The Chippendale Fire. Sydney
The worst result of the Chippendale, Sydney, fire last night is that over one hundred workers will be tendered idle, and a number of military…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
506 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 26
Fires at Lockhart
SYDNEY, Sunday.--Two more fires occurred at Lockhart Railway Station yesterday caused, it is stated, by sparks from an engine. The detectives making inquiries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade Administration Waggga Council's Protest. Sydney
Wagga Council has received an estimate of the Wagga Fire Brigade expenses for 1917. The aldermen took strong exception to the extravagance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Course of Action Decided. America's: Reply Hangs Fire. Dernstorff Expects Passports
WASHINGTON, Friday.--According to official belief this morning the American reply to the German submarine campaign announcement has been, definitely determined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sunk by Shell Fire. American Negro Killed
LONDON, Tuesday.--Consul frost, at Queenstown, cables that the steamer Eave- stone was sunk by shell fire on Saturday near the Fastnet Islands and an American negro…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Animals Under Fire
Bombardments affect different animals in different ways. Dogs, as a rule, show great distress when shells burst near them and…
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An alarm of fire, at an early hour last night, caused a big gathering in Main Street. The Fire Brigade was quickly on the spot, but fortunately…
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A camping party opposite the post office had the misfortune to got most of their tents burnt on Tuesday. It appears that a spirit stove flared and caught the tent. An…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fires. Wool Destroyed. a Cottage Burned Out
SYDNEY, Monday.--A fire occurred this evening at the Australian Wool Pressers' Association premises, when 30 bales of wool were burnt or badly damaged, while the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soldier Fined. Fires Revolver Shots in a Train. SYDNEY
Ronald Esmond Price, 21, a soldier, was charged at the Bathurst Police Court with wilfully interfering with passengers travelling on the train, between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Appliances Collide. Narrow Escape of Firemen
SYDNEY, Monday.--The motor engine of the West Maitland fire brigade and the reel, of the East Maitland brigade collided on Victoria bridge, Maitland; on Saturday night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blaze at the Piraeus
ATHENS Tuesday.--The conflagration at the Piraeus originated in an arms factory and rapidly spreading there were many victims…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Munitions Fire. London
A fire occurred in a Piraeus munitions factory, and is still burning and spreading. There have been ten victims so far…
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LONDON, Wednesday.--Admiralty aeroplanes with a number of heavy bombs attacked the shipping in Bruges Harbor on Thursday. Large fires were observed. A hostile…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir D. Haig's Report. Enemy's Lines on Fire
LONDON, Wednesday.--Sir Douglas Haig reports:--We captured a strong point southward of Grandcourt and took some prisoners. We entered the lines southward of the Somme…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at a Picture Show. a Wild Stampede. Heartrending Hospital Scenes. Sydney
While a cinematograph film was being shown at a free picture show at the Boys Brigade rooms, Surry, Hills, last night, the film caught…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Liquid Fire
"Liquid Fire as a weapon" forms the theme of an interesting article [?]n the 'War Budget.' The diabolical contrivance is thus described :--…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at a Factory
LONDON, Thursday.--The Minister of Munitions announced a small fire in a factory in Herefordshire. Two workmen were killed but little damage done…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Munition Fire. London
A Press Bureau' message states that the Minister for Munitions announces that a small fire occurred on Wednesday at a factory in Hertfordshire. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in the City. Building Totally Destroyed
SYDNEY, Friday.--Shortly after 4 o'clock this afternoon a fire, broke out on the ground floor of a building in Dixon-st., City. The flames quickly spread and soon the building…
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