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Fires & bushfires, 1918

1,221 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 62

Fire at Bexley

The St George Call · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 2

Mrs. Isabel Johnson, her sister, and two children, narrowly escaped from a burning cottage at Bexley, at an early hour on Tuesday morning. The flames…

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Fire at Coff's Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 14

COPF'S HARBOR, Friday.--The engine-room of the Fitzroy Hotel was badly damaged by fire to-day. The building is insured. As a result of the fire the town will be…

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Fire in Country Town. Co[?] Harbor

Evening News · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 2

The [?] room of the F[?] Hotel was bodly damaged by fire yesterday. The building was inser[?]. As a result of the fire the town will be without electri[?] light, probably…

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Italian Front Heavy Gun Fire London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 6 April 1918 · page 1

An Italian official message reports:-- The enemy is keeping up a persistent, harassing fire on the Asiago Plateau. We dispersed parties on the western…

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Australians Hold Line of Battle Enemy Attacks Driven Back by Rifle Fire Storms Troops Practically Annihilated Melbourne

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 April 1918 · page 1

The assistant Commonwealth correspondent cables:—"The third Australian position laid off across the Ancre and the Somme Rivers…

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Fire in Mine Engine House. Broken Bill

Evening News · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 5

A fire occurred early last night in the winding engine house at Thompson shaft of the British Mine. The fire took about an hour to extinguis The only damage done was to…

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Fire in Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 7

BROKEN HILL, Monday.—An outbreak of lire occurred last night at Thompson's shaft, on tho British mine, in tho winding-engine house. The lire was limited to tho floor and…

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The Bruce, Tug, Destroyed by Fire

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 8

News received from Fremantle last week states that the Commissioner of Police had received a telegram from Inspector Mitchell, of Albany, stating…

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Big Bertha One Gun Bursts Kaiser Fires at Paris. LONDON, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 1

The "Frankfurter Zeitung" states that Professor Fritz Rausenberger, director of artillery at Krupps, invented the long-range gun…

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Fire at Coff's Harbor. An Electric-light Loss

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 4

The engine-room of the [?] Hotel, Coff's Harbor (N.S.W.) was badly damaged by the fire on Friday. The building was insured. As a result of the fire the town probably will be without…

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State Fire Insurance. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 12

The thirteenth financial year of the State Fire Insurance Office closed on December 31. A total of £2,900,000 was added to the sum assured, bringing the total to nearly…

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Hotel Destroyed by Fire. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 12

News has been recolved that the Bancannia Hotel, at Bancannia Lake, to the north of Broken Hill, which has been kept by Mrs. Meredith since the recent death of her…

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Setting Fire to Crops. Unnaturalised Germans Sentenced. Bundaberg (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 10

At the sittings of the Circuit Court to-day, Max Falgerno and Arthur Danzz, two unnaturalised Germans, pleaded guilty to charges of wilfully setting fire to standing…

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Gun Fire. Another Attack. Expected. Enemy Pressure Kept Up the German Losses. London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 9

Mr. Philip Gibbs, telegraphing from the West front on Monday night, stated that there was terrific gunfire that morning. It suggested that another great battle was beginning…

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City Blaze Storeman Fights Flames. Factory Workers' Panic

Evening News · Thursday 11 April 1918 · page 4

An early morning outbreak of fire in the basement of a three-storeyed building at the corner of Market and Clarence streets. City while causing only slight damage. threw off a…

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A Smoke Scare Fire in City Building Girls' Hurried Exit

The Sun · Thursday 11 April 1918 · page 2

Smoke from a fire which had broken out in the basement scared the female employees of two firms occupying floors in a building at the corner of Market and Clarence streets…

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City Fire. Panic Amongst Employees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1918 · page 5

An outbreak of fire which occurred is a three-storied building at the cornor of Market and Clarence streets yesterday cawed a panto amongst a large number of girls,…

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MISDEMEANORS Incendiary Cane-Fires Two Germans Sentenced to Four Years

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 April 1918 · page 4

At the sittings of the Bundaberg (Q.) circuit court un Tuesday, two non-naturalised Germans named Max Falgerno and Arthur Danzz, pleaded guilty to…

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