A Country Fire
The post and telegraph office and a shop at Finley were destroyed by fire last night…
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Fire on a Farm
A fire occurred on Sunday afternoon on the farm of Mr. C. W. L. Bull, "The Wilgas," Bundure Siding, near Jerilderie, when the homestead…
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Coroner H. Giles Shaw has concluded a protracted inquest at Temora, during which 15 witnesses for the Crown were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Playing with Fire. Turkey's Insolent Answer. to British Request. London
It is reported that the Porte, in reply to representations from Great Britain, has refused to discharge the German crews aboard the Goeben…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Coup. by Three Frenchmen. Quells Enemy's Fire. and Takes Trenches. Paris
During an engagement on the French wing a regiment, of reserve of line, entrenched within 800 yards of the Germans were unable to locate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yigorous French Attack Carry Two Villages West of Lille in the Face of Withering Fire Heavy French Losses. London
During the stornung of Laneave, westward of Lille, the enemy were strongly entrenched in front of the village. All day the artillery shelled the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Fleet in Action Bombards German Army at Ostend. Attacked by Submarines. British Submarine Sunk. German Land Movements Upset. Ninety Thousand Portuguese. To Join the Allies. Will the German Fleet Come Out? Between Two Fires British Fleet in Action Germans Bombarded From Sea and Land. Naval Guns Soon Pound Range London
Remarkable developments hare followed upon the German forces penetrating the coastline. The British fleet has now taken a hand in the big…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Fire Brigades
One of the new country representatives on the Fire Brigades Board, Mr. R. Shepherd, of Sydney, is very dissatisfied with the state of affairs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accurate Naval Fire. Fleet Destroys Six Land Batteries. London
Further details have been received of the bombardment by British warships, standing off the Belgian coast, of the Germans who were advancing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Melbourne. Bourke Street Drapery Premises. G.P.O. in Danger. Melbourne, Saturday, 2 a.m
A big fire broke out at about midnight in premises of Messrs. Stephens and Sons, drapers, next door to the telegraph office of the G.P.O. in Bourke…
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Mount Sassafras, Victoria, and adjoining districts bas been swept by a bush fire. Six dwellings with their contents were destroyed and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trafalgar Day. Furious Day and Night Fighting Belgians Open the Dykes Fleet Guns Fire Fourteen Shells a Minute
Correspondents give details of the naval fight, particularly on Trafalgar Day, the fight being between Nieuport and Middlekerke. Germans from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Westende. "Hell of Fire and Smoke." London
The "Time" correspondent give a vivid description of the fighting around Westende. Nienport and Lombartzyde, and the terrible effect of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bursting Shells. Inferno of Fire. Dramatic Story of Battle. London
The "Times" correspondent in West Flanders writes:— All round the horizon east of the River Yser bouses are burning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Brigade Administration. Question of Board's Visit to Wagga. Ax Arbitrary President
The Wagga Council at the meeting last night received a letter from Mr R. Shepherd, representative on the Hoard of Fire Commissioners, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trapped Like Rabbits Russians Start Bush Fire. London
During the fighting near Kozenitze, a town in Russian Poland, where there are thick woods, the Germans filled the whole forest with troops, including…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australian Bush Fire. Three Men Parish. Adelaide
A police telegram from Lexton, in the newly-opened Murray lands country, states that three grows sons of Mr. E. A. Reimann, of the new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Brigade Matters
The Wagga Municipal Council has been in communication with Mr. Shepherd, one of the country representatives of the Fire Brigades Board of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gap Hall Fire. Evidence at Coronial Inquiry. Adjournment for a Week
The Coroner, Mr. C. J. B. Helm P.M. held and inquiry at the Wagga court house yesterday as to the cause of the fire on the morning of October…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fire at Yerong
During the height of the windstorm on Saturday a grass fire started on the southern side of railway near Yerong and spread with…
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