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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
262 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 14
Correspondents state that the British troops are now almost indifferent to German rifle fire. A army doctor states that of 500…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire, which occurred about five o'clock this morning destroyed Christey's Horse and Carriage Bazaar, in Harris-street, opposite the electric power works…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The press is full of descriptions of the demolition of Louvain. A Dutch eye-witness states that prior to the outrage the Inhabitants were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British officers from the front describe the four days' fighting as terrific. The Germans are surrendering in groups of fifty and sixty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A correspondent relates that a spy betrayed himself by falling asleep in a cafe, and muttering to himself in German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Zeppelin, flying at a height of 550 feet, approached Vollau, on the Prussian frontier. The Russian artillery damaged three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During a recent charge by the 12th Lancers and the Scots Greys on a body of German infantry the latter threw down their rifles and held up their hands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Last week's battle was fought in the fruit country of France. The lessons of the Boor war were not forgotten. The British swept from their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →What seems to be a deliberate attempt to set the mine on fire was discovered at Noblevale No. 1 Colliery, at Gympie (Q.). A piece of waste was found burning on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Saxon admits admits that the German artillery near Malines annihilated a Prus[?]ian mistaking it for French infantry…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. W. Maxwell, the correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," telegraphing from the neighbourhood of the Aisne, gives details of the fight on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A third fierce battle has raged about Termonde. The Germans marched upon the town and completely wrecked It. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A disastrous fire broke out at about half-past four o'clock this afternoon in the Royal Agricultural Showground. It originated in the basement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Austrian armies in Galicia are now confined to a quadrilateral formed by Rzeszow, Jaroslaw, Dynoff, and Przemysl, Fresh defeats have been inflicted on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An eye-witness of the bombardment of Rheims, says that the shells killed three-fourths o0, the German wounded. Notwithstanding the entry of the shells…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →But speaking of discourtesy reminds m[?] of a circumstance of recent date on, a long distance tram out of Sydney, Pardon m[?] if I use the first person singular—I was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy gun firing has been heard all night near Turnhout. Reports from Maestricht state that rifle firing was heard at Landekin early…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For fire-resistig doors armoured wood is taking the place of iron in many warehouses and factories. The armoured tire door is made of several thicknesses of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The stories of the burning of Vise by the Germans (says The Hague correspondent of "The Times") seemed, at first, too terrible to believe, and even now…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Severe fighting is proceeding outside Antwerp. Borgerhout is burning. It is reported that the Germans have been compelled to retreat a short…
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