Long Threatened Zeppelin Raid Turns Out To Be Biggest Frost To Date the German Zeppelin Raid Is a Fiasco Bomb-Bosches Succeed only in king Chickens Lowestoft Is Heaviest Sufferer £1000 DAMAGE Berlin Reports: "English Defended Coast Towns Towns Bombarded Despite Heavy Fire"
Sunday Times · Sunday 18 April 1915 · page 1
The long—heralded aerial raid on Great Britain has at last come to pass—in a manner. From the messages printed below it will gathered that a combined attack by aeroplanes and Zeppelins from the aircraft centres at Emden and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire at Redfern
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 8
A fire broke out In tho drapery. shop of Morris Jacob's; Elizabeth street,Redfern on 'Saturday night, and damaged the content. A room at the rear of the shop was damaged by bent and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Beacon Fires." a Story of the Great Armada. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter XXV.—Continued
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 4
Fleming had an old grudge against, an intense hatred for, Ugo Jose. The red sailor, with his great brawny chest exposed, uttered a roar like a bull and sprang towards the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Canal Attack. Sydney Man Under Fire. Beating Back the Turks
The Sun · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 5
In a lettter to Station-officer Dawes, of the Redfern Fire Brigade. Constable Dudley, writing from a military camp in Egypt, expresses confidence that the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Redfern. High Prices for Hosiery. Big Advance in Values. Likely Shortage
Evening News · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 6
The [?] Elizabeth-street, Redfern [?] Jacobs, was, with its [?] by are on Saturday night. [?] of the shop Rumors of a heavy Increase in the price of cashmere h[?]ery with the promise of a further advance almost a certainly in the near future, and an extreme probability of none…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Hell Broke Loose" Battle of Neuve Chapelle. Fearful Artillery Fire. Heaps of Writhing Bodies. London, Sunday Night
The Sun · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 1
The Official Press Bureau has passed the first independent account of the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. It says:-- "In a quiet room, where Nelson's prayer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country Fires
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 4
As the result of a fire thai occurred at Loin, near Maitland (N.S.W.), on Monday morning, the buildings occupied by T. Be[?] as produce and general store,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blaze at Balmain. Firemen in Danger
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 9
At about 8.15 last night a fire broke out at premises occupied by Lounder Bros., shop fitters, 62 Rosser-street, Balmain. The building, which was constructed of wood and iron,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Blaze at Balmain. Firemen Receive Electric Shocks
Evening News · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 4
The premises occupied by Lo[?]der Brothers, shopfitters, 63 Rosser-street, Balmain, were destroyed by fire on Monday night. When the Balmain Bridge rack[?] the [?] which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Fires. Damage at Fremantle
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 8
FREMANTLE, Monday.—The officer and warehouses of G. Wood, Son, and CO. Fremantle, wholesale grocers, were burned to the ground on Sunday night. The fire took place…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Effective Artillery Fire
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 1
A staff officer, whose letter is published in the London "Times." says that "no action hus been more satisfactory. Neuve Chapelle has given us confidence…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Losses by Fire. Stacks of Straw Burned
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 7
Serious losses, have been sustained by several Pittsworth district farmers during the past week, through the destitution by fire of haystacks, Anlong them…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Between Two Fires. Exciting Air Battle. Taube's Thrilling Descent. London, Tuesday Morning
The Sun · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 5
An American press correspondent, describing an aerial conflict at Ypres, says that British aviators intrepidly dashed through shrapnel and clouds of smoke, the propellers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Crass Fire. a Charge of carelessness Dismissed
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 4
At the Sing[?]on police court, Joseph H. Decent was charged with having neglected to have a tire extinguished on his property at Jerry's Plains. Constable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fighting with Fire. Blazing Petrol As a Weapon
Evening News · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 4
A latter from a number of the Army Medical Corps gives an account of the injuries inflicted by German contrivances for spraying petrol, in which reference was made in a recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Fremantle. £50,000 Damage Estimated. Fremantle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 10
Another disastrous fire occurred at Fremantle last night. The premises of G. Wood, Son, and Company, wholesale grocers, in Cantonment-street, were completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →"Beacon Fires." a Story of the Great Armada. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xxvi. the Litter
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 5
The Flower of Cornwall reached the mouth of Lodman's Bay, but did not steer into the small land-locked harbour, which was only negotiable to a vessel of her size at cortain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conflagrations the "Cooney Island" Fire Inquiry. £150 in Notes Reported Burnt
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 4
Giving evidence before the local coroner at an in[?] him the recent destruction by fire of Mr. Jas, Roberts house and contents on "Cooney Island," a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →End of the E15. Turkish Account. Effect of Shell Fire. Amsterdam, Tuesday Morning
Evening News · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 5
The following Turkish account of the fate of the British submarine E15 has been received:— The vessel left Tenedos at midnight, and dived after entering the [?]ralts in order to avoid the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Fire
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 9
At 6.46 p.m. on Tuesday, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was informed that a fire had broken out at the office of Messrs. Hennessy and Hennessy, on the fourth floor of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →