Castlereagh Street Fire
The damage done by the fire which broke out into on Friday night in the premises of Messrs. Bennett and Barkell, cycle manufacturers, in Castleroagh Street, city, is estimated at £5000…
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Protecting Wheat Stacks. the Risks of Fire
TEMORA.--The coroner (Mr. Bradley) held an Inquest concerning the fire which damaged a large quantity of wheat in stack at Reefton. After examining SeveraI…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Points of Vantage. Roeux and Cavalry Farm. Shell Fire Opens Up Graves
The following message has [?] from Mr. Philip Gibbs:—Friday's gains at Roeux [?] farm include some ruins which [?]…
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[?] in receipt of advice from Germany [?] a great fire at [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires at Grenfell. Two Buildings Destroyed
GRENFELL, Monday.--Two business places, owned by Mr. Thomas Dodd, of Sydney, and occupied by Messrs. Paice and Company, drapers, and William M'Cabe, billiard…
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A fire at the rear of Thomas Sanders' home in Kent-street, Belmore, destroyed a shed used as a stable and shelter for a sulky shortly before 12 o'clock on Monday night. The structure…
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LITHGOW, Monday.--The Coroner, Mr. E. P. Richards, this morning committed Arthur Reynolds for trial to Bathurst on a charge of wilfully setting fire to a dwelling occupied by…
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A fire, resulting damage estimate [?] and [?] large store on the [?] Townsville. The State was…
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A fire, causing damage estimated at between £50,000 and £100,000, occurred at 9.30 on Saturday night in the largest store on the concrete oversea pier, crammed with goods from…
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MELBOURNE. Monday.--Colonel W. J. N. Oldershaw, assistant manager of the Commonwealth line of steamships, was to-day advised that the new pier jetty and shed at Townsville…
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AMSTERDAM, Monday.--A great fire has occurred at the imperial wharves at Wllbelms haven, it raged for seven hours, and the submarine building department is reported to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Control of Trade Queensland's Sugar Crop Proposed Purchase Hangs Fire
The proposed agreement between the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments concerning the handling of the sugar crop for this and next season has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British and French. Repulse Enemy Attacks. Gun Fire Effective. London, Monday Evening
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig has forwarded the following despatch:— We repulsed raids last night north-costward of Epchy and northward of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Launch Damaged by Fire
Fire [?] damaged a 10ft motor [?] of 26-horas power, the property of Arthur J Luras, boat proprietor, at his [?] It Bridge-street, Drummoyne, this morning The…
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On Sunday, at about 2 a.m., Miss Palce's drapery establishment and W. McCabe's hairdressing saloon and billiard-room were burned to the ground in th[?]ain street. It…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Various Items. Fire at Wilhelmshaven
A fire broke out at Wilhelmshaven, the German naval station, 45 miles north-west of Bremen, raged for seven hours. It is reported that the department of submarine building was…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Mice Plague.—fire at Moree
A SUGGESTION for dealing with the mice plague is made by Mr. Thos. Harland, South Bankstown, who writes:—I would like [?] suggest a way to destroy mice that are so numerous in the country. [?] tried it myself when living in the Moss Vale district a few years ago, when there was a plague of mice there, and found it…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →New Zealand Fires. Government Heavy Loser
WELLINGTON, Wednesday. --A fire destroyed Wilson and Cannam's felmongers at Panmure, Auckland. The damage includes £4000 worth of Government wool…
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A fire broke out in a four-room weatherboard cottage yesterday afternoon, situated in Oxford-street, Mortdale, and occupied by Mr. W. H. Bayliss. The flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Baptism of Fire: My First Sensations on the Battlefield
In the old days—very old days they seem now—when war was an archaism enshrined in the history books or an epic setting for romantic deeds of valour, the phrase…
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