Bush Fires and Baby-killing
IF an intelligent visitor from some other planet had been studying the columns of our local daily press during the past week, with a view of finding out…
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Effect of Shell-fire
An interesting analysis of the physical results of shock from shell-fire appears in the "Lancet" by Captain C. H. Myers, of the Royal Army Medical Corps. In the three cases analysed in detail, those of three…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →"Beacon Fires." a Stork. of the Great Armada, (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter XVIII.—Continued
Christopher Stone, who was not given to premonitions, a sturdy aud stalwart sailor, nevertheless was unusually alert that night, little inclined for sleop, feeling somehow the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Beacon Fires." a Story of the Great Armada. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xix. Pursuit
The Flower of Cornwall was able to make the mouth of Lodmhn's Bay with comparative case, both wind and tide being favourable. It was not necessary to enter the narrow cover…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Tempest of Fire a Three-Weeks' Battle Dreadful Melee in German Trenches. a Heap of Ruins
Hard fighting, of which only fragmentary par[?] are furnished to the world, is taking place daily along the line that stretches from the Belgian sea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Brigades and Bush Fires
In a previous issue we published in extense a protest, which Mr. John O'Neill, of Lidcombe, forwarded to the Board of Fire Commissioners, against the failure…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Fremantle Blaze
FREMANTLE, Friday. -- Fisher, Beard, and Co.'s drapery emporium at Fremantle was burned to the ground at 5 o'clock this, morning. The origin of the fire is unknown. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Indescribable Ravages of Modern Artillery Fire
What Field-Marshal Sir john French meant when he said that the British artillery had established its superiority over that of the enemy opposed to it, may be grasped to a large…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bridge Building Under Fire: The Army's Difficult Tasks
In his review of the temporary set-back to the French on the River Aisne, which occurred late in January, the military expert of the "Navy and Army" makes some very…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Fire at Melbourne. Damage Estimated at £15,000
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- Damage to the extent of nearly £15,000 was caused by a fire which broke out to-night at the premises of James Flood and Co., motor body builders and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Beacon Fires." a Story of the Great Armada. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter XIX.—Continued
The thoughts, of the friends went back simultaneouly to the land they had left a bare two hours before. In each case it was not the granite e[?]s nor the wide moorland…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Forts on Fire. Attack by Warships. London, Saturday Morning
Accordance to a "Daily Chronicle" dispatch from Mitylene the warships on April 7 bombarded the Inner forts at Fourth. As a result of the attack the forts were soon on fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Different Kinds of Gun Fire
(a) Sprapnel shell fired from field—gum, time fuse, (b) Shrapnel shell fired from howitzer, with time fuse., (c) Lyddite shell fired from howitzer, percussion…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Common Type of Fire Trench
This is another and more common type of shelter. trench, and is more easily and quickly constructed. Its most distinctive feature is the cave—like shelter. The banked—up earth in the rear of the trench is intended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"On the Ball, Highlanders" the Irrepressible Briton Amazes the Gaul "Mark Your Man" Football Under Shell Fire. London, February 26
Hardly had the people of France recovered From the shock to their systems, caused by the sight, or, rather, the noise, of the [?] members of the Expeditionary Force…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Russian Under Fire a Visit to the First—line Trenches Ideal Conditions Sofas and Pictures in Dug—out. London, February 26
While it is true that the public is now aware of the fact that the "Russian Steam Roller" was in the beginning of things nothing more substantial than a bogey, they appreciate the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Regiment's Baptishm of Fire An Astonishingly Vivid and Correct Picture of Dismounted Cavalry in Action Written by a Captain in the Royal Irish Dragoons " What Rot it is," he Gasped. "War is Rot," he announced. "I'm Scared to Death"
The author of this article joined the British Army as a trooper in the Boer War, and was promoted to lieutenant on the field. At the close of the war, when he resigned, he came…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tamworth Fire. Big Store Burnt Out. Estimated Damage, £25,000
A disastrous fire occurred in Tamworth early on Sunday morning, which caused the destruction of the extensive store occupied by Messrs. P. G. Smith and Company. The damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Early Morning Fires. Blaze at the Glebe. Discovered by Sick Woman. Three Shops Damaged. Cottages Destroyed at Kogarah
Owing to a sick woman not sleeping soundly a fire, which damaged three shops in Glebe-road, Glebe, early this morning was discovered before it had secured a strong hold, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Tamworth Blaze. Damage at £25,000
TAMWORTH, Sunday.—One of the largest and most disastrous fires in the history of Tamworth occurred at an early hour this morning, when the extensive store premises…
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