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Fires & bushfires, 1916

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Submarine in the Atlantic. Steamers Open Fire. Amsterdam

The Inverell Times · Friday 2 June 1916 · page 5

A Berlin official message says a German submarine recently in the Atlantic tried to stop a 3000 ton freight steamer on May 2, not bearing the neutral…

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Hercle Curats How the V.C. Was Won. Saving Wounded Under Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 12 June 1916 · page 2

An officer of the Northumberland Fusiliers relates in the London "Daily Telegraph'' a vivid story of circumstances under which the Rev. E…

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Destructive Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 19 June 1916 · page 4

A fire destroyed a three-roomed weatherboard house at Auburn early this morning. The occupants escaped from the burning building, after saving a…

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Effect of Shell Fire on Animals

Guyra Argus · Thursday 22 June 1916 · page 6

The effect of the war on different animals (says the Amsterdam correspondent of the "Daily Express") is described in the "Norddeutsche…

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The Fire station

The Inverell Times · Friday 23 June 1916 · page 4

The Board of Fire Commissioners, acting on behalf of the contractor, have applied to the local Municipal Council for an extension of three…

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Short Story. Published by Special Arrangement. the Keener of the Fires

The Uralla Times and District Advocate · Saturday 24 June 1916 · page 3

In the conservatory adjoining a London ballroom a man and a girl eat together wider the shadow of a huge palm. It required of the the observant…

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Big Fire In Sydney

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 2

At 6 o'clock on Saturday morning a disastrous fire broke out in the triangular block bounded by Oxford, Liverpool and Yurong streets, Sydney…

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Fire at an Hotel

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 2

Shortly before midnight on Thursday a fire broke out in he Northumberland Hotel at Cessnock. The licensee, Mrs. Austey, noticed the…

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Big Fire in Sydney. NEARLY £100,00 DAMAGE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 8

AT 6 o'clock on Saturday morning a disastrous fire broke [?] in the [?]gular block [?]ounded by Oxford, Liver pool and Yurong streets, the [?]…

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Curtains of Fire

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 July 1916 · page 6

According to an American observer, the Germans in their attacks on Verdun are endeavouring to conserve their infantry lords as much as is…

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A New Fire-damp Tester

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 July 1916 · page 3

Numerous attempts have been made of late years to construct apparatus which will enable miners at any time to test the air of the shaft in which they are working at any…

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Liquid Fire Enrages Russians German's Bayoneted Austrians Admit [?] Retreat. Russians Retire From Bagdad Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 July 1916 · page 3

[?] Petrograd communique [?] that during the fighting on the right of the Dacister the Germans defending the village received the [?] with…

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First Sensation of Being Under Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 13 July 1916 · page 2

D[?]ribig the first sensation of being under fire a [?]rolla soldier says: the feeling is as if something painful and unwished for was going to…

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The War. Russian Front. Enemy's Massed Attacks Fail Germans Fire Ok Austrians. Kovel Will Be Defended to the Last. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 17 July 1916 · page 3

The "Times" correspondent at Petrograd says the counter offensive be the Koyel front was planned at a special meeting, Generals Liusingen…

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New Fire Alarms

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 20 July 1916 · page 5

Mr. Broadhurst, electrician of the Board of Fire Commissioners Department is at present in town, erecting three more fire alarms. This brings…

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Mail Coach Catches Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 4

Yesterday morning the Glen InnesInverell mail coach by [?] means or other caught fire at Brodies [?] about five miles this side of [?]…

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The Bomme Battle. Awfulness of the British Fire

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 4

Reuter a correspondent at headquarters emphasises that almost all the important parts of artillery were playing in the Bomme battle, and points…

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Destructive Fire in Sydney Stedman's Totally Gutted. Narrow Escape of Adjoining Premises. a Pathetic Incident. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 4

The biggest fire for many years in Sydney occurred at 2 o'clock this morning, when stedman's large confectionery works in Clarence-street…

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Mail Bags Burnt. Fire on Coach. Inverell Mails Suffer

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 4

Whilst descending Gibsons Hill, about 3½ miles from Inverell, on Wednesday morning the driver of the Royal Mail Coach between Inverell and…

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Canadian Forest Fires. (Reuter's Telegram), london, "Tuesday Morning

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 August 1916 · page 4

It is noW estimated that 200 lives were lost in the Canadian forest fires, and that whole families were incinerated…

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