Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society
On Thursday 22nd June, the annual meeting of this Society was held in the Old Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, Sydney, when the following report was presented and adopted:…
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Fires & bushfires, 1876
33 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 2
Disastrous Fire in New Brunswick
St. Johns, June 18.—A fire was discovered at 8 o'clock this morning in the lumber yard in the rear of the Bosque Saw Mills. It spread till the piles of lumbar and the mills were in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Fire at Wiloannie.— Total Destruction of the Punt Hotel
On the morning of the 28th ultimo (reports the Times) about half-past one o'olook, the townspeople were aroused by the ory of " Fire!" when it was discovered that the Punt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Fire at Blenheim, New Zealand
We learn from New Zealand papers just to hand, that there has been a great fire at Blen heim. The site was Mr. C. H. M'Elwai[?] premises, opposite Ewart's Hotel, from which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Destructive and. Fatal Fire at Surry Hills. (From the Evening News of
A destructive and most painfully fatal fire occurred at about 8 o'clock last evening, in Rose-lane, near Gipps-street, above the Haymarket. It appears that in a wooden two-roomed cottage in that lane,…
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At about 2.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, the West Maitland fire bell sounded an alarm of fire, and there being almost a gale blowing at the time, people were soon on the alert and moving in the direation of danger. It seems that during the…
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Philadelphin, August 26.—Early this morning a fire broke out in the sheds [?] for storing exhibit boxes near the Centennial grounds. The fire raged several hours, destroying four large sheds and most of their…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Accidents and Fatal Occurrences, Wrecks, Fires, &c
A daughter of Mr. Lowther, M.P., has been killed by a carriage accident. A fatal boat accident occurred at Helford. Two daughters of Colonel Duffy were cruising,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire at Canonbar. Club House Hotel Burnt to the Ground. (From the Evening News Correspondent.)
On Monday morning, about five o'clock, a destructive five broke out on the premises of the Club House Hotel, and resulted in utterly destroying the buildings, furniture, and effects…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]land Mercury. [?]Day, December 2, 1876. [?]ge of Sotting Fire to a Coal Mine
At the Esst Maitland police court yesterday, before Messrs. Addison, P.M., Eckford, and Bartlett, J.'sP,, Robert Taylor answered to summons and was charged with having about two months ago…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Fire in Sydney. Full Particulars. (From the Echo of Friday.)
Fortunately there have been hardly any fire[?] properly so called, during the present year, now almost at a close; although, as the fire authorities state, the number of calls or "runs out"…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrific Bush Fire in South Australia
The Wallaroo Times of December 16 states that "during the past fortnight a tremendous bush fire has been raging near the Hummocks. It commenced somewhere on Ninnes's Plains, near the Clare track,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Fire and Esplosion at Inglewood, Victoria
On Sunday last, at a quarter to 4 p.m. a fire was discovered in O'Donovan's general store, Inglewood, and (the correspondent of the Argus reports) immediately afterwards a terrific…
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