Letters from the Front. From the Late Corporal Kilpatrick. Under Shell Fire
Mr. Albert Obermann, of Parramatta, has received the following letter from the late Corporal Kilpatrick:— "New South Wales Lancers, Naanwport…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires & bushfires, 1900
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Drawing the Fire of the Enemy. Boers Fall Into an Ambush. London, Jan. 30
Major-General Clements made a demonstration against the enemy in the vicinity of Reitfontein, about 12 miles south-east of De Aar on the Naauwpoort railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →2.30 a.m. the Battle of Spion Kop. Desperate Fighting. Enemy in a Very Strong Defensive Position. the British Under a Fearful Fire. London, Jan. 30
Further details have been received of the fighting at Spion Kop on Wednesday. Desperate fighting took place throughout the whole day, much of the conflict being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Ungarie
UNGARIE, Wednesday.—A store and dwelling house, owned and occupied by Richard Thomas, rat Marsdens, was burnt to the ground between 5 and 7 o'clock yesterday. The whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some Stirring Details. a Terrific Cross Fire. LONDON, January 31, 6.30 a.m
Some details which have been received of the battle on Spion Kop show that when aware that the British held the highest part of the mountain the Boers from an invisible position…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sunnyside. Queenslanders Under Fire. Gallant Rescues. Rebels. the N.S.W. Ambulance at Work. (Some of the following, Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.)
BELMONT (CAPE COLONY), January 4.—The ambulance waggons under Captain Roth have just arrived here from Sunnyside, attended by several waggon loads of refugees from Douglas, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Bush Fires. Twenty Thousand Sheep Burned and Six Wool Sheds Destroyed
Disastrous bush fires have been raging in the Warrnambool district of Victoria, and the outbreak in described as the most disastrous known for 50 years. The fires started on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fire on a Farm
TILBA TILBA, Thursday.—A fire occurred at Mr. John Young's farm early on Wednesday morning last, by which the whole of his dairy was completely destroyed. The contents, which were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire at Echuca. Several Places Destroyed
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Another big fire broke out at Echuca about 2 o'clock this morning. It is supposed to have originated in a confectioner's shop in the most central business block in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australians Under Fire. London, February 1, 6.5 a.m
Five hundred Canadians and Australians had a smart fight with the rebel Dutch at Badenborst, on the Riet River, west of Modder River station. They expelled the rebels…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Bush Fires in Yictoria
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Accounts are coming to hand of terrible bush fires in various parts of the colony during the extreme hot weather of he past few years. The fertile Warrnambool district…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Fires
Between 8 and 9 o'clock last night a fire broke out in the private dwelling of Mr. William Power, of Ivy-street, Darlington, but the flames had been extinguished by the neighbors before the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire-proof Dresses
The following is a cheap mode of rendering dresses uninflammable: Four parts borax and three parts sulphate of magnesia are shaken up together just before being required. The mixture is…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →The British Artillery Fire
LONDON, January 25.—The Boers admit that the cannonading by the artillery of Sir Charles Warren and Sir C. F. Clery was the fiercest they had encountered during the campaign…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Frontier. Daily Life in Camp Constant Skirmishes. Effects of Shell Fire. Australian Troops
DE AAR (SOUTH AFRICA), January 4, 1900.—Right along the western frontier the various British columns seem to have decided to mark time until the arrival of Lord Roberts, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Bush Fires in Victoria. 20,000 Sheep Lost and 500,000 Acres of Grass Burnt-estimated Loss of £100.000
The most calamitous bush fires ex-perienced in the Victorian Western Dis-trict for 50 years broke out on Saturday, continued over Sunday, and burnt till the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Artillery Fires 1000 Shells at Colenso
Captain E. PLtcairn Jones, R.N., In charge of the Naval Brigade at the Battle of Colenso, relates that the Artillery fired 1000 shells. He adds:-…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fire at Glebe Point
A fire was discovered yesterday afternoon at Globe point in the found belonging to "Glandwyr," the residence of Mr. William Speer, secretary to the Mount Pleasant coal company. The villa is situated in…
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