A Bush Fire. Down Kimo Road
A fire started about 1 o'clock on Sunday afternoon at a spot near the Kimo Road, midway between Bell's haystack and…
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Bush Fire. Started by Lighting. Wheat Country Threatened
Full particulars of a large bush fire which was started by lightning and has been burning in the Gregadoo hills since early on Saturday afternoon, were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's City News. The Fire Fiend
Mrs Victoria Allison and her 15 days' old daughter were fatally burned in their home at South Kensington, Vic It is surmised…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Appalling Disaster. Explosion in Munition Factory. Fire Spreads Over Large Area. Great Loss of Life. Hospital Accommodation Overtaxed. Heartrending Scenes. London
The Ministry of Munitions officially reports that yesterday eve a fire started in a factory eastward of London, near the river, employed in refining explosives. A few minutes afterwards an explosion occurred, many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire Extinguished
The bush fire in the Gregadoo hills was.extinguished after midnight on Sunday. Stock did not suffer, and there was only small damage to crops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fire at Gregadoo. 1500 Acres of Grass Destroyed. Started by Lightning
On Saturday afternoon about [?] o'clock a flash of lightning during a storm struck a tree in the back paddock or the Spring Gully Estate, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Adelong Fires
There is a strong suspicion almost[?] to a conviction in the minds of the Adelong people that the recent firms in that district were caused thro[?]…
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[?] vehicles from [?]sitioned, and [?] was organ[?]ously injured…
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Though light has not been thrown on the origin of the explosion some of the circumstances are available. The day shift at the munitions factory quitted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mysterious Fire. Sydney
On Saturday night a are was discovered under the decking of the bridge spanning the Hawkesbury River at Windsor. The firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Statement by Munitions Minister. Inquiry Into Cause of Fire
Dr. Addison, Minister for Munitions, speaking at the Mansion House, said: "I am glad to be able to say that the casualties were much smaller than at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The London Disaster. Clearing the Debris. Gasometer Fire. London
Two days digging by the troops made little impression on the vast heap of debris. It will take weeks to clean the ground…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fire and the Girl
A housemaid named Emma McDonald lias been committed for trial in connection with the recent suspicious fires on the premises of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Black Watch Charge. Through a Deluge of Fire
Speaking of an advance of the Black Watch to the attack on German trenches, an officer who served with the particular battalion says :…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Careless Use of Fire. a Youth Charged
At the Children's Court yesterday, before Messrs A. W. Stinson and A. J. M‘ Shane, J’s.P., Percy Oliver Dowell was charged with that he did on the 18th day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires in a Bank. Maid Committed for Trial. Case at Culcairn. Henty
An inquiry was held at Culcairn yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the fires which occurred on the premises of the Culcairn branch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Summary of War News. Monday, January 22nd. Great Fire in London
A great tire broke out in a munitions factory in the neighbourhood of London on Friday night, and spread to many adjacent buildings. A terrific…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in a Bank Maid Committed for Trial
An inquiry was held at Culcairn Tuesday into the circumstances surrounding the fires which occurred on the premises of the Culcairn…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Unextinguished Fire. Fine of £50, or Six Months. Sydney
John Tovey was fined £50 at the Camden police court for leaving a fire in the open air before it was thoroughly extinguished, with an alternative of six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Started by Lightning
While a storm was passing over the country lightning struck three trees and set fire to the grass in the paddock on Mr. A. Brunskill's…
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