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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
115 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 6
As announced in my telegram of Monday evening, and published in your issue of this date, a dastardly and partly successful attempt at fire-raising was discovered at the Leconfield Colliery on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A disastrous fire broke out at Syracuse in the State of New York this morning. resulting in the total destruotion of Loland's hotel. Many of the iumates jumped from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News is to hand from Siens, Central Italy, that the ancient Cathedral of that city is on fire, and in consequence of the flames being, fanned by a high wind, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The inquest on the great fire was resumed to-day. Mr Gibbs in giving his evidence stated that the buildings were mortgaged for £23,000, and the stock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fires that occurred at the Palace Hotel on Saturday morning are (says the Melbourne Age) even more singular than those previously detected, and the attempts to destroy the building even…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The proposed amalgamation of the Queen and Royal Fire insurance companies will require special legislation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When a goods train landed with wool was about five miles on the Dubbo side Trangi[?] on Tuesday afternoon one of the tracks was observed to be on fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Auckland, Thursday.—Last night a tire broke out on the barque Rance, lying at Port Chalmers, where she was loading shale for G[?]. The Rance had already 1600…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since noon on Saturday the clanging of the fire bells has been unpleasantly frequent, and, unfortudately, two large conflagrations, resulting in a heavy loss, have occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The inquest on the great fire concluded to-day, when an open verdict was returned. The jury found that the evidence add[?]ed did not, enable them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An extraordinary fire took place on the 15th Sept., several hundred yards from Farrington-road Station. It broke out in a naphtha shed beneath the arch which spans the underground railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The inquiry into the origin of the fire which took place in Pitt-street, Sydney, after a protracted sitting, concluded on Tuesday. The jury returned the following verdict:—"We…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the battle of Hazel Grove, during the Chancellorsville campaign, General Pleasanton covered himself with glory. As General Hooker expressed it to President Lincoln, he "saved the Army of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The soldier's first fight is likely to make a lasting impression on his memory. The one now recalled was fought in South Carolina in 1862. On the Union side only two brigades were engaged, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Alhambra Palace, the historic building near Granada, Spain, had a narrow escape of being burned to the ground on September 16. The fire began in the Sala de la Barca, close to the portion…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There was a large fire at New[?] this morning, M'Lellan Hellyer [?] Co's ironmongery establishment [?] totally destroyed. The loss is [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brief particulais of the fire which occurred at Wallalong, near Hinton, on Friday afternoon, have appeared in these columns. Further information was elicited at an inquiry held into the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A FIRE broke out at Wellington Barracks, London, during last night, resulting in the partial destruction of the quarters cocupied by the married men. Most of the inmates…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A very extensive fire occurred at Hobart early this morning on the old whar[?], resulting in the destruction of J. Ken's fruit warehouse and its contents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The passengers by the mixed train from Wodong[?] Benella (Vic.) on Wednesday, were greatly [?]med on discovering just prior to arriving at Glearowan that one of…
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