The Volunteer Fire Brigade Demonstration
The annual demonstration of the West Maitland Yolunteer Fire Brigade, which is usually held on New Year's Eve, came off on Monday evening, in consequence of New Year's Eve…
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Fires & bushfires, 1877
44 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 3
Mount Buninyong on Fire
A column of smoke was seen from Ballarat, arising from behind Mount Buninyong, between 9 and 10 o'clock last Saturday morning, looking, says the Star, as though the old volcano had once more…
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On Sunday afternoon, reports the Tamworth News of Tuesday, some alarm wa[?] caused by the shouts of "Fire," proceeding from the rear of Mr. Regan's stores. From a neighbo[?]ing balcony, we looked…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bush Fires. (Melbourne Australian, March 10.)
The frequency with which destructive fires have occurred this sommer in many parts of Viotoria mast bave been noticed by even the most indifferent reader of the news of the day…
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At five o'clock yesterday morning, says the Newcastle Herald of Thursday, n quantity of smoke was observed by parties on board the steamship Adela, now in this harbour, to be rising from the vessel's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Disastrous Fire at Young. (From the Burrangong Chronicle.)
On Monday night's most destructive fire broke out near Mr. Lancashire's coach and boggy factory, Young. It appears that a number of hit men had been engaged working at their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fire in George-street, Sydney. (From the Echo of Saturday.)
About midnight of Friday the alarm of fire was rung through the city, and almost simulta[?]ly flames were seen bursting up in the direction of George street, between Hunter-street…
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At a fire which occurred at one of the hotels in St. Louis, fifty persons perished…
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ABOUT midnight on Friday last the alarm of fire was rung through the city, and almost simultaneously flames were seen bursting up in the direction of…
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Shortly after midnight on Sunday, the an usual tones of the fire bell awoke many of the inhabitants from their slumbers, and on proceeding to find the fire it was found to be in…
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About half-past 4 o'clock this morning, says the Echo of Monday, a disastrous fire broke out on the grocery premises of Messrs. Hanks and Co, George street. The progress of the flames…
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How it leaps, in dance excited. How it sleeps, in trance delighted, How it looms in liquid shining, How it gloonre in wan declining,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Arrival of the Californian Mail at Auckland. Terrible Disaster by Fire. Anckland, Saturday, 3.20 p.m
The mail steamer City of New York has arrived with the English mail. She leaves for Sydney at midnight. Mr Bishop, the hydraulic engineer, and a large number of passengers, are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Late Fire in Victoria-street, Sydney. Committal for Arson. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.)
An inquiry commenced on Monday, and continued on Tuesday and Wednesday, was held at the Sydney City Coroner, at his office, Hydo Park, respecting the origin of the fire on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Destruction of the St. Louis Hotel by Fire. Appalling Scene. (From the New York Herald.)
About half-past one o'clock on the morning of the 11th April, people in the neighbourhood of the Southera Hotel were startled by a cry of "Fire" and almost immediately thereafter smoks was soon…
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A CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific American recommends the use of water in the form of spray as the best fire extinguisher. He says:— "Water…
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No doubt all our readers have read, two or three weeks since, of the terrible fire at the Great Southern Hotel, at St. Louis, Missouri, united States. We have just been reading the evidence called on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grkat Fire at St. John New New Brunswick, June 21
The greater part of this town has been destroyed by conflagration, which broke out at two o'clock yesterday afternoon, at York Point. The fire, being fanned, by a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Fire at St. John's, New Brunswick. New Brunswick, June 21
The greater part of this town had been destroyed by a conflagration, which broke out at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at York Point. The fire, being fanned by a str[?]ng north-westerly wind, swept over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Fire at Parkes. (By Telegraph to the [?] News.) Park[?] Thursday, 2.30 p.m
A fire broke out at H[?]'s Queensland Hotel, at half-past [?] o'clock this morning, and reuslted in the total destruction of the building. The adjacent buildings were only saved by the most strenuous…
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