The London Explosion. Munition Works Blown Up. Great Fire Follows. Appalling Scenes. London
A tremendous explosion shook London on Friday evening. The explosion followed the outbreak of a fire in one of the munition…
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Fires & bushfires, 1917
19 stories in South Coast's papers
A Preventive of Fires
A liquid which is very efficacious in extinguishing fire is that known as carbon tetra-chloride. It yields a vapour which immediately puts…
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The presentation of medals in connection with the Two-men Drill competitions of the Nowra Fire Brigade took place at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nowra Fire Brigade. Presentation of Trophies
Several presentations were made at the Nowra fire station on Wednesday night Captain Bennett, officer in charge of the brigade, presided over a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Efficacy Fire.”
The Press Associationâs correspondent with the French armies, thus describes efficacy fire the most terrifying incident of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maxim guns fire so rapidly that they
would become red-hot very quickly if they were not surrounded by water-jackets. The water in these has to be renewed after every 2000 rounds have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Baptism of Fire Capsized Dixie Causes Troopship Profanity
Every transport leaving Australia in carries a military secretary of the Y.M.C.A. whose duty it is to minister to the troops on board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bega Fire Brigade
The members of the Bega Fire Brigade gave a good display with their new fire machine al the Court House corner, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire ! Cottage and Contents Destroyed
Between 8 and 9 oâclock on Friday night last an alarm of fire was raised, and some said that Balmainâs Garage was on fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Bega Blaze
On Friday evening at about half-past eight the erratic ringing of the Anglican Church bell indicated that there was a fire, and it was at…
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The residence of Mr John Higgs, in Carp-street, next to Balmain's motor garage, was totally destroyed by fire shortly after 8 o'clock on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires an Appeal to the People
A season is approaching in which bush fires may be expected, and, judging by the reports of forestry officials and others whose duty it…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires. an Appeal to the People
A season is approaching in which bush fires may be expected, and, judging by the reports of forestry officials and others whose duly it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire at Kameruka
A disastrous fire occurred at Kameruka on Saturday night when the Estate office store butcher's shop and post office were destroyed They…
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On Saturday night last Kameruka had a thrill. At about 9.30 p.m. a fire was discovered to have broken out in the building in which was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flower and Fire
Life may be a garden. Lore it is the shower. Love it is the sunshine Ripening fruit and flower;…
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An interesting accessory which is carried on the trucks of the Berlin fire brigades is a collapsible asbestos fire screen through which the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire Escape
The feature of this rope fire escape is the novelty of the arrangement and construction of the parts. The carrying device is a loop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mareld M[?] Under Fire
Lance-Corporal Harold Men[?], the well-known ex-commercial and ex-licenses of the Bank Hotel, Bega, w[?] to our editor from London on…
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