A British Triumph Enemy Unnerved by Gun-fire Awful Carnage in the East Notable Success. British Score in Flanders. Galling Fire Unnerves Germans. Teuton Boys at the Front. London, Thursday Evening
Evening News · Friday 12 February 1915 · page 1
A message from Paris states that a success achieved by the British at Viclaines, between La Basses and Festubert, was of an important nature…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire Service
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 13
The annual report of the Fire Commissioners of New South Wales was tabled in the Legislative Assembly last night. It stated that the estimates of expenditure adopted for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire at Ashfield
Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 2
A fire which broke out in the laundry of Mr. William Maunell's home, in Park Avenue, Ashfield, on Friday night, did considerable damage. It had a good hold when the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at a Hotel. Berrigan
Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 6
A fire broke out near the engine room of the electric lighting plant at the Royal Hotel, when a quantity of petrol caught alight. It biased fiercely, and set fire to the woodwork…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australians Under Fire. No Casualties Sustained. Cairo
Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 1
After failure in the attempt to cross the Canal at Toussoun on Tuesday night and Wednesday, the Turks did not make any further attack. They began to leave their advanced…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →G.p.o. Fire. Extent of the Damage
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 13
A survey of the damage caused by the fire in the basement of the G.P.O. on Thursday night, showed that 55 cables had been affected, of which 15 were actually burned. These…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fire at G.p.o. Normal Conditions in Few Days
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 13
Mr. F. Whysall (chief clerk), who, in the absence of Mr., E. J. Young, is acting as Deputy Postmaster-General, when seen yesterday in reference to the fire at the G.P.O…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Duets with Germans. Songs Between Shots. a Christmas Truce. "Fire in the Air." Fremantle
The Sun · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 4
An officer of the North Staffordshire Regiment has contributed to the English press an account of his experiences when fraternising with Germans at Christmas time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late War News. Egypt. Australians Under Fire. No Casualties Sustained. (From Captain C. E. W. Bean, Official, Press Representative with the Australian Expeditionary Forces.) Cairo, Feb. 12
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1915 · page 15
After failure in the attempt to cross the Canal at Toussoum on Tuesday night and Wednesday, the Turks did not make any Further attack. They began to leave their…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Cheek by Jowl with Death Soldier Tells of His Feel. Ings Under Shell Fire Shrapnel, Harmless the Invisible Enemy
Sunday Times · Sunday 14 February 1915 · page 5
One of the most human descriptions yet received from the front is the following story of his experiences from a young officer, told in the London "Daily Sketch":…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Ve Vos Der Engineers" Pathetic Story of a Ruse That Failed British Storm Position Accurate Artillery Fire. London. Saturday Morning
Sunday Times · Sunday 14 February 1915 · page 1
"Eye-Witness" with the British Army in France gives details of the capture of the brickfield near Guinchy, brief mention of which was made in the messages received last week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire in the West. Bathurst
Evening News · Monday 15 February 1915 · page 1
So far this summer there has been, notwithstanding the extreme heat, an appreciable absence of bush fires around the Bathurst district. The first outbreak occurred on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country Fires. Forbes
Evening News · Monday 15 February 1915 · page 5
About 5 o'clock on Sunday morning a fire occurred in Peter Holey's drapery establishment, in Rankin-street, in the centre of a number of business premises. The whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Machine Gun Fire. Solid Ranks Cut
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1915 · page 7
PARIS, Saturday.--An official report slates that the repulse of the German attacks in Poland seems complete, and that the Russians inflicted losses exceeding 40,000. The temperature at night was 8deg…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Escape From Fire. Exciting Incident at Melbourne
Evening News · Monday 15 February 1915 · page 1
John Carolin, 21, and Vincent Carolin, 18, two brothers, had a sensational experience at a fire in Stanley-street, West Melbourne, early on Sydney morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Post Office Fire. Number of 'Phones Affected
Evening News · Monday 15 February 1915 · page 5
The postal authorities intimate that the total number of telephone lines, both subscribers and junction lines, rendered faulty by the recent fire in the basement of the General Post…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Leap for Life. Brothers Cut Off by Fire
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1915 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Two brothers-- John and Vincent Carolin-- found themselves imprisoned on the top floor of a burning machinery warehouse in Stanley Street, West Melbourne,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Melbourne Fire. Two Men Leap for Life. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1915 · page 9
Two brothers had remarkable escapes at a fire in Stanley-stret, West Melbourne, early this morning. Shortly after 3 o'clock the premises of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrific Fire. the British Artillery. Details of the Guinchy Fight. London, Feb. 13
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1915 · page 9
"Eyewitness" with the British forces gives details of the capture of the brickfield near Guinchy referred to in the cables of the 7th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bush Fire Near Bathurst
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 4
So far this summer there has been, not withstanding the extreme heat, a noticeable absence of bush fires. The first outbreak, near Bathurst, occurred on…
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