Auburn. Motor Fire-engine
At the meeting of the Auburn Council on Monday, Alderman RItchie suggested that a letter be written to the Board of Fire Commissioners asking that a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires & bushfires, 1917
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Fire in Picture Show
About 9 o'clock last night, while the show was in progress at the Woollahra Picture Palace, Oxford Street, a broken film came Into contact with a naked flame, causing an…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Picture Show Fire People Remain Calm
Although the fire which broke out in the operating- room at the Woollahra Picture Palace, at the corner of Oxford and Leswell streets, Woollahra, while the show was in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fishing Under Fire a Yarn From Gallipoll
Fishermen readers will be interested in an Anzac's account of sport at Gallipoli. "Somewhere about the 10th round in our scrap with Abdul we were sent to relieve on the extreme…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Suspicious Fires
Seven fires during the last five months in the Auckland district, New Zealand, have resulted in the almost complete destruction of milling plants and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in New Zealand
WELLINGTON, N.Z., Sunday.-- A disastrous bush-fire has occurred at Akatarawa, near Upper Hutt. The flames obtained a good hold and swept through the bush with great rapidity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Many Fires in New Zealand, Enemy Agency Suspected
Seven fires during the last five months in the Auckland (N.Z.) district have resulted in the almost complete destruction of milling plants and stocks of timber…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Massed Formation. Again Tried at Verdun. Enemy Mown Down by French Fire. Slight Gains at Heavy Loss. London, Monday Night
A French communique says:— After a violent bombardment the Germans yesterday evening powerfully attacked the Avoncourt-Morthomme front…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Post Office Burnt Out. Kurri Kurri
Early this morning a fire barnt J. Leason's general store and post[?] at Kitchener, near [?] All the [?] induding the telephone and a quantity of postal marerial was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Fire at Narrabri, N.S.W. -- Damage Estimated at £40,000
A disastrous fire broke out in the heart of Narrabri last week, as the result of which a block of sixteen business places, including the Bank of New South Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →The World's Great War. Under Fire. Australian Soldiers. Without Fear or Nerves
It has been frequently stated that the training of recruits in Australia is so much time lost, and that they have practically to forget all they have learnt when they reach the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires
WAGGA.—Bush fires have occurred in the Mount Peter and Pullitop district during the past few days, and have spread to the Kyeamba district, burning several thousands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foe's Intentions. Decision Imminent. Fires for Fifty Miles
NEW YORK, Wednesday--The "Tribune" declares that the next 24 hours will decide whether the Germans intend to retire to the Franco-Belgian frontier or make a stand on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire at Narrabri. 15 Buildings Destroyed
The absence of a fire brigade or of any fire-fighting appliances was responsible for the rapid spread of a fire which last week broke out on the premises…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Blaze at a Picture Show. The operator Severely Burned
On Saturday night, while J, Bowman's picture show at Peak Hill (N.S.W.) was in progress, a film caught fire, and in endeavoring to put out the flames Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Clyde. Repairing Sheds Damaged
A fire severely damaged a large shed at the Clyde Engineering Works, last night. Shortly before 9 o'clock some of the employees saw smoke issuing from the building, and after…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Essence of Politics. Politics are all essence just now. Everything is in the melting-pot. We are emerging from the frying-pan of a State election into the fire of a Federal contest, which must be the theme of this feature of the "Land" for several weeks. Tamworth and Castlereagh. the Soldier Candidates
The candidates whom all decent citizens, irrespective, of party or class, desire to see returned at the head of the poll for Tamworth and the Castlereagh,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fires in a Powder House
The recent explosion in London [?] Regents Ca[?] explosion, which for [?] years hell the record among such [?] It occurred on October 2, [?] when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suburban Fires. Sulphur Ablaze at Balmain
There was a fairly free distribution of sulphur fumes at Elliott Brothers' chemical works at Balmain soon after 7 o'clock this morning, when a fire broke out in a large shed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Yass
A fire broke out in the tailoring premises of Bracken and Son, Cooma-street, early this morning. The workshop and its contents were totally destroyed. The stock was…
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