Fire Balloons for Zeppelins
A motor engineer, writing in the "Daily Express," suggests the use of fire balloons to destroy Zeppelins when they visit England. Zeppelins dread…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fires & bushfires, 1916
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Fire at Kiandra. Chinese Burned to Death
On the morning of the 12th instant, shortly alter midnight, a fire broke out in the south end of the town, in premises occupied by and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Insurance. (Extract from the "Herald," 9th January, 1914.)
It is probably no exaggeration to say that 50 per cent of the private houses in this State are at the present moment under-insured…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heaps of Dead. Deadly French Fire. a Veritable Charnel House
Additional details of the Verdun fighting confirm the news of the horrible slaughter inflicted upon the Germans. The holocaust was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kyeamba Post Office. Destroyed by Fire. Postmaster's Heavy Loss
The post office and post postmaster's resilience at Kyeamba, together with the contents, were totally destroyed by fire on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kyeamba Post Office Fire
It now transpires that the building containing the post office and postmaster's residence at Kyeamba, which was destroyed by fire on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vladivostok. Serious Fire Reported. London
A serious fire at Vladivostock destroyed large quantities of rubber and cotton. Vladivostock is the far eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Salonika. Enemy Movements. Fruitless Artillery Fire
General Sarrail, Commander-ib-Chief of the Allied armies in the Balkans, declares that the enemy's artillery activity on the Salonika…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga Fire Brigade
The officers and plant of the Wagga Fire Brigade Station have almost reached the irreducible minimum in fire calls this year, which is in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News. Fire Inquiry
An open verdict was returned at the inquiry held by Mr. C. J. B. Helm, P.M., District Coroner, recently at Coolamon, into the cause and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big City Fire. Simpson's Free Stores. Premises Completely Gutted. Sydney
A fire, which completely gutted the premises of Simpson's Free Stores, Lackey-street, Darling Harbor, took place a little after six o'clock to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Batlow
At about 2 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire broke out in the fruit shed of the Mayday Orchard, at Batlow, which contained 14 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Carrathool
A destructive fire occurred at Carrathool on Monday, when Wilkinson and Lavender's offices, J. Darey's saddlery shop, a cottage, and M'Mahon and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Violent Battle. Russian Masses Advance. Intense Artillery Fire. London
A Berlin paper says the Russian offensive has been carried out with tremendous forces. The concentrated fire of the enemy's artillery exceeds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Baylis-street
At about half-past eight yesterday morning the Wagga. Fire Brigade received a call to a fire in the shop of Mr. Walter M'Kenzie, of Baylis-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Fire at Hillston. MR. J. Witcombe's Store
At about 1.15 p.m. on Friday an alarm of fire was raised in High Street. Dense volumes of smoke were seen floating skywards, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gun-fire Heard. News From Sweden. Naval Engagement Reported. London
Swedish press reports state that a naval engagement has taken place in the Baltic Sea. Gunfire was heard for 45 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Action at Baranovichi. Fierce Artillery Fire
Correspondents of Berlin newspapers report that the Russians brought up 50,000 men north of Baranovichi on Thursday, and violently attacked the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two German Steamers. Sunk by Gun-fire
A report from Copenhagen says that fishermen at Oxelosund, a Swedish seaport, 35 miles north of Horrkeping, and south of Stockholm, saw two large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burned to Death. Fire at Croydon. Sydney
A fatal fire has occurred at Croydon, at the residence of Mr. Atkinson Price, member for Gloucester. All the members of the family were asleep when the…
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