Woodrow…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Big Fire in Melbourne
Following upon the big fire in Bourke-street, Melbourne, on Friday night, when a seven-storey building was damaged to the extent of £25,000, a destructive blaze…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Big Fire at Bethanga
Early on Sunday morning a destructive fire occurred at Bethanga, by which the large general store of Messrs. Harris Bros, was totally destroyed, together with the…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Disastrous Fire on local Farm
A fire broke out on Mr. Reg. Culley's farm early on Sunday morning last, the cause of which has not been ascertained. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coals of Fire. Led by a Little Child, a Ticket-of-Leave Man Played a Hero's Part
Murchison was hungry, and, being in an economical frame of mind, he turned into a fish-shop and gave the curt order for twopennyworth of fried…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Albury Hospital. Shed at Rear Burned
Fire took more visitors to the Albury District Hospital yesterday than anything else for a long while. They came in a multitude; perhaps it would be more…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Cruiser Fires on U.S. Steamer. PANAMA
It is reported here that the British cruiser Berwick (9800 tons) fired on the American steamer St. Helens. The Washington Department has no information on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German "Fire Lozenges"
One of the "Daily Mail" war correspondents at the front [?] forwarded to London specimens of the "fire raising lozenes" which every German soldier carries…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Country and Fire Board
The [?] of Vass recently received [?]tion from Mr. R, S[?]pherd, who rep[?]sent the country municipal[?] on the [?] Brig[?] Board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Steamer From Australia on Fire
A message from Syrae[?] (Sicily) states that a fire involving all the cargo has broken out on a German steamer bound from Albury (West Australia) for Amsterdam…
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