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Fires & bushfires, 1915

2,381 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 120

What It Feels Like to be Under Shell Fire

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 4

The bombardment of the Belgian coast towns and villages has been the chief military feature of the past week or so, and the following vivid account of a typical incident or series of…

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Under Fire. the Psychology of Courage. Anticipation a False Prophet

The World's News · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 6

THE man who has not been under fire always desires eagerly to know what were the feelings of the man who has been through this ordeal. It is probable that he…

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Badly Battered. Germans in the Sea Fight, Effects of Shell Fire. Enemy Loses Nerve. London

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 1

It is reporter that the German battle-cruisers[?] and Derfflinger got home little more than afloat. The former was afire, while the Derfflinger had every [?] out of action,…

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The Kaiser's Chagrin Witnesses a German Rout Teaching the Doctrine of Hate His White Horse. Kaiser's Napoleonic Pose. Watches Germans Flee. Demoralised by French Fire. Paris, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 1

It is reported that the Kaiser, early in the week, witnessed the [?] attack by the Germans at [?] The French withstood a shower of hand…

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Under Fire for Four Months Motor Despatch Rider's Thrilling Story Shell's Seven Victims Dash Into Ypres

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1915 · page 10

One of the roost thrilling despatches received from the war zone has been written by Corporal A. J. Sproston, a motor-cycle despatch rider. Altogether he was four months under fire,…

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Deadly British Gun Fire Sailors Prefer Drowning to Remaining Aboard Some Driven Mad Derfflinger Seriously Damaged. London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1915 · page 1

The Germans rescued from the engagement in which the Blucher was sunk include representatives from all the large ships comprising the raiding squadron…

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Fires. Damage in the Country

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 8

CULCAIRN, Saturday. -- On January 19 a destructive bush fire broke out near Wantagong, Germanton. Following is a list of damage up to Wednesday night last: -- Culvert on the…

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Fire at Waverley

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 2

A fire occurred at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning in a house at No. 11 Albion-street, Waverley, occupied as a shop and dwelling by J. J. Googhegan. The building, which is a…

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Drought and Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 8

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Saturday -- Droughty conditions continue in many parts of the Dominion, though welcome rain has fallen at Auckland. There is an improved outlook in the…

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Serious Grass Fires. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 10

The gress fires in the Awatere district of Marlborough are spreading rapidly. Many settlers have lost heavily by the destruction of sheep, pastures, etc. A large are has…

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Set Herself on Fire

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 3

Setting fire to her clothes after she had saturated them with kerosene was the awful method adopted to end her life by Mary Shepley, single, 47 years old, who lived with…

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Fire at Picture Show

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 11

A few minutes before 8 o'clock last, night, a fire accidentally occurred in the operating box at Messrs. Dix and Baker's picture show in the Methodist Mission Hall, King Street. The…

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Explosion. Motor Launch on Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 10

Yesterday afternoon a sensation was caused in Lavender Bay, near the baths, when flames shot up from a motor launch in which a parly of about 16 persons was about to leave for…

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Fire on a Motor Launch

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 1

Owing to some bensine becoming ignited in a launch that had just started to leave a private wharf at Neutral Bay, on Sunday, several persons were slightly burned. To escape…

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Two Fires in Country Town Inadequate Water Supply. Waoga

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 5

The [?] fist of [?] in town tan year was increased by two outbreaks at the week-end At nine o'clock on Saturday night a fire was [?] in [?] Payne's five-reamed…

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Horth Sea Fight. Horrors of Battle. Destructive British Fire. London, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 9

The Germans rescued after and during the recent naval action in the North Sea represent every larse ship, and most of the smaller ships, which comprised the…

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Country Fires

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 8

MURWILLUMBAH, Monday.--A fire yesterday destroyed the residence of A. M'Gilvray, at South Murwillumbah. The fire was discovered by a nurse on duty next door, but the premises…

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Fires at Wagga. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 10

More than a dozen outbreaks of fire occurred in Wagga during the past five weeks. [?] Saturday night a five-roomed weatherboard dwelling-house at North Wagga, owned and…

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Shops and Houses Burned. Country Fires

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 4

A fire broke out on Friday night in Penfold's store. Stroud (N.S.W.). The bulk store was burned to the ground, but the other buildings were saved…

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[?] Fire at Orange

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 4

A big bush fire has been burning for some days out beyond Lane's and Treweek[?]'s at Orange. A considerable area of grass has been destroyed…

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