Fire at Leichhardt. Family's Narrow Escape. Cottage Destroyed and Another Damaged
Evening News · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 1
"Youie," a six[?] weatherboard cottage at [?] ray-street, [?] occupied by Mr. James Hockey and family, was destroyed by fire, this morning and a six[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killing Pigs. Mr. E. L. Wood writes in "Farm and Fire-side":--
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 February 1917 · page 8
For killing pigs I use a small-bore rifle and shoot them in the centre of the forehead. This avoids excitement, and the pigs are not exhausted. Then I turn the animal quickly on its…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 3
A six-roomed cottage, occupied by Mr. James Hockey, at 94 Hay Street, Leichhardt, and owned by Mrs. E. Stephens, of Gordon, was completely destroyed by fire early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fighting a Fire
The Australian Worker · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 9
Speaking of the war a week or two ago Mr. Tudor said: "None of us thought to-day as we thought two and a half years ago. There was a blood lust among the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Catholic Hall Destroyed Fire in Melbourne
The Catholic Press · Thursday 1 March 1917 · page 20
Damage estimated at over £2000 was caused by a fire which broke out on Monday afternoon in the Parish Hall connected with St. Brigid's Catholic School…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Fire at Leichhardt
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 10
A weatherboard cottage, situate at 94 Haystreet, Leichhardt, occupied by Mr. James Huckey and family, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday morning. A six-room brick…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Car Catches Fire
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 4
Hilton Carmichael, of Bathurst, was driving his car along the Sunny Corner Road on Saturday last, when the car suddenly burst into flames, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Conflacrations. Mysterious Fire in Sydney. Outbreak at the Lands Office
The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 4
A fine was discovered In the Basement of the Leads Department Office, Bridge-street, Sydney, on Sunday night. but was extinguished by the caretaker before mush damage was done, The case,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suburban Fires
Evening News · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 3
A 80 horse-power motor lorry, the [?] of Tooth and Company, Limited was service damaged by fire at Kogarah yesterday [?] lorry was proceedings along [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Order to Fire on Hospital Ship. Captain Clapped Into Irons by His Crew
The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 4
A remarkable story of the high seas was told when Thomas James Stayman, of North Shields, captain of a British steamer of nearly 4,000 tons, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stories of War "Private Gillett" Says "Oh!" the Hidden Decoration Scouting Under Shell Fire
The Sun · Sunday 4 March 1917 · page 9
"Private Gillett has a decoration of some kind," murmurs the army sister as she Conducts you down the long convalescent ward at Randwick Hospital, "but just what it is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fire at Ultimo
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald
A fire broke out last night in Forster and Sons' bedstead factory, Mary Ann Street, Ultimo. On the arrival of the brigades, the first floor, which is used as a joiners' shop, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Annandale. Two Cottages Damaged
Evening News · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 3
A [?] which severely [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Annandale Cottage Severely Damaged
The Sun · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 5
A spark from under a copper started, a fire in Charles Stratton's home, a five-roomed weatherboard cottage, in Trafalgar-street, Annandale, about half-past 9 this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealanders on Somme Heroic Work Among Wounded Under Fire
The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 14
By Jove! They were great, these boys! Some of these bearers worked for 48 hours, some for 72 hours, without sleep and with but little food! The tribute is contained in the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The German Beast Prisoners Work Under Fire Brutality to Russian Captives 214th Day of the Third Year of the War (Admiralty Intercepts-- Wireless Press.) LONDON, Sunday Night
The Sun · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 1
A wireless message from Berlin states that the German War Minister in the Reichstag alleged that German prisoners in France were ill-treated and forced to work in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Prevention of Drop Fires
The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 7
Mr. Alex. Marwick, Newtown (Sydney), claims to have Invented a machine to curry a liquid which, If sprayed upon grass, crops, stacks, etc, will prevent…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broken Hill Fire. Broken Hill
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 8
A fire last night did considerable damage in the grocery department of the Barrier Cooperative Society's stores, in Argent-street South. The buildings, which are owned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Destructive Country Fire. Woman Charged with Arson
Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 1
A destructive fire occurred in the central block of business premises in Chanter-street Perrican, early on Sunday morning. Before the flames were extinguished, Walsh's billiard…
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