Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Fires & bushfires, all years

Southern Highlands · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1917

25 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 2 of 2

Unearthing of Fire Hydrants to the Editor

Robertson Advocate · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 2

Sir,—I note in the report of the Mittagong Council meeting in your last issue that the Mayor greeted my application for the unearthing of a fire hydrant with the words,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Under Fire Charging German Trenches

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 2
Also in The Southern Mail

Private Roy Belgrove writing to his relative at Mittagong, under date 8/7/17, says:—"I have been twice to the firing line since I have been in France, and will try and give…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Mails Catch Fire

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 September 1917 · page 4

The Defence Department has been notified that a consignment of mails from England to the field in France caught fire in transit. The mails were…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Malls Catch Fire

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 29 September 1917 · page 4

At an inquest regarding the death of an old man named James Wilkinson, from fracture of the skull, held in Path on Wednesday the evidence…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →