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Fires & bushfires, 1915

408 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 21

Items of News. Fire at Ganmain

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 2

A stable, shed, and two motor cars were destroyed a little before 3 o'clock at Ganmain on Thursday. An alarm of fire was raised, and it was in a…

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Fire at Berrigan. Three Shops Destroyed. Berrigan

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 2

A disastrous fire at Berrigan destroyed Prosser's general store and produce shop, johnston's fruit, and confectionery store, and Clarke's fruit…

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Fire at Ganmain

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 2

On the 1st inst about 4 30 p.m. Mrs. John Gordon, who resides at the rear of Mr.' W. H. Rowston’s residence noticed that a fire had…

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Gallant Territorials. Capture German Trenches. in Face of Murrderous Fire. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 4

The London Territorial Rediment did fine work in the capture of German trenches at Neave Chapelle, by a frontal attack across 200 yards of open…

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Incursion of Serbia. by Bulgarian Irregulars. Servian Soldiers Trapped. and Burnt Alive. Fires Hand to Hand Fighting. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 4

The "Daily Mail's correspondent at Salonika, who has returned to the scene of the incursion by Bulgarian irregulars, believes that the attack is part of…

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The War. Further Russian Success in Carpathians. London Territorials Under Fire. Sinking of the Falaba, Austrians Seek Pope's Intervention. to Conclude a Separate Peace. Greece Heart and Soul with England. Trouble Between Bulgaria and Servia. Russians in Carpathians. German Atrocity Revealed Victim Decorated by Nicholas Petrograd

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 4

It is officially reported that despite various fortures, a Russian scout, captured at Raioga, near Mys[?]wise, refused to give, information…

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Fire at Gibraltar Gold Mine

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Monday 12 April 1915 · page 2

During the heavy thunderstorm which passed over the district on 4th inst, immediately after a vivid flash of lightening, Mrs. A. J…

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Big Fire at Liverpool Tobacco Store Burnt. Damage Estimated at £250,000 LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1915 · page 3

A fire which broke out in a large store at Liverpool, last night, did enormous damage. The store which contained 35 acres of floor…

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That Fire Engine. a Turbine for Cootamundra Fire Brigade

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 3

As far book as August 4, 1914, the council objected to one of these engines being foisted upon them. Letters have been received, and dealt…

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Fires in the City. Shops and Dwellings Damaged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 2

Owing to a sick woman not sleeping soundly a fire, which damaged three shops at Glebe early this morning, was discovered before it had secured too…

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A Big Fire. Damages £25,000. TAMWORTH

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 2

A fire at Tamworth gutted the extensive stores and premises of Smith and Co. The damage is estimated at £25,000. A number of…

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Fatal Fire. Five Persons Killed. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 2

A fire in the Shetland Islands resulted in five persons being killed and forty injured…

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German Airship Lost. Due to Heavy Gun Fire. LONDON,Friday

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 4

Further details of the German airship, which came to grief in Belgium show that the mechine was damaged by heavy gun fire at Ypres, but…

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Turks Beaten Back. After Determined Resistance. British Force Face Heavy Fire. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 2

The Pross Bureau states that the British, with the Indiana, drove the Turks from their advance post, four miles south of Shaiba. They attacked…

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Neuve Chapelle. Middlesex and Indians. Swept by Diabolical Fire. Lane of Dead and Dying. Germans Slaughtered. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 2

Further particulars regarding the lighting at Neuve Chapelle slate that utter chaos reigned, bursting shells having obliterated the streets. Many…

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Shell Fire. a Terrifying Tumult

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 3

It is impossible to exaggerate the monstrus horror of the shell fire, writes Mr. Philip Gibbs in the "Daily Chronicle."…

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Fire At Leeton. Post Office Destroyed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 4

On Monday night about 10.30 a fire broke out in the Leeton post office, the building and contents being utterly destroyed. Mr S…

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On a Motor Cycle. Field Experiences. Under Fire

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 7

A British intelligence officer writes to the London Daily Express:—My military career began with an examination in German. The stock phrases were…

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Fire at Leeton. Post Office Destroyed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 4

A fire occurred at Leeton on Tuesday evening last which resulted in the total destruction of the post-office at that place. It appears that the postmaster…

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Big Fire. a Coogee Dwelling Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 2

A dwelling at Coogee containing 35 rooms was totally destroyed by fire last night. The total insurances are £3000…

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