Big Fire at Moree. Damage £6000. SYDNEY
The Moree School of Arts hall, supper-room, billiard-room, and all outbuildings, were demolished by fire yesterday morning. The Lyceum Picture…
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Big Fire at Junee. Taylor's Store a Total Loss
A telephone message received from Junee at 1.30 this morning stated that Messrs. Taylor Bros.' main store, a brick building, was then on fire and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Waves of Assault. Broken by French Fire. Enemy Makes Purposeless Sacrifice. War Credit for £500,000,000 Moved for Daily Cost £7,550,0000. Western Front. Germans Hurled Back. Sanguinary Reverses. Paris
A French communique states: The struggle was keenest during the night at Chemin-des-Dames, where the enemy attempted at various points to turn us…
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The barn and stables on the premises of Mr. G. L. M'Nickle at Kurrajong were completely demolished by fire about 2 a.m. on Thursday. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New York City Hall Fire. New York, Thursday, [?]
A fire damaged the City Hall, decorated in honour of the Frenchmen. It was threatening, but was suppressed by the huge crowds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive French Fire. London
A French communique states: Our batteries carried out a destructive fire against German organisations. We blew up a munitions depot north-east…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Station Alterations
The archway over the entrance to the Wagga Fire Station is being raised about 18 inches. The alteration is necessitated by the replacement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ramshackle Destroyed by Fire
For some time before a fire-alarm was raised on Friday evening at 6.20 a glare was observed from the main streets of the town in the direction of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wilhelmshaven. Amsterdam
A great fire occurred at the Imperial wharves at Wilhelmshaven and continued for seven hours. The submarine building department is reported to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Wilhelmshaven Amsterdam
A great fire broke out at the Imperial wharves at Wilhelmshaven, and burned for seven hours in a submarine building. The Department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Gundagai Fire. Grill's Store Ablaze. a Splendid Save
At half-past 9 on Tuesday evening Miss Kitlie Sullivan noticed a blaze in the grocery department of Grill's store,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire! Grill's Store Had a Close Shave
The town narrowly escaped a calamity at 10 o'clock nu Tuesday night, as bad Grill's large stores been burnt out it would not only…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Leeton Fire Brigade
The citizens of Leeton are neglecting their Fire Brigade. The maintenance of an efficient fire brigade is purely a precautionary business…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Series of Fires. Sydney
A series of [?]res broke out this morning at the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's steel works at Por Waratah. No sooner was one out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia. Germans Open Heavy Fire. Harried by Russian Air Raids. Petrograd
The "Norsud Agency" says that notwithstanding German threats to overwhelm with asphyxiating gas Russians who refused to continue to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Motor Garage
—A fire occurred early on Wednesday morning in the garage at the rear of the K.Q. Presbytery, Cootamundra. How the place caught alight is a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Junes Beefs
Word was brought into Junee on Monday morning that a serious fire had occurred at the farm of Mr. Ernest W. Lehmann, of Junco Beefs, at an early…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Narrow Escape From Fire Sydney
The inmates of a four-roomed cottage at Rochdale were compelled to escape in their night attire when an outbreak of fire was discovered at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wood Fire
Mix different kinds of wood if you want a warm fire. Oak and pine with the wood of old fruit trees are an excellent, mixture. Apple wood gives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires
The Hungarian town of Gyenyoss was partly destroyed by fire. Several forest fires are reported in the vicinity of Berlin…
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