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Fires & bushfires, 1914

578 stories in Riverina's papers · page 21 of 29

Alarm of Fire

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 2

An alarm of fire was given about 4.30 yesterday afternoon, and the outbreak was located in a detached building at the rear of Messrs. Kelly and…

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How Balloons Take Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 7

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…

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German Cruiser Lost. Runs Aground in the Baltic. Under Russian Fleet's Fire. Germans Destroy, Their Vessel. St. Petersburg

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 5

The German cruiser Madgeburg went ashore at Odenaholm Island during a fog. The crew was rescued by a torpedo boat while under fire from…

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Clearing the Line of Fire. New York

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 2

A cable message from Paris says it is officially announced that the military and Government have ordered all res[?]nts within the none of the…

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French Retire. German Lines Swept. by Devastating Artillery Fire. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle's" correspondent at Amiens says that after the battle of Dinant, the second and seventh French army corps, while…

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Defence of Paris. Preparations Going On. Forts' Line of Fire Cleared. New York

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 2

A cables message from Paris says that it is officially announced that the military government has ordered all residents in the zone of the city's…

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March on Paris Begun Clearing the Line of Paris Forts Fire. Battle in the North Sea Five German Vessels Sunk. German Attention Diverted North Belgians Again Attacking Russians Fast Advancing on Prussia. Germans Withdrawing from French Border. Australian Fleet Capture Samoa. Australia Calls for Second Expeditionary Force. the Australian Fleet. Captures Samoa. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 2

It is officially announced that Apia, the port of German Samoa, has surrendered to the British…

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The Line of Fire

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 2

Thousands of shops, houses and factories are being blown up in the vicinity of Paris. This is being done to clear the…

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While Meusing, the Fire Burned

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 2

A German infantry regiment was practically wiped one when crossing the Meuse…

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German Rifle-fire Poor London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3

The consensus of opinion of the wounded soldiers is that the German [?] fire is extremely poor, and [?] overwhelming numbers would [?]…

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Leipsig Exhibition. Germans Fire Art Collections From Abroad. Rome

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3

Travellers arriving in Italy state that the English, Russian, and French pavilions at the International Printing Exhibition at Leipsig, containing…

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The Horrors of Louvain. Neutral Witness' Story. a Carnival of Death. Sack, Pillage, Fire and Sword. Soldiers Drunk with Blood and Hate. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1914 · page 3

Mr. Richard Harding Davis (the novelist), who has visited Louvain, states that he saw the Germans after the destruction of Louvain, like men…

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City Fire

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 2

A fire destroyed Joseph Chrisy's carriage bazaar and livery stable, Harris-street, Ultimo, this morning, damaging everything beyond repair and roosting…

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How Balloons Take Fire

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 4

The way to which balloons are made at present is well calculated to produce electric sparks, says a writer in Common abstracting an article in L'Industrle…

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Disastrous Fire Livery Stables Destroyed. Three Horses Roasted Is Their Stalls. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 September 1914 · page 5

A fired destroyed Joseph Christies carriage bazaar and livery stables in Harris Street, Ultimo, this morning, damaging everything beyond the repair…

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Big Fire. £18,000 Damages. Melbourne

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1914 · page 2

Several places at Sea Lake, Victoria, were destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The damage is estimated at eighteen thousand…

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German Vessel From Australia Incident at Colombo. Punjabi Guard Fires on Ship's Officer

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 2

The passengers by the Mooltan at Fremantle state there was an exciting incident on a German steamer from Australia in Colombo on the night of…

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British at Compeigne. German Divisions Decimated. Guns Captured in Face of Galling Fire. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 September 1914 · page 2

A guardsman describing the seven hours fight in the fieled at Compeigne, states the Germans on horses got clear and fled. Some of the…

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Scarcity of Ammunition. Germans Ordered to Hold Fire. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 4

Three hundred Germans were captured in the last engagements in the vicinity of Ourcq. One German prisoner, an infantry…

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Germans Between Two Fires. French on North and West. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 6

The result of the last four days' fighting shows that the southern division of the German army of invasion is being caught between two fires. The…

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