A Remarkable Fire Scene
On Wednesday next, the Majestic Pictures have a two-reel star drama, which is calculated to lift the hair off people's heads, so thrilling are the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires
Fires & bushfires, 1914
158 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 6 of 8
Big Fire in Sydney
Henderson's confectionery factory, Haymarket, Sydney, was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The damage is estimated at £35,000. The building…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Battle of Dinant. Superiority of French Artillery Fire. London
Particulars of the battle at Dinant show that the engagement lasted 12 hours, divided ino two parts. In the first part the Germans, who occupied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How Balloons Take Fire
The way in which balloons are made at present is well calculated to produce electric sparks, says a writer in Cosmos, abstracting an article in L'Industrie…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Progress in Berlin. the Country in a Blaze. Going to Butchery. Austrian Outrages. (By Cable.) London, September 2
It is now stated that there were 35 British killed and 47 wounded in the Heligoland fight. 2500 refugees have arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Lee Street. No Serious Damage Done
There was a scene of intense excitement in Lee Street this morning shortly after ten o'clock, caused by an outbreak of fire at Mr. A. Hossack's…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tooraweenah Fire
Considerable excitement was caused in Tooraweenah on Sunday evening when an alarm of fire was raised. The residence of an old and highly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Fire Station
Dubbo Council has decided that a new fire station is unnecessary in this town just now. The Fire Brigade Board suggested that a building at a cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Inverell Fire
A destructive fire occurred at Inverell on Saturday afternoon. It commended in Flack's boot depot, and spread rapidly to Rumble and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Euchareena
The residence of Mr. R. Sherring, distant about three miles from Eucharceena, was burned to the ground early on Sunday (yesterday) morning. The fire, it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Gular
A fire broke out in Burke's store, Gulargambone, on Saturday night, and though there was no water a band of willing workers got the flames under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Fire Brigade
At a recent meeting of the Municipal Council the town clerk was instructed to communicate with the Fire Brigades Board with a view to obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Albury, Sydney
A fire broke out at the rear of one of the principal business blocks of Albury. Premises occupied by the Cooperative Butchering Company and P…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General Fire at Gular
A fire occurred in Burke's stores Gulargambone, on Saturday night. There was no water available, and the work of fighting the flames was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Who Rang Fire Bell? Hoax Causes Midnight Panic. the Call to Arms
Who rang the fire bell? The answer to this question is being sought by the police of Strabane, a town in Ulster, where at midnight recently an extraordinary panic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Cruiser Sunk by Submarine. French Troops Pushing Ahead in Alsace. Russians Score Another Win. Big German & Austrian Losses. Turkey Retiring From the Game. Great Fire Destroys Austrian Dreadnaught and Six Destroyers
The British cruiser Hawke, 7350 tons, was sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea. fifty-two survivors have landed at Aberdeen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Lee Street. Narrow Escape of the Bridge Hotel
Early this morning, between 2.30 and 3 o'clock a fire broke out in an old unoccupied blacksmith's shop, owned by Mr. C. H. Siggins, and forming part of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Crisis Imminent. Fightinf Inch by Inch. Allies Making Good. Russians Doing Well. "A Hell of Fire" London, Monday Night
'The London "Times'' correspondent says all round the horizon east of the River Yser the houses are burning, and the shells of the enemy are failing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Montefiore Street. Woman's Narrow Escape
Shortly after nino o'clock on Tuesday morning a fire broke out in a cottage in Montefiores Street, owned by Mr. A. R. Coupland, and occupied by an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire
A slight fire occurred in the produce store of Mr. W. Wilkie, junr., Macquarie-street, this morning. The damage, which was slight, was confined to…
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