Polling Booth Destroyed Big Fire at Weston. Early This Morning
The polling booth at Weston (subdivision of Kurri Kurri, division of Hunter) was totally destroyed by fire before three o'clock this morning. No…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
287 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 15
Fire at Weston
The Weston School of Arts. Bain's fruit shop, and the Union Hall, in Aberdare-street, Weston, were destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The three premises were under one…
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AMSTERDAM, Sunday.—The "Telegraaf" states that there has been a fire at Krupp's, due to a short circuit at the power station. which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The West Front. Many Enemy Raids Driven Off with Losses. Artillery Fire Increasing. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the West Front, reports:—We inflicted casualties in patrol encounters southward of Cambrai. There…
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A message from the British front in Belgium, dated November 4, says that Belgian women and girls are being compelled to build concrete dugouts under…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The British Front. Christmas Under Fire. Raids and Aerial Fighting. British Bomb Mannheim. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Field-marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the West Front, reports: There was mutual artillery fire and patrol encounters on Christmas Day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The British Front. Preparing for Battle. Heavy Artillery Fire. Great Aerial Activity. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commandant on the West Front, reports: There has been hostile artillery fire in the neighbourhood of Harzicourt,…
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