Boarding House on Fire
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—St. Arnaud's large boarding house at Mosman was seriously damaged by fire early this worning. When the alarm was given the place was…
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Fires & bushfires, 1915
644 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 33
Admiral Sturdee at Plymouth. the Nairnshire's Fire
LONDON, Wednesday.—Admiral Sturdee, aboard the India, has reached Plymouth. The Nairnshire's fire was extinguished in number four lower hold. The tween decks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shell Fire. a Terrifying Tumult
It is impossible to exaggerate the monstrous horror of the shell fire, writes Mr. Phillip Gibbs in the "Daily Chronicle."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealanders Under Fire. Two Casualties. London
Sir John Maxwell, Commander-in-Chief in Egypt has advised Mr. Mackenzie, New Zealand High Commissioner, that the New Zealand Infantry has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fighting in Belguim. Efficacious Artillery Fire. Aviators Brought Down. London
An official message says : "In Belgium and north of Arras there have been artillery combats. Between Lille and Arras we have carried from 200…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australians Under Fire. Comport Themselves Well. Suez Canal Fighting. New Zealanders Bear a Share. Additional Australian Troops. Number of Turks Captured. Prisoners a Poor Standard. Abortive German Attacks. Tales of the Blucher Disaster. Peppered on all Sides. Australians Under Fire. Engineers Receive the First Taste. Comforted Themselves As Australians. an Additional Lot of Troops. Acceptance by War Office. London
The Minister for Defence has received the following message from the Commander-in-Chief in Egypt. The Australian Engineers employed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turks Beaten Back. Strenuous Efforts to Cross Suez Canal. Australians and New Zealanders Under Fire. German Auxiliary Cruiser Sunk. Big Surrender of African Rebels. Kaiser Inspects His Fleet. Banquet and Decorations. German Auxiliary Cruiser Sunk
LONDON, Thursday.—Keuter's correspondent at Buence Ayres cabies that a Birtish cruiser has sunk a German suxillary crulser of the Woermann line in the South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at North Lismore
A wooden building in North Lismore, measuring about 33ft. by 30ft., and containing five rooms used as business premises by Hajarrah Singh, seed merchant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire at Longreach. Seventeen Business Places Destroyed
PRISBANE, Sunday.—The Deputy Postmaster General to-day received the following message from Longreach:—A disastrous fire occurred at ten o'clock last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australians Under Fire. Defending the Canal. High Praish From British Commander-in-chief
MELBOURN, Friday.—Senator Pearce (Minister for Defence) received a cable to— day from Cairo from General Maxwell (Commander-in-Chief of the British forces…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fighting in the Canal Zone. Australians,not Yet Engaged. Turks Smashed on a Pontoon. Splendidly Aimed British Rifle Fire. Ready to Use His White Flag London
Captain Bean cables from Cairo that no Australians are engaged in fighting on the canal as described in recent cables…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dobie's Bight Notes. Bush Fires
Hot and dry weather has been experienced during the past few week's, and bush fires have been raging in some parts of the district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Damaging Fire. Fanco-belgians Force a Passage
DUNKIRK, Monday.—France-Belgians forced a passage between the west of the great dune and the sea, sending a damaging fire from their new positions against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The 16-Inch Guns. Description of Effect of Fire. Sydney
Major, Corrigan, of the Fifth Regiment, Wellington New Zealand, arrived by the Ventura to-day. He originally went to England on private…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Airman's Feat. Sinks German Submarine. Defies Enemy's Fire. The Slaughter of Bolimoff. German Infantry Panic-Stricken. Driven by Own Machine Guns. The Turks Round Suez. Meet a Warm Reception. Germany's Threat of Blockade. Rousing the American Conscience The Use of Neutral Flags the Blockade Bluff. No Chance of Succeeding. Confidence in British Navy. Germany Blunders Again. Anglo American Trade Difference. a Favourable Atmosphere Cleated. London
The Washington correspondent of the "Times" says that there is not the slightest sign of the German blockade bluff succeeding in the United States,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wooburn
Some excitement was caused in Woodburn on Sunday evening last. At about 6.30 the alarm of fire was given, It being found that a small outbreak had taken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire at Longreach
The Deputy Postmaster-General at Brisbane on Sunday received the following message from Longreach:--A disastrous fire occurred at ten o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Under Fire. How It Feels
It is a strange fact that every soldier, when questions as to his sensations when he first went under fire, replies that he was far less frightened than he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Post Office Fire. Telephone and Telegraph Lines Damaged. Hysterical Telephione Girls
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Owing to a wire fusing in the cable room at the General post Office a fire broke out, damaging a large number of telephone and telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Cable Tunnel. Sydney
A fire broke out in the cable tunnel at the General Post Office last night. About two thousand telephone lines, were rendered useless before the fire…
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