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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
40 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
Just after 6 o'clock this evening a fire broke out in the General Post Office, King William-street. A crowd soon gathered, but the police were well placed, and kept the way…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. Humphries and Hawke's stores here, together with nearly the whole of their large and valuable stock, where totally destroyed by fire, about ten o'clock last night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Early this morning a fire broke out at the local woollen factory, and before it could be extinguished caused such destruction as will necessitate the closing of the factory for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire broke out on the premises of the City Catering Company, situated at [?]15, George-street, at about half-past four o'clock on Sunday morning. The fire was discovered by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Saturday afternoon Mr. A. Vindin, coroner, in consequence of a report made to him by the police, proceeded to Largs, to hold an inquiry respecting certain fires that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. Kirkpatrick and Co.'s large retail store at the corner of Mitchell and Sturt streets, the premises of the London Chartered Bank, Mr. Neville, solicitor, Messrs. Ffrench…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MR. STUARt'S bill "to make better provision for the protection of life and property from fire," may be considered in four aspects —as to the material of prevention, its…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire broke out at Government House this evening, at a quarter past 6. The flames were seen issuing from the roof of the northern side of the central wing. Some servants…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A [?] from Auckland in the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Americans are so scared by the frequency of fatal fires in their large towns, that they are stated to be (in Philadelphia) about to adopt a fire escape that seems specially…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The United States papers give further details of the fire at the Newhall House Hotel, Milwaukee, on January 10. The fire started, apparently, on the third floor of the building,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At ten minutes to 3 o'clock on Tuesday morning, the inhabitants of Newcastle were startled by the continuous ringing of the fire bell and the ominous report of the signal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The report of Captain Shaw for 1882, as to the fires in London during that year, is published and commented on in the English papers of March…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Sunday morning a row of seven galvanised iron buildings on the east side of Sussex-street, between Market and Druitt streets, was completely destroyed by fire. It…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another fire occurred on Sunday [?]orning last resulting in the total destruction of Mr. W. Jones' house and store at the corner of Johnson and Farrand-street[?]. Nothing is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At 11.30 last night a terribly destructive fire broke out in Molesworth-street. No less than 13 buildings were burned down. The fire originated in Stocks' auction rooms,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Among the numerous fire escape inventions, one recently patented is being exhibited in Brooklyn in a practical manner. The invention consists of a cast iron box placed beneath the window in the recess, or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It appears, now that electrical action and power is so constantly made the subject of thought and experiment and use—to be ascertained that nearly all kinds of moving…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A dispatch from Tombstone, A. T., says:— John Lyons, a well-known citizen of this county, on Friday last, while at work in the shaft of a mine near Tres Alamos, had just…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Maitland agent, Mr. J. T. Tegg, has handed us the following report, which was presented to the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting, held in the…
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