Big Fire at Murrumburrah. Sydney
A fire at Murrumburrah last night completely gutted the Albion Hotel and hall, and the office of the Murrumburrah "Signal," adjoining, narrowly…
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Fires & bushfires, 1918
428 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 22
Fire at Montreal. Many Children Perish. (Reuter.)
VANCOUVER, Friday.—At Montreal more than fifty children perished in a fire at Grey Nunnery, at which also were housed wounded returned soldiers and others who were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Demon. Big Outbreak in Victoria. Three Hundred Square Miles Devastated Magnificent Work of the Fire Fighters. MELBOURNE
An immense bush fire started at Barfold, south of Bendigo, on Wednesday and swept 'through forest lands covering twenty-nine thousand acres. The flames…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A bush fire destroyed a thousand acres of grass and much fencing on Cowabbe Station, Coolamon. No buildings or stock were destroyed…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A fire [?]oke out at Cahill's boarding house, Oaklands, to-day, and spread to a wine saloon adjoining. Both premises were destroyed. Mr. Cahill, who…
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Amongst the formal correspondence laid on the table at Tuesday's meeting of the Casino Council was a communication from the Board of…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A fire broke out in an outshed containing straw packing at Resells' brewery last night, threatening serious results, but the brigades soon got…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—Mrs. J. Kinsela and two children aged five and three respectively were burned to death during a fire in a house at Geelong, Victoria. The third…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Y.M.C.A. and the Home Fires
D.G.M. forwards us a communication, in which he says: -- "The gravest danger which our boys face in the war is not death, great as is their risk of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Between Two Fires. Red Guards Unhappy Position. LONDON
A Haparanda (Sweden) message says it is reported that the Germans are transporting troops to Southern Finland, with the object of bringing the…
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The firebell rang an alarm of fire about 3 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, and there was a ready response by members of the Brigade…
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The Press Bureau states that the Secretary of State has learned that nearly six hundred lives were lost in the Hong Kong disaster, which was due to a panic…
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On Wednesday afternoon two excited men ran up to the local fire station, wildly gesticulat[?]ing, and ejaculating "fire". Arrived at the…
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A fire which destroyed about six feet of the railway bridge spanning the Belongil Creek, just beyond the local Canning Works, was responsible for some…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Arthur Clapman, residing with his family in a two-storeyl five-roomed weatherboard building, was awakened early this morning in an upstairs…
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LONDON, Tuesday. — Mr. Winston Churchill, speaking at an Anglo-French society gathering at the Mansion Houses said that unless the German hordes which had…
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At last night's meeting of the Municipal Council, a letter was received stating that the Board of Fire Commissioners had approved of the plans for…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A serious bush fire, occurred at a returned soldiers' block at Ooma, near Forbes, yesterday afternoon. One settler was burning off when fhe fire got beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Telegrams. Fire at a School
WELLINGTON, Friday. — Aute Maori College at Hastings, New Zealand, has been destroyed by fire. All the students escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Fires of Youth
"Fires of Youth," the Pathe Gold Rooster play reaturing Frederick Warde, will be the attraction at the School of Arts to- marrow evening. Peter…
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