Fire at Wagga Wagga
At about two o'clock this morning, (says the Express of Jan. 4, a bright glare was seen in the direction, of Gurwood-street, and it speedily became known that Poplar Cottage,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1879
64 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 4
Alleged Suspicious Fire. (From the Evening News.)
The City Coroner on Monday morning commenced an inquest at his office respecting the cause of the fire at the Swiss goods shop of Messrs. Grossman and Harding, of 334,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Fires at Grafton. [Reuter's Telegram to " MERCURY."] Grafton
A most destructive fire broke out last night, at 11 o'clock, in Muirhead's buildings, Prince-street, totally consuming the shop and dwelling of James Osborne, jeweller, the business premises occupied by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Large Fire at Sandhurst. (By Telegraph to Echo.) Melbourne
A fire occurred last night at the Rifleman's Arms Hotel, near the butts at Back Creek, Sandhurst. The premises were totally destroyed, besides an notel and the building used…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destructive Fire at Prahran. (By Telegraph from the Berald's Correspondent.) Melbourne
A destructive fire broke out at 4 o'clock this morning at Walter Cavalier's coach factory, at Prahran. The fire began in a blacksmith's shop at the rear, and the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Armidale. (From the Armidale Express, Jan. 21.)
The town of Armidale was roused early on Monday morning, by the cry of "Fire!" "Fire!" and numerous persons hastened to the spot whence they saw a strong light…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Great Fire at Hongkong. (By Telegraph to the Echo.) Brisbane
A te[?]ific fire took place at Hongkong on Christmas Day. It began at 11 o'clock at night, in Endicolt-lane, in a house occupied by a European named Eisher. It extended…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extensive Fires on the Clarence. Great Fire in Prince-street, Grafton. (From On Clarence and Richmond Examiner, Jan. 21.)
One of the most terrible fires ever seen in Grafton broke out in the shop of Mr. James Osborn, watchmaker and jeweller, in Prince-street, on Saturday night, at eleven o'clock…
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Just before daylight on Saturday morning Mr. Bawden's sugar mill at Carr's Creek was discovered to be on fire, and before anything could be dene to save it, it was burnt to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Bush Fires in Victoria. (From the Bendigo Advertiser, Feb. 1.)
In our yesterday's issue we staled that it was rumoured that the disastrous fire which commenced on Wednesday had been caused by some of the Government employes on the…
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The Colac correspondent of the Daily Telegraph forwarded the following messages to Melbourne on Friday (January 31):— A terrible bush fire broke out yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destructive Fire at Millfield. [By Electric Telegraph From Our Own Correspondent.] Wednesday, received 9.20 p.m
The store of S. E. Edmonds, situated at Millfield, was discovered to be on fire at 4 o'clock this morning, and was burnt to the ground, none of the goods being saved…
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The premises of Stephen Edmonds, storekeeper, were totally destroyed by fire on the morning of Wednesday last, particulars of which I telegraphed to you. I now send…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires in Victoria.— Precautions. (Melbourne Australasian.)
Reports from the country districts consist chiefly of records of disaster and destruction occasioned by bush fires. A great number of these appear to have been the result of sheer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire at Stawell, Victoria. Argus, Feb. 17.) Stawell, Saturday evening
A destructive fire broke out in Stawell West this afternoon, at a quarter-past 2 o'clock, in the Constitutional Hotel. The fire was first perceived in a bedroom at the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Laguna. (From our Correspondent.) Disastrous Fire at Millfield.— Total Destruction of Store, Dwelling-house and Kitchen
IT is my painful duty to chronicle a very sad disaster that occurred on Wednesday morning at an early hour, at Millfield, whereby the premises of a Storekeeper named Edmonds,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Destructive Fire in Christchurch, New Zealand
One of the most destructive fires ever known in Christchurch (says the Times of the 7th instant) broke out shortly before 6 o'clock this evening, in a large wooden building 60…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Californian Mail Extracts (American papers of Dec. 25.) a Sermon in a Blaze
While a popular pulpit orator was in the midst of his sermon last Sunday night, Dec. 22, he was startled to find that his notes had taken fire from a convenient gas jet, arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fire-Damp Explosion at Wallsend. (Newcastle Herald's Wallsend correspondent.)
On Saturday, about mid-day, wh[?] anxious enquiries were still being made as to whether the unfortunate man Oughten had been discovered, another messenger of…
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Three fires (says the Echo) have taken place in the Metropolitan district since Saturday afternoon. The first was at Randwick, on Saturday night, and resulted in the total…
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