Bush Fires. Yass
Owing, it is surmised, to a motor car, which went through the paddock and back-fired. Mr. E. G. Barbour, of Woodleigh, about 10 miles from Yass, on the Burrowa-road, lost seven…
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Bush Fires. Series in Wheat Paddocks
MOLONG.—A series of fires have broken out in the wheat paddocks in rapid succession. A hundred acres of stubble, 300 bags of wheat, which were not insured, and 6 tons…
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A Stuttgart paper, cheerfully ignoring all the facts, states that the Allies started the blaze in the Balkans…
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On Tuesday night, shortly before 11 o'clock, a fire broke out in a six-roomed weatherboard cottage occupied by Mr. Walter Fleet, in Bury-street, Guildford…
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Dundas Council, on the motion of Aldermen Taylor and Neil, decided on Wednesday to support the nomination of Mr. George T. Stowe, of Vaucluse, as the shire…
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A six-roomed weatherboard cottage in Blaxcell Street, Granville, occupied by Mr. Eyers and owned by Mr. E. Williams, was, with its contents, totally destroyed by fire last night…
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Early on Tuesday morning, the cottage occupied by Mr. Thomas Gadney, and wife and family of two small children, was completely destroyed by fire…
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Shortly after 9 o'clock last night a mysterious fire broke out in a six- roomed cottage in Blaxcell- street, Granville, occupied by Mrs. Ayres. The occupants were away at…
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A Six-roomed weatherboard cottage in B[?]-street, Granville, occupied by Mrs. Ayers, was destroyed by fire last night. The cottage was locked up at the time the fire broke cut,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police and Fire Brigades' Carnival
One of the principal sporting fixtures of the year is the annual carnival of the N.S.W. Police and Fire Brigades. It is always in aid of some worthy cause. Last year it…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Novel Tower for Fire Fighters
For life-saving and fire-fighting purposes, an American inventor has designed a collapsible tower which may be extended to a height of 100ft. in approximately one minute. Its plan…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fires and Bombs in Arms Plants Two Blazes in Pittsburgh Shop—dynamite Found in Steel Factory
Pittsburgh, U.S.A., Dec. 4.— As a result of fires of mysterious origin and the discovery of dynamite, nitroglycerine and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Novel & Interesting Inventions Motor-car Chemical Fire-fighter
Intended particularly to meet the needs in suburban districts and small towns where the village fire-fighting paraphernalia is more or less inadequate, an emergency apparatus,…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Around the Theatres "Under Fire" a Realistic War Play
"Under Fire," to be staged in Sydney for the first time next Saturday, is the one war play that has met with general success. Mr. Hugh J. Ward, who bought it in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germans Scared on West British Fire Stops Advance London, Saturday Morning
General Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British forces on the West front, reports that further attacks have been pressed by the. Germans, but with no better success…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italians Fairly Smother Austro-Hngarian Positions with Terrific Artillery Fire Attack Again Again in Spite of Awful Losses Fight Frequent Hand-to-hand Struggles with Unsurpassed Fierceness Incessant Night Cannonading Shocks Everlasting Hills
KARL H. von Wiegand, correspondent of "The New York Herald," has-furnished his paper with a vivid description of the fighting on the Austro-Italian front. It is pointed out that, save for the Caucasus, no battle front in Europe has been kept cq clear of war correspondents as this, a fact which…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Fire at Granville
A fire broke out on Friday night [?] the home of Mr. Edward Williams, in Ma[?] cell-street, Glanville. The building, a [?] tage of six rooms, was burned out, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sensational Blaze. Horse Bolts with Flaming Cart. Melbourne
A fire broke out in a stabble paddock belonging to George Peters near Wilaura, on Saturday evening Peters was loading wheat from stack, when he [?] a mans coat on…
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A fire occurred yesterday at Maybanks, Addison- road, Manly, a seven- roomed weatherboard cottage, occupied by Mrs. J. Laycock. The roof, which was of shingle, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Manly. Cottage Save by Tennis Players
Just before noun on Saturday a fire broke out [?]. cottage occupied by Mrs. J. [?]. The fire originated in the for…
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