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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
16 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
On Sunday morning, about half-past twelve a.m., a disastrous fire broke out in Mr. Fitch's store, High-street. West Maitland, the true origin of which is at present enveloped in mystery. Three reports are equally prevalent as to that origin. Some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE unfo[?]nate fire of Saturday night, or rather Sunday morning, will, we should hope, lead to an effort, worthy of Maitland, to put our fire pre[?]ions in a position equal to and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN writing on the subject of the recent disastrous fire, in our last number, we omitted to urge that in this case, as in the case of Mr. Nott's mill, [?]n enquiry into the cause of the fire should be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following letter appears in the Empire of Monday under the above heading:- To the Editor of the Empire. SIR,—Being one among the first at the late fire, from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whereas it is expedient to empower the coroners of this colony to inquire into the cause and origin of Fires by which property may be destroyed Be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The report reached Sydney on Saturday morning of the all but entire destruction by fire, on Thursday night last, of Messrs. A. and J. Rayner's cloth mills at Emu Plains, near Penrith. The factory, which was about three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A coroner's inquest was held on Friday and Saturday last, at the Miners' Arms Inn, Darby-street, Lake Macquarie Road, regarding the fire that took place in Dawson-street, also in Lake Macquarie Road, on the Saturday night previous; and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the evening of Saturday, June 22, the metropolis was visited by the most terrific conflagration that has occurred in this country since the Great Fire of London. Some idea of the greatness of the catastrophe may be conveyed by the simple…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The trial of this case, which had lasted the entire week, was now concluded. It was an action against the above named company, upon a policy of insurance of the stock in-trade of the plaintiff…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About nine o'clock last night the fine ship Sovereign of the Seat, 1226 tons burthen, commanded by Captain Cruikshank, which arrived in our barbour last Sunday week, from Liverpool, with emigrants, after a long and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About hair-part seven o'clock on Saturday night, the ringing of ships' bells, which was quickly taken up by the fire-bells at the stations on shore, gave not[?]e that a rep[?]tition of the calamity attendant on the Sovereign of the Seas, was being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Martin, Q.C, moved, upon notice, on behalf of the defendants, to set aside an order by Mr. Justice Wise dismissing with costs an application to change the venue in this case from Sydney to Maitland. The action was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Martin Q.C., resumed his application for a rule [?], calling upon plaintiff to show cause why there should not be a new trial on twelve grounds. The action was one upon a policy of insurance against fire of stock-in-trade at West Maitland, to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This was an action to recover the amount of an insurance on goods of the plaintiff, insured by the defendants. The evidence was similar in the main to that given in the trial of the case of Fitch v. Victoria Fire and Marine Insurance Company…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The trial of this case, which commenced on Tuesday week, was now concluded. It was an action against the above-named company, upon a policy of insurance on the stock-in-trade of the plaintiff, at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Martin moved for a rule nisi for new trial in this cause upon three grounds. 1. That the verdict was against evidence and the weight of evidence. 2. That there was no evidience to warrant the verdict on the…
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