Destructive Fire in Sydney
A destructive fire occurred last night in York-street, in a five-storey building occupied by a score of firms mainly engaged in the indent trade…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires & bushfires, 1917
213 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 11
Indiarra Fire. Sydney
The fire on board the Indarra is the most complete mystery. The hatches had been closed down for eight weeks after the hold, where the fire started…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at York House £70,000 Damage. Sydney
A fire at York House last night was responsible for about £70,000 worth of damage. Fifteen firms are suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Continuous and Destructive Fire. Enemy Admission. (Admiralty Intercepts, per Wireless)
A German official message reports continuous and most destructive fire between Poelcapelle and Tiandvoorde. Photographs show great destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War News. (Continued from page 20.) Great Artillery Fire. London, October 8
As one result of tho British victories in Flandera. the Germans are preparing to evacuate Lens, according to message from the Geneva correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Mud and Shell-fire
By Mr. Philip Gibbs, Special Correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle":—We struck north-eastward to-day towards the village of Passchendaele, the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Anzacs Under Deadly Fire London, Mondary
Mr. Phillip Gibbs states that in Friday's battle the Anzac troops on the right flank made good and reached the edge of a hummock called…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Fire at Mungundi
A disastrous fire, took place at Mungundi early this morning. The outbreak originated in the premises of Sylvester. Bros., general…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Fire in New Zealand
A disastrous fire has occured at Dannevirke, New Zealand, and the loss is roughly estimated at £200,000. Many tradespeople are financially ruined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Bush Fire
The Commissioner of Police has received full details respecting a fatal bush fire which occurred on Warenda station, near Boulia (Q.) on September 29. The story of…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →Dutch Fire at Zeppelins
Some Zeppelins crossed Holland early on Saturday. While eight had been seen to go towards England in organised formation, escorted by seaplanes, only three were…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Country Fire Brigades. Expensive Upkeep
A protest against the expensive upkeep of country fire brigades was voiced at the Local Government Conference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Jerilderie Fire Brigade. Abolition Granted Council
The following letter was received by a resident a few weeks ago, from the Secretary to the Board of Fire Commissioners, Sydney, with reference…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Careless Use of Fire Act. a Local Conviction
At the Police Court on Wednesday before the P.M., Patrick Murphy, a middle-aged man, was charged that on the 22nd October, at Illilawa, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fearless Austr Alians. Shaving Under Sicell-fire. Famous French Battlefields. Somtwhone in France
For a first night spent under actual gun-fire my troubles were light enough. The hut where I slept was within easy range of heavy artillery, and many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragic Queensland Fire
A fatal bush fire occurred at Warenda Station, near Boulia, on September 29th. The report of what was one of Queensland's most awful bush…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fire Scare in Brisbane
At the Bird Day lecture at the Exhibition Hall, Brisbane, to-day, which attended by 1700 school children, a gas lantern flared up, causing a panic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Other Items German Gunboat Set on Fire
Reuters' Rio de Janeiro correspondent says that the German gunboat Eber was set on fire and sunk by the crew as the Brazilians were about to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Careless Use of Fire
At the Hay Police Court on Wednesday last a man named Patrick Murphy was fined £5, in default one month in Goulburn Gaol, for lighting a fire within…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Alarms
A correspondent, writing to the Albury "Daily News," makes the following suggestions, which might be made to apply to Corowa as well as Albury:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →