Fire Station for Annandale
In a letter from Mr. J. Taylor, suburban representative on the Fire Brig[?]s Board, read at last night's meeting of the Annandale Council, it was stated that the tender for a new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fires & bushfires, 1916
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Fire at Parkes Parkes
Venables foundry, established some years ago, was destroyed by fire on Monday evening. The adjoining building caught, but was saved by the brigade…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in a Dalby Hotel
The Club Hotel, Dalby, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire early last Monday morning, when an outbreak was discovered in an unoccupied bedroom, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in the Mails. Matches in Soldiers' parcels
A parcel from Castlemain (Vic.) intended for a member of the A.I.E.F. was found on its arrival in Egypt to be warm to the touch when being handled. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Held in Check. Germans at Verdun. Murderous French Fire. Regiments Mown Down. London, Monday Evening
The following account of the operations at Verdun appears in the newspaper. "[?] Petit Par[?]" The German are held up on a formidable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Disastrous Fire at Wauchope—£10,000 Damage
Damage estimated at £10,000 was done by a fire which occurred early on the morning of March 3 at Wauchope, a town on the North Coast railway line (N.S.W.), situated 282 miles from Sydney. Four business premises, a hall, and an arcade of new shops that had not been occupied, were destroyed. The places burnt out were Wright's saddlery shop, Parker's general store, Channel's hairdressing saloon, Hunter's store, and Gleeson's Hall, while the arcade of shops was the properly of Mr. Gleeson. Hardly anything was saved in the whole block. The damage is mostly covered by insurance, but each owner is…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →Sustained Shell-fire. Effect on Infantry. Austrian Writer's, Theory
"Long and continuously intense bombardments with high-explosives seem in a certain sense to defeat their own object," writes the Austrian war correspondent, Huge Schulz, in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Realism in "Under Fire" Mr. Geo. Barnum Tells Why, Not How, It Is Done
"Under Fire," the sensational war-play at the Criterion bids fair to be a record-breaker in the annuals of that popular play-house. It is practically impossible to obtain a desirable…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →P. AND O. Liner on Fire on Way From Japan Passengers Landed London, Wednesday Night
Lloyd's announces that the P. and O. liner Nellore, bound from Yokohama to London, is on fire in the Mediterranean Sea. The fire broke out in the main hold. Tugs have gone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In Training at Liverpool.——(3) Opening Fire at the Enemy
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Continued on Trove, page 9 →On Fire in the Mediterranean. P. and O Lines:.- Nellore, From Japan
Lloyd's [?] that the P. and iner Nelloer [?] to London, is on fire in the Mediterrancansea. The[?] broke in the main hold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Great Strain. the French Gallantly Bear. Effective Artillery Fire. Repulse of German Attacks London. Thursday Evening
[?] has been issued a [?] the communication [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Artillery Fire Heavy on Both Sides London, Friday Night
"To the east and west of the River Meuse the situation has not changed. The Germans attempted no infantry attack during the night, but the bombardment continued from…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rats Cause Fire
A fire said to have been caused by rate snawing matches was d[?]ted yesterday afternoon in a [?] in George's River-road, [?] The shop with a five-roomed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram on Fire
When a Quay-bound train was about to start from the Bathurst-street step. In Castleteagh-street this morning the crack of a fuse blew out, and was followed by clouds of empire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hundreds of Heavy Guns Beaten by French Rapid Fire Auxiliary Vessel Sunk Plans Upset. the Germans It Verdun. French Rain of Fire. Enemy Commanders Surprised. London. Sunday Evening
A Paris message says that a German officer of arbitlery, who has been [?] stairs that the Germans brought [?] in the Vordun region hundreds of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The French Score. on Land and in Air. Effective Artillery Fire. Enemy Airmen Routed. London. Monday Morning
The following communique has been issued at Paris:— We carried out a destructive fire on the enemy's works at Maurcourt, southward of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Steamer Bluebell Destroyed by Fire
News received from Newcastle states that the Newcastle Ferry Company's steamer Bluebell was destroyed by fire at 4.30 o'clock yesterday morning while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Destroyed by Fire. New Castle
The Newcastle Ferry Company's steamer Bluebell was destroyed by fire at 4.30 o'clock this morning while she was berthed alongside the Moore-street wharf at North Stockton…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Destroyed in Dock. New Zealand Trader Matatua. Fire and Explosions. the Captain Killed. [?]
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