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Riverina · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1915

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Fire Brigade Equipment. House-drawn Engine Condemned. the Question of Transit. Ald. Collins Suggests Motor Car

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 3

A discussion took place at the Wagga Council meeting on Thursday night, relative to the equipment of the Wagga Fire Brigade. Ald: Moin had a motion…

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Forts Outranged. Fleet's Fire Most Effective. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 2

The Admiralty states that on Friday morning a fleet of battleships and battle-cruisers, accompanied by flotillas and aided by a strong French squadron,…

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British Trenches Entiladed. Attack Under Terrible Fire. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 2

The "Chronicle" correspondent at Dunkirk says the Middlesex Regiment on Monday evacuated an unsuitable trench, after a mining fuse had failed…

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Another Fire Alarm

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

The seventeenth fire alarm in Wagga this year was given yesterday morning, about 10.30 when a small outbreak occurred at the residence of…

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District News. Barellan. Fire at Barellan

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

Another fire, the fifth since Christmas, broke out in the township on Tuesday morning, 16th February at, about 4 a.m. The building involved was of…

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Under Fire. How It Feels

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 7

It is a strange fact that every soldier, when questioned as to his sensations when he first went under fire, replies that he was far less frightened than he anticipated. Recruits…

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Fire and Water. Nine Hours' Ordeal

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 7

About 4.30 p.m., just after dusk, the Germans managed to flood the trenches hold by our left company (writes a British in[?]ry-man). At the same time as the trenches were…

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French Artillery Fire. 90,000 Shells Daily. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

French artillery in the Argonne region in several successive days fired 90,000 shells daily, enabling the French to capture, the. first line , at…

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Nothing But Kicks. German Abuse of Prisoners. Victims of Comrades' Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 7

The lot of the prisoners who have fallen into the hands of the Germans is not an enviable one. The enemy does not scruple to turn his captives to the best advantage,…

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The Les Parges Victory. Remarkable Artillery Fire. Panic in Bavarian Regiment. 500 Metres of Treat Res Captured. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 February 1915 · page 4

It is officially stated that the success at Les Parses was due to the remarkable artillery fire An officer of the Eighth Ravariant Regiment…

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North Wagga Fire Case

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 2

Yesterday Mr. J. D. Walker. C.M., received a notification that the Attorney-General has declined to file a bill in the charge of arson against…

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Fire at Waterloo. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 2

A fire occurred late last night in the cork department of Mauri Bros. and Thompson's engineering establishment, Waterloo. The damage is…

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A Queensland Fire. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 3

A fire at Townsville this morning destroyed seven shops. The damage is estimated at £30,000…

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Fire Brigade Expenditure

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 2

The Board of Fire Commissioners has forwarded to the council a statement of revenue and expenditure of the Wagga Fire Brigade in 1914. Brigade expenses…

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Yacht's Fire Believed Effective

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle" says the yacht which shelied the sunmarine has been employed as a patrol since the war started. It sighted the…

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Under Fire. Terror of Anticipation

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 6

The man who has not been under fire always desires to know what were the feelings of the man who has been during thin ordeal. It is probable that…

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The Submarine War. Calais Forts Fire on Submarine. the Boat Escapes. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 2

A German submarine was sighted five miles from Calais on Saturday. The fort discharged 12 shots. The submarine refugeed behind a hospital…

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Fire in New Zealand. Freezing Works Destroyed Including 13,000 Carcases of Mutton. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1915 · page 3

Another fire at the North British Freezing Works destroyed the offices and freezer, containing 13.000 carcases of mutton…

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Blaze at Sea. Benzine Steamer in Peril Vessel Battered by Gale. Fire Quelled by the Waves. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 4

The Norwegian oil steamer Lahabra with a freight of henzine had reached the Tyne. It was ablaze amidships for two days in the mid-Atlantic owing to…

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Slav Plot to End War. Austro-hungarian Officers to Be Shot. Picket Refuses to Fire. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 March 1915 · page 4

A plot was discovered among the Austro-Hungarian reserve officers of Sir, nationality to bring about a settlement of the war with Russia. The…

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