Mine on Fire Wellington
Portion of the Blackball mine is on fire and has closed down. [?]…
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Fire at Sea. Steamer Abandoned. Sydney
The Navy Office states that the Union Steam-hip Company's steamer Waitotara caught fire at sea and was abandoned. The whole of the crew…
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Had it not been for a couple of lads on Monday evening, about 8 o’clock, Messrs. Ashwood Bros.’ store and a number of other business places in Coolamon may…
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The election of two new lire alarms one it the corner of Kincaid and Simmons streets and the other at the corner of Murray and Darlow streets,…
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The services of the Wagga Fire Brigade were obtained about 7 o'clock last evening at an outbreak of fire in a room at the rear of a house in…
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The Fire Brigade had a call last evening to Best Street, where a fire broke out in a back room of premises owned by Mr. J. Ballantyne, and…
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Two additional fire alarms have been recently erected, one at the corner of Kincaid and Simmonds Streets, and one at the corner of Murray and…
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An Italian official report states: The enemy concentrated a brisk fire on our new position on Mount Ortigara, on the Asiago Plateau. We replied effectively…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Stacks. Fire at Rozelle. Sydney
Two thousand bags of wheat, owned by the State Wheat Board and stacked in the goods yards at Rozelle, were severely damaged by fire this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lively Fighting. French Check Stubborn Attacks. British Prisoners Employed Under Fire Russian Armies on the Move. Eastern Theatre. Russian Advance. London
A Russian official report states:— Our detachment attacked it position westward of Kalrit, and bayoneted the Turkish defeated. Only a few…
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Another fire was discovered in a wheat black at Rozelle wheat yard this morning. It was extinguished before much damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Man-killing Weapons. German Liquid Fire Shells
The "Matin" says:—The Germans have introduced a new weapon against the British troops, consisting of liquid fire shells, which explode in the air…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Leeton Fire Brigade
Some time age the Leeton Progress Association were instrumental in procuring for Leeton a fire cart, a set of hose, nozzles, and hydrant with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Protecting the Fire Fighter. Remarkable New Oxygen Helmets
No longer will the fear of being overcome by poisonous gases or struck on the head by falling objects be entertained in the minds of the Cincinnati firemen, for they have been…
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The copy of the "Lille War Gazette", a newspaper published by the German Army in Lille, contained in its issue of April 1, 1915, many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Furniture Factory Fire. Sydney
Ricket and Thorp's art furniture factory at Rockdale, together with its contents, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Goulburn. Sydney
Bennett and Wood's cycle establishment at Goulburn was considerably damaged by fire this morning. Practically the whole contents were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Lockhart. Cornsacks Destroyed. Lockhart
About [?] o'clock this morning a fire was observed in the Lockhart nation yards. The outbreak was discovered amongst a heap of second-hand bags…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Near the Coast. Heavy Fighting in Belgium. Russians Continue Victorious Advance. Turco-german Fleet Bombed. U.S.A. Steamer Sunk by Submarine. Western Front. Fighting in Belgium. Heavy Artillery Fire. British Positions Entered. London, Wednesday Night
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—The enemy. after 24 fours intense bombardment. determinedly attacked our positions on the Nieuport…
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At the last meeting of the Corown Municipal Council a letter was received from the Municipality of Wagga Wagga enclosing a newspaper report of a…
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