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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
5 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
From our (Empire's) Adelaide papers, which come down to the 17th instant, we take the following particulars of the late fire at the Burra mines:- On Saturday morning last, about six o'olock, smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Monday morning, at about one o'clock, a fire broke out at the Hinton Hotel, and in somewhat less than an hour consumed the greater part of the premises—the whole, in fact of the dwelling-house—leaving only the kitchin which was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We deeply r gret having to re ort the most destructive five that has yet occurred in Weat Maitland, which, early yesterday morning, completely gutted Mr. Nott's mill…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An inquiry into the circumstances connected with the fire at Mr. Nott's mill was held yesterday at the Court house, West Maitland at the instance of Mr. Leathes New South Wales agent of the Liverpool and London Fire Insurance Company…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →GENTLEMEN—The late disastrous fire in Maitland has suggested to my mind the necessity there exists in your town of bells being fixed in different parts, marked "Fire Bells." The ringing of any one would of course…
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