Fire at Sea. Sailors Reach Land in Boat. (Reuter.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Monday.—After fourteen days in an open boat on the Pacific fourteen people from the five-masted schooner Crescent landed late on Sunday. The…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
428 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 22
Under Shell Fire. Tyalgum Gunner's Experience
Mr. and Mrs. W. Frankham, "Sunny ridge," Tyalgum," have received an interesting letter from their son, Private R. Frankham, who is with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Wharf Street. Big Blaze Prevented by Brigade
A fire that had potentialities for damage far greater than, any similar outbreak that has occurred in Murwillumbah for some time, took place yesterday,…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A fire broke out at midnight in a shop occupied by Charles Himmelferb, a Russian, at the corner of Liverpool and Sussex streets. The man escaped down…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fatal Fire. Four Children Incinerated. SYDNEY
A fire broke out in a shop in Sussex Street at midnight last night, and a Russian named Himmerlferb and his wif[?] who escaped by means of a back…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams Disastrous Fire at Killarney. Brisbane
A disastrous fire at Killarney, Queensland, on Friday night destroyed a whole row of shops: nothing whatever was saved. The cause of the outbreak is…
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A thrilling are, attended by the loss of four lives, occurred in Sydney shortly after midnight on Thursday last. Despite the fact that the…
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A fire that had potentialities for damage far greater than any similar outbreak that has occurred in Murwillumbah for some time, took place last Friday, shortly before noon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Raked by Continual Italian Fire. (Reuter.)
ROME, Tuesday.—General von Wurms and the Archduke Joseph's armies were obliged to retire into a narrow front, where they were raked by continual Italian fire…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The inquiry surrounding the death of the four children who were suffocated in the recent tragic fire in Sussex-street was opened to-day. Neither…
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A disastrous fire occurred in Willow-street, Killarney, at about 10.30 p.m. on Friday night, when a block of buildings containing four…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at South Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A large fire broke out at the rear of the Base Hospital, South Melbourne, this morning. The actual lamage was not very extensive. The outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. Burringbar. Serious Fire
At about 9.30 last night, Monday, 1st July, several persons, including Mr. Hinchey, while wending their way home from the local School of Arts, noticed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Harassing Fire. Enemy's Communications. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Wednesday.—Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters says:—The enemy's desperate anxiety to hold on to the high ground north-west of Albert is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australasia. Grass Fire at Liverpool
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A grass fire at Liverpool camp, besides destroying several, acres, burnt out two tents, together with their contents. A number of patients had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mysterious Cane Fire. Brisbane
The police are investigating an outbreak of fire in a sugar cane, crop in the Bundaberg district, when 800 tons of Cane were burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Liverpool. Army Medicals' Camp in Danger. LIVERPOOL
A grass fire broke out near Liverpool, yesterday, endangering the Army Medical Corps' section at the camp. Two tents were burnt out, and all the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sussex-street Fire. the Himmelferbs' Evidence
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The inquest concerning the Sussex-street fire was resumed to-day. Charles Himmelferb described how his wife awoke him, saying there was a fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sussex Street Fire. Inquest on the Victims. Verdict of Accidental Death. SYDNEY
The Coroner to-day returned a verdict of accidental death in the matter of the four Himmelferb children, who were killed in the Sussex Street fire. He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Combined Offensive in Italy. Big Preparations of Germans. Czecho-slovak Victory in Siberia. Russia in Ferment. State of Siege at Moscow. Western Front. Accuracy of British Fire. Aeroplanes Used for Rationing. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Tuesday.—Reuter's correspondent at British headquarters, writing on 9th July, says:—The spell of dry weather brokeen the night of 8th July in violent…
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