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Sydney · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1915

2,381 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 120

Lovers' Trial by Fire. Belgians' Quaint Custom As Omen of Fate

The World's News · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 18

SOME of the quaint love-making customs in vogue among the Belgians were described recently by Mr. Allen S. W. Walker, in a lecture at the Y.M.C.A., London…

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A Welsh Regiment Adopts the Belgian Idea of Dog-drawn Rapid-fire Guns. Here Is a Max with Its Gun Crew and "Team."

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 22

A WELSH REGIMENT ADOPTS THE BELGIAN IDEA OF DOG DRAWN RAPID-FIRE GUNE. HERE IS A MAXIM WITH ITS GUN CREW AND "TEAM."…

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Effect of Japanese Fire on a Tsing Tao Fort. the Mass of Wreckage in the Foreground Is All That Was Left of a German Gun

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 7

EFFECT OF JAPANESE FIRE ON A TSING TAO FORT. THE MASS OF WR ECKAGE IN THE FOREGROUND IS ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF A GERMAN GUN…

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Sunk by Shell Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1915 · page 7

LONDON, Sunday. The Liverpool steamer Vosges was sunk by shell fire off the Cornish coast. An engineer was killed and three of the crew injured by shrapuel. A…

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Fire at Mine. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1915 · page 9

The mine buildings, winding plant, and battery at the William Tell mine, Daylesford, were destroyed by fire early this morning. The loss is estimated at £300O. The plant…

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"Beacon Fires." a Story of the Great Armada. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter, XI.—Continued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1915 · page 4

B[?]s had for long hidden away in her heart what she felt with regard to him. But at that lonely hour, riding towards Dunloe Manor, the flood of her natural feeling swept from her…

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Sunk by Shell Fire. Liverpool Steamer. London, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1915 · page 9

The Liverpool steamer Vosgas has been sunk by shell fire off the Cornish coast. The engineer was killed, and three of the crew were injured by shrapnel…

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A Murderous Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 1

A thrilling description of the last German attempt to reach Warsaw is given by a correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle." who witnessed the struggle…

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A Hurricane Fire

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 1

With the object of diverting the attention of the Russians while the finnl sortie was being made from Przemysl on March 19th twenty Austrian battalions,…

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By Shell Fire. London

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 11

The Liverpool steamer Vosges was sunk by shell fire off the Cornish coast. An engineer was killed and three of the crew injured by shrapnel…

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Fire at a Mine

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 4

The mine buildings, winding plum, and battery at the William Tell mine, Dayl[?]s-ford (Vic.), were destroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. The loss is…

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Defective Fire Engine. Loss at North Bankstown

Evening News · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 4

Mrs. Towres of "The Ranch," North Banks town, in a letter to the Auburn Council, pointed out that during the recent bush fires, which destroyed several cottage at North…

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MISADVENTURES Accidents on the Roads Shop and Cottage Fires in the Country

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 4

On Thursday morning Petrich Bros. [?]ore und contents at Gundagai were burned to the ground nothing being saved. The loss is estimated at £6000…

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Auctioneer Arrested. Fire at Kurri Kurri. Extraordinary Allegations. Kurri Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 10

Josoph Hondy Shephard, a well-known auctioneer, was committed for trial on a charge of having set fire to shop promises owned by him. The fire also destroyod Mr. Fred Nixon's…

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"Beacon Fires. a Story of the Great Armada. by Morice Gerard. (All Rights Reserved) Chapter Xii — Continued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 5

Sir Giles had his sword,by his side, although the fact was partly concealed by the horseman's cloak which he was wearing; the point stuck out at the back, while the handle was…

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Fire in Clarence-street

Evening News · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 7

The basement of Collins Brothers and Company Limited, wholesale stationers' premises, Clarence-street, City, was the scene of a small fire shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon…

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"Cooney Island" Fire. Young

Evening News · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 10

Residents were aroused by the ringing of the fireball at 11 o'clock last night. The outbreak occurred at a locality known as "Cooney Island." off Lynch-street, a woodan cottage,…

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A Wagga Fire. Water Unavailable. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 17

A fire started in the six-roomed weatherboard residence of Leonard Steiner, in Forsyth-street. Steiner and his wife were absent some hours before the alarm was raised. When…

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Boxing. Contests on the Battlefield a Tournament Under Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 8

The wonderful spirit of our troops under exceptionally had climatic conditions has evoked praise from everybody who has come into contact with them (says the London "Times" of…

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Neuve Chapelle Victory. Irresistible Artillery Fire. London, Tuesday Night

The Sun · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 1

Describing the operations at Neuve Chapelle, a British artillery officer writes:-- "For a long time we had been massing artillery here, and the Germans hadn't any…

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