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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
44 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 3
Nice, March 24.—A terrible catastrophe at the Theatre Municipal Italien last night has transformed Nice from a scene of gayety and pleasure to one of mourning and sadness…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At about three o'clock yesterday morning, the residents of the lower end of High-street were ar[?]used from their slumbers by the unusual tones of one of the Maitland fire bells, and loud cries of "Fire! fire!"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—I have read the report on the above fire, which appeared in your valuable Mercury of the 19th instant, and beg to endorse your words of praise to those gentlemen who managed Messrs. Capper's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another serious conflagration took place in the neighbourhood of Rose-street, West Maitland, between half-past four and five o'clock yesterday (Wednesday) morning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A most disastrous fire (the correspondent of the N. Z. Herald reports) occurred here on the night of May 31. The loss is roughly estimated at £30,000. The most valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The box factory of E. C. Church [?] o[?] Oakland-street, extending from [?] [?]ox-streets, Greenpoint, was destroy[?] shortly after noon on Tuesday. Th[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortly after ten o'clock this morning, says Tuesday's Evening News, a fire was discovered in a shed occupied by Mr. T. A. Godson, manufacturer of composite and expansive…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shortly before two o'clock on Saturday morning a disastrous fire broke out in the wooden tenement occupied as a drapery establishment by Mr. Richard Moore,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Tillock and Co.'s wholesale grocery store, together with its contents, was totally destroyed by fire on Sunday night. The building was constructed of iron, wood; and stone,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The criminal trial arising out of the Notting Hill fire has just been concluded, having occupied more time than such proceedings commonly take owing to the unusual nature…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An inquest on the recent fire at E. W. Bailey's store was held to-day, before Mr. Benjamin Lee, P.M., coroner, and a jury of twelve. It lasted all the afternoon, six…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The townspeople were thrown into a great state of commotion on Wednesday evening last by the cry of fire, and the glare of one in the centre of the town. The church bell…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The inhabitants of High-street were startled last evening shortly after seven o'clock by an alarm of fire being raised. A number of people soon assembled in the street, when it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Tuesday evening a fire broke out on the premises known as the Railway Mill, Elgin-street, West Maitland, leased by Mr. H. J. Hough. Two of Mr. Hough's employes were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About half past 12 o'clock on Saturday a fire broke out in an office at the corner of Market and York streets occupied by Mr. W. G. Ainsworth, agent for agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terribly destructive fire broke out in this city to-night, in Hunter-street, in premises occupied by James Kingston, draper. Shortly after nine o'clock the whole inside of the premises was observed to be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About 9 p.m. on Wednesday another addition to the large score of conflagrations that have been so prevalent of late, took place. The night was "calm and fine," no wind to speak of blowing, thus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The forest fires in Michigan, briefly announced in our last number, have assumed portentous proportions, states a telegram from Philadelphia. The entire peninsula between Lake Huron and Saginaw…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A large fire occurred early on Sunday morning at the City Sawmills, Wentworth Wharf, resulting in the entire destruction of the buildings, machinery, and contents. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →About 7 o'clock p.m. on Thursday a fire, which might have proved very disastrous, broke out on the premises occupied by Mrs. Kingston, draper and milliner, 562, George…
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