Steamer Under Fire for 2 1/2 Hours
A sensational expedience in escaping from a submarine has fallen to the lot of the British steamer Duendes (4602 tons), owned by the Pacific Steam Navigation…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Fires & bushfires, 1916
340 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 17
Serious City Fire
There was a disastrous fire in Pitt-street this, morning, when the premises of Messrs. Penfold and Co., stationers, was completely gutted, while the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires Redden Skies. Roof of Post Office Blown Off. Lives Sold Dearly
The Dublin correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that on Friday the sky was reddened by the glare of burning buildings in Sackville street, and no such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dublin Disturbance Sackville Street Fires Under Control. Many Public Buildings in Ruins Free Surrender of Sinn Fein Rebels. a Titled Lady Taken Prisoner. Food Supplies a Serious Problem
The situation at Dublin is precarious. Thirty-four free food depots were opened on Sunday, when supplied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Christchurch Warehouse Fire. Witness Alleges Offer of Big Sum to Burn Building. Wellington (N.z.)
At an inquiry to-day concerning a fire at a warehouse at Christchurch, Max Robin, a Jew, gave evidence that a member of the firm offered him a big sum…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Area Burnt Out
All the rebel barricades have been taken frontally amid a dropping fire from the surrounding houses. The rebels were dislodged from the Post-Office by shell fire…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Big Fire at Alstonvile
Six of the main business houses at Alstonville, North Coast, were destroyed by fire last night A number of other places suffered. The total…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Dash Under Fire
A brother and sister arriving in London, and interviewed by "Lloyd's News," tell a thrilling story of a motor car dash under the fire of rebels' bullets through…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Rebels Surrendering. Great Destruction by Fires. London, May 1
Late on Sunday night Lieut.-General Sir John Maxwell, commander-in-chief in Ireland, reported that he believed that the back of the rebellion had been broken…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →179 Fires in London. Acres Destroyed in Sackville Street
It is estimated hy the Chief of the Dublin Fire Brigada that the damage to buildings in the city amounts to £1,000,000 and the damage to stock to £750,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Kulki New Homestead Destroyed
A fire broke out about 2 a.m. on Tuesday in the storeroom at Kulki Station homestead, and before it could bo got under control the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further Developments and Details. The Fire Brigade Report. Estimates of the Casualties. Mr Birrell's Shattered Aspirations Austro-Hungarian Officers Among the Prisoners
The Irish telegraphs and telephones remain under military control. The restrictions upon the movements, of the public in Dublin have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wodonga. Bank of N.s.w. Ablaze.portion of Premises Gutied.brigade Rffect[?] Good Save
Exnit[?]ement ran high in Wodonge last night, when, exactly at one minute to 8 o'clok, the fire ball clanged,and a few seconds later there was the rush and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Monday Evening. Fire at Cremorne
A destructive fire has taken place at Cremorne Junction. One shop was burned out, while four others were more or less damaged. The damage is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Aeroplanes Lost Fire Destroys 63
It has been learnt in Copenhagen that a fire in a factory at Altona, a town in Schleawig Holstein, adjoining Hamburg, resulted in the destruction of 63 aeroplanes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kulki Fire
Although Constable Cahill went out and made a thorough investigation and searching inquiry into the cause of the Kulki, fire, he could ascertain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Alstonville
Six of the man business bouses in Alstonville were destroyed by fire, and a number of other places suffered, the total damage being estimated at about 12,000…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →German Liquid Fire Turned on Themselves. P1ercing Yells As Fiery Serpent Blinds Them
During the fighting at Verdun, the French found outside a German trench a vat of liquid ready to use in order to spray liquid fire. The French at once…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. To-day's Cables. on the Western Front. In the Verdun Sector. French Repulse an Assault. Some Inner History of the Verdun Offensive. Germans Under Liquid Fire
The latest Paris message says that the artillery bombardment at Verdun has lessened. An official Paris message says:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire at Hamburg. Warehouses and Steamers Destroyed. ; f
A message from Copenhagen says that a. great fire at the Hamburg docks destroyed two largo warehouses and three steamers…
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