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By clever disguises the British Navy is luring German submarines to destruction. This information was given by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The boot factory of A. Williams, Collingwood, was found ablaze last night The top floor was totally destroyed, and the rest of the contents of a four-storeyed building were…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A boot factory of four stories in Collingwood, owned by A. Williams, caught fire on the top floor to-night. The building was heavily stocked and well alight, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The police and fire brigade services of this State have done excellent work in charity's cause. During the past 16 months they have raised £11,000 for the various patriotic funds…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →"FORWARD—FILL UP THE GAPS—STRAIGHTEN THE LINE !"—(Painted by Georges Scott, the celebrated French War Artist, for "L'Illustration.") :…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →While we have heard of many different kinds of life destroying guns and other weapons during the present European conflict in all its magnitude, there are probably not many of us…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Firemen had a busy time to-day with bush fires in the suburbs. Altogether there were about 20 outbreaks. Sergeant Tickner, D.C.M., from the State…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The first bush are of the season occurred yesterday. A big blaze raged in the Worragee district between Wodoags and Bichworth, doing damage chiefly in the forest and grass…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →City Forecast.--At first hot and sultry, with squally north-west to north-east winds; a cool south-west change to-night or early to-morrow, possibly bringing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The fourth story of a factory owned and occupied by Mr. A. Williams, boot manufacturer, situated at the intersection of Langridge and Henry Streets, Abbotsford,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New claims for better hours and pay have been prepared by the Fire Brigades Employees' Union for presentation to the Wages Board. A major claim is for an eight hours…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A disastrous fire occurred at Ultima shortly after 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, which destroyed a large portion of the town. The water supply was poor, and no fire…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A fire broke out on Saturday in a shed 60ft. by 30ft., at Vicars Bros.' woollen mills, Windsor Road, Baulkham Hills. The shed with its contents, which for too most part consisted of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The profits of the State Fire Insurance Department for the last year are estimated at £27,000. Reserve funds total £117,000, as against £87,000 for the previous year…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Mr Alfred Durham, of Grenfell, had five large stacks of hay, also a chaffcutter, two large sheds, and an oil engine destroyed by fire last evening. The loss is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A tremendous fire threatens to wipe out Bergen, in Norway. A strong gale is raging and spreading the flames, and thousands of people are homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There were three bush and grass fires at Kogar[?] yesterday one at the corner of [?] and Laycock, streets, where about on [?] was burned another in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Serious damage occurred in the Honty district during Sunday, and the cause of the outbreaks four in all—are looked upon with a deal of [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After a strenuous fight for two days ag[?] in the big bush fice in the cooker [?] act Holbrook district the settlers, ass[?] by the admirable organisation of the bush…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. S. Fotheringham, chief clerk of the Chief Secretary's Department, intimates that as returning officer he has received the following nominations in connection with the…
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