Fire at Goulburn Club. Damages Estimated at £400. GOULBURN
A fire occurred at the Goulburn Clnb, in Market street. Before the fire brigade extinguished the flames, damage, estimated at £400, was caused…
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Air Raid on Venice. Arsenal and Railway Station Bombed. Fire Visible 25 Miles Away
An Austrian official announcement says" that serious ravages resulted from a seaplane raid on Venice(Italy). Three and a half tons of bombs were dropped on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Guns Used by Italians. Howitzers Fire Inaudible Pro-jectiles
The "Lokal Anzeiger" states that the Italians, whom the British re-ganned, us-ed on the Isoezo all calibres from 10- to 28 centimetres, also large naval guns, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tenacity at Pozieres. Gruelling Fire Endured
Mr. W. Beach Thomas, a "Daily Mail" correspondent in France, states that a constant shrapnel fire is being directed at the trenches held by the Australian and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Motor Fire Engine. Arrival in Albury
The new motor fire engine to replace the horse-drawn turbine motor engine which forms portion of the equipment of the Albury Fire Brigade, was placed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Grafton. Damage Estimated at £1000. GRAFTON
The Clarence Furniture Manufacturing Co's premises were destroyed by fire this morning. The contents were insured for £600, and the building for £400. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cost of Sydney Fires
Since the beginning of the present year the insurances involved in six serious fires in Sydney have reached the enormous total of nearly £700,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Albury Fire Station Official Opening This Afternoon
The new Albury fire station in Kiewa street which is said to be the most up to date outside of Sydney excepting the very fine station at Lismore, will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Tuesday Evening. Big Fire at Botany
One of the wings of a two storey building at Botany, owned and occupied by Messrs. Bayley and Sons, tanners, together with the contents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lull on the West. Mutual Shell Fire. Verdun Guns Active. London
General Sir Douglas Haig reports that between the Ancre and the Somme the situation is unchanged save for minor infantry engagements in the vicinity of…
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The new fire station is situated on the corer of Kiewa and Mitchell streets, with the main entrance to Kiewa street. It is a most modern and up-to-date single…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Albury Fire Station Officially Opened Yesterday. "Second to Sydney and Newcastle." Captain Ryans Career Ended. After 31 Years Service
"The Albury Fire Station is second only to Sydney and Newcastle," said Mr.Farrar, M.L.C. president of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russians Bomb Aerodromes. Several Fires Caused
In a communique issued in Petrograd, It is announced that the situation is everywhere unchanged. A squadron of Russian seaplanes on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albury's Old Fire Station. Rival, Claimants for Building. Council Gives Structure to Band
The sub-committee, consisting of the mayor and Aldermen Allan, Logan, and Waugh, reported to the meeting of the Albury Municipal Council last evening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hurricane Bombardment. Effect of British Artillery Fire
A correspondent at headquarters narrates that in the fighting on Friday and Saturday in which the Warwickshires were conspicuous, hostilities began with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the West Front' Foe Attack on Somme. Strenuous Effort Fails. French Repel Enemy. Fire Curtain Effective. LONDON
General Haig reports that strenuous efforts by the enemy to regain lost ground between Guillemont railway station and the quarry have been repulsed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canadian Bush Fires. 300 Lives Lost. (Reuter's Cables.) VANCOUVER
The Ottawa official estimates of the damage done by the recent bushfires in Ontario show that 300 people were killed, 700,000 acres of forest burned, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Zeppelins Cross Holland. Dutch Resent and Fire
"The Times" correspondent at Amsterdam states that Zeppelins appeared over Amsterdam on Friday morning. They crossed from the south-east and departed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fires in Sydney
A big fire has taken place at Angus and Tanner's timber yards at Kogarah. The Public Supply Stores, Pitt-street, were completely destroyed by fire this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smoke Used As Fire Extinguisher
That smoke emitted from smoke stacks and funnels when once harnessed and focussed on the seat of a fire will subdue it in a few minutes was demonstrated at…
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