Efficacy Fire
The Press Association's correspondent with the French armies thus describes efficacy fire, the most terrifying incident of the modern battlefield:--…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
506 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 8 of 26
Fire at a Factory. a Few Lives Lost
LONDON, Friday.--The Press Bureau reports a fire broke out in the sheds adjoining a munition factory at North London. Explosions followed with a few casualties aud small damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alarm of Fire
The fire-bell changed an alarm of fire about 7 a.m. on Saturday last, the outbreak being at the small goads shop of the Casino…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Artillery Fire. Three Million Shells in One Day. LONDON
Advices from Paris state that marching Orders found on prisoners show that the German high command had selected as their point of attack the very front…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Artillery Fire. Further British Gains. LONDON
The official communique says the day was chiefly marked by active artillery along the whole front. We continued a destructive fire against enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire. Motor Garage Destroyed
SYDNEY, Friday.--A fire broke out at Narrabeea early this morning and resulted in a motor garage with its contents of two motor buses and three motor cars being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Narrabeen. Motor Garage and Cars Destroyed. Sydney
As a result of a fire in a garage at Narrabeen, the building, two motor busses, and three cars were completely destroyed early this morning, within…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Munition Factory Fire
LONDON, Friday.--The Press Bureau states: A small fire accompanied by a small explosion in a munition factory of north England occurred this morning. One person…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at South Grafton
Somewhere in tile early hours of Thursday morning fire broke out in the store and residence of Mrs. Martha Shore, Through-street, South Grafton. How it originated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Yass Sydney
Gravolin's fancy goods shop at Yass was totally destroyed, and sever [?] other shops partially destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suspicious Fire. Man Committed for Trial. Sydney
At Liverpool to-day the Coroner held an inquest concerning the fire at the residence of Fredrick Johnson, near Smithfield, on April 11th. Evidence was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Food Riots Military Fire on Demonstrators. London
The Amsterdam Telegraph reports graye fool riots at Mainz, where a number of shops were looted. The troops fired on 1600 demonstrators,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Stack Fire
SYDNEY, Monday.--A fire which broke out in wheat stacks at Gidginbung siding, seven miles from Temora, destroyed 2000 bags. This is the second occasion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Animals Under Fire
Bombardments affect different animals in different ways. Dogs, as a rule, show great distress when shells burst near them and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires. Thousands of Pounds Damages
SYDNEY, Thursday.--The School of Arts at Morce was destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £6000. Later.--The School of Arts Hall, the main…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Destructive Artilery Fire. French Operations
LONDON, Thursday.--A French communique says:--South of the Oise we carried out destructive artillery fire against German batteries in Segobain Forest. There has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Moree Fire. Damages at £6000. SYDNEY
A fire occurred at Moree, and the School of Arts and Methodist parsonage were destroyed. The Lveeum picture palace was practically burnt. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Roseberey
Further particulars of the fire at Roseberry on Wednesday last, which destroyed Messrs. Brown and Jolly's sawmill are supplied in the "R.R. Express" of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at New York City Hall New York
A fire damaged the dome of the City Hall, which was decorated in honor of the French visitors. The fire was threatening, hut was eventually suppressed in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Fires. Sydney
Three fires occurred in Sydney last night One, in Castlereagh Street, in a cycle depot, where large quantities of of bicycles and fittings were stored; the…
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