Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Fires & bushfires, all years

Dubbo & the Western Plains · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1917

136 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 7

Fire in a Yard

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 6

Home packing case straw and other material made a big flame at a late hour on Wednesday night in the back yard of Mr. F Culloner's premises in…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Big Fire in North Queensland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 2

A fire causing damage estimated at between £50.000 and £100,000. occurred in Townsville, North Queensland, on Saturday night…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Fire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 1

There was the usual commotion and excitement at about 1.30 a.m. on Thursday, when the well-known clang of the fireball rang out on the stillness of the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Alarm of Fire

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 2

Yesterday morning, between 1 and 2 o'clock, the citizens were awakened by the loud clanging of the fire-bell, and soon the street was alive with a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fire at Glenara

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 1

A large shed, about 50 feet by 30 feet, on Mr. Gordon's farm at Glenara, Geurie, caught fire on Sunday night. The building was used as a stable and…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

A Most Disastrous Fire

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 2

A most disastrous fire occured at the farm of Mr. Condon, junr., of Wongarbon, on Sunday night. The origin of the outbreak is shrouded in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Damage by Fires

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 4

The Hungarian town of Gyenyoes has been partly destroyed by fire. Several forest fires are reported in the vicinity of Berlin, and great…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

TRANGIE. Shed Destroyed by Fire

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 5

A fire occerred on the Experimental Farm at Trangie on Friday night last, When a large shed, recently built, with its contents, was destroyed by tire. The…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

District News. (From our own Correspondents). NARR0M1NE Destructive Fire Averted

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 5

Mr, F. Mack's woolshed narrowly escaped destruction on Saturday night last. About 11 p.m. Mr. 6. Dowton, who lives in the vicinity. noticed the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Ten Billion Dollars. A Big Fire. Canadian Conscription. French on Top. War-shattered Huns. London, May 23

The Western Herald · Saturday 26 May 1917 · page 5

The United States Treasurer states ten billion dollars are required' to finance the country in the first year of war…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Another Fire

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 1

At 1.30 a.m. on Sunday an outbreak of fire in a bedroom behind the bar parlor of the Club House Hotel wan discovered by the licensee, Mr. H…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

After a Fire. Helping Mr. Condon

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 June 1917 · page 4

A meeting for the purpose of finding out how the neighbors of Mr. G. M. Condon could best assist him, and tide him over his recent serious loss…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Outbreak of Fire

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 15 June 1917 · page 14

A very serious outbreak of fire occurred on Sunday evening last at "Lanrel Hills," the property of Mr. W. Corlis Brennan, when an…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

The Austrian Crisis Italy's Air Craft Dastardly Huns Fire on a Steamer's Boat. London, June 22

The Western Herald · Wednesday 27 June 1917 · page 3

There is increasing interest in the Austrian crisis owing to the fact that it reveals that a large majority in Austria are almost certainly opposed…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Oxy-hydrogen Blaze of the Oceans

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 3

A new kind of end of the world has been imagined by M. Louis Rabourdin, a French scientist. Sometimes it has been suggested that the…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Boybean Fire

Gilgandra Weekly · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 13

At the inquest held at Mandooran into the circumstances surrounding tbe second Boybean fire, the following verdict was returned:—" That the…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Fire in Lee Street

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 July 1917 · page 2

Shortly after one o'clock on Friday afternoon last a fire broke out in the shop of Mr. O. L. Cook, Leo Street, by which damage was done by…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Baptism of Fire. How Private Olive Samuels Felt

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 3 July 1917 · page 3

Private Clive Samuels, son of Mr. J. Samuels, of "Ivan bee," Dubbo, writing to the "Dispatch," tells of how he felt just before he went under fire…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Another Steamer Torpedoed Contemptible Huns Fire on Drowning Men Russia Will Emerge More Formidable Than Ever British Victories London, June 30

The Western Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1917 · page 3

The steamer Adduh was submarined on June 15, without warning. She was hit seven times while the boats were being lowered…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →