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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
33 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
An inquest touching the origin of the late fire at the corner of George and King streets was commenced on Thursday. William Hinchey stated that he went to the fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Despatches from Quebec to the 16th October furtich further particulars of the fire in that city. It seems that the fire began at 4 in the morning, in the house of Mr. Trudel, grocer, St. Joseph-street, near Jacqae's cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible conflagration which recently occurred at Quebec is said to have originated in a drinking saloon, where some men, quarrelling over a card-table, upset a lamp, and the oil,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—The old saw states that "Fair play is bonnie play," the truth of which weare inclined to test by asking you to insert a reply to the unwarrantable attack mude by certarn of the aldermen, as contained in the report of the Municipal Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A confiagration of a serious character, and which might have been attended with loss of life, broke out in the 4.20 train from Edinburgh on 1st October, between Cupar and Dairsie stations,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Australian Pastoral investment Company have suffered a very severe loss from fire. A wool-shed at Dunlop, on the Darling, thirty-five miles from the head station, Tourale, has been totally destroyed, and 800 bales of wool burnt. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE circumstances of the last fire in Sydney throw a strong light upon two of the most prominent wants and duties of the Maitland public, —the want of a properly organised fire brigade,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Toulon journals contain an account of a terrible catastrophe by fire which has just taken place on Levant Island, one of a group lying at a distance of about ten miles from that port. In…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting was held on Monday evening at Mr. Graney's, Commercial Hotel, for the purpose of establishing a Volunteer Fire Brigade. There were about twenty persons present, most of whom had been connected with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire broke out at the Crystal Palace on Sunday, December 30, which destroyed the whole of the tropical department, with its fine arts courts. How the conflagration originated is not known. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The most destructive fire that has occurred in Ararat since the 17th of June, 1862, took place on Sunday morning at the stables of the Bull and Mouth Hotel. At the former date the fire broke out within the walls of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Early yesterday morning the Help-me-through-the-World Inn, at Lochinvar, was totally destroyed by fire. The house, which was a two story building of pine and hardwood, was in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Hasking. On Sunday night he,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortly before 11 o'clock last night a disastrous fire broke out on the premises in the rear of the building known as Relby Cottage, situated in the right way adjoining the establishment of Mr. John Sands nearly opposite the Commercial Bank,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the Maitland Volunteer Fire Brigade was held at the engine house, on Tuesday evening. Eighteen members were present. Mr. Pilcook occupied the chair. The minutes ot the previous meeting were read and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At an early hour on Monday, a fire, attended with a deplorable loss of life, took place in Bryanston Street, Old Quebee Street, close to Portman Square. The house in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Sunday evening that fine row of shops known as Mitchell's Buildings, High street, very narrowly escaped being destroyed by fire. It appears that somewhere about six o'clock some boys passing the premises occupled by Messrs Joad,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held yesterday at the Volunteer Hotel, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause of the fire on Sunday evening at Victoria House,âthe establishment of Messrs. Joad, Chippett, and Widger, Mitchell's Buildings, West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Only a few hours after the inquest on the fire at Victoria House had terminated,—about two o'clock on Tuesday morning,—the inhabitants of West Maitland were alarmed by the ringing of the fire-bell and the cry…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The inquiry respecting the fire which broke ont on the night of the 5thinstant, in the building temporarily used as a Roman Catholic Denominational School, Pyrmont, was resumed yesterday by the City Coroner, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Thames Police Court, last week, Richard Fisher and George Lutch, seamen, were charged with breaking into the hold of the ship Canning, plundering the cargo of some…
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