Great Fire in London. DAMAGES £300,000
LONDON, Tuesday.—An enormous fire is now (2.40 p.m.) raging in a block of buildings between Queen Victoria and Thames streets, London. Fifty fire…
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Fires & bushfires, 1891
84 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 5
Great Fire in Melbourne. Five Firemen Injured
A DISASTROUS fire broke out at 4 o'clock on Thursday morning at the Mutual Store, Flinder-street, Melbourne, a fourstoried building, crammed with goods…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Volunteer Fire Brigade. Annual Celebration
In accordance with custom, as briefly mentioned in our last issue, the West Maitland Volunteer Fire Brigade held their annual torchlight procession and dinner on New Year's Eve. The night…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extensive Bush Fires. Great Destruction of Property
BUSH fires of tremendous proportions swap down in the direction of Condobolin on Sunday, doing immense damage. From particulars to hand it seems that the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extensive Bush Fires. (By Telegraph from the Herald.) Condobolin
Bush fires of tremendous proportions swept down in the direction of Condobolin on Sunday, doing immense damage. From particulars to hand it seems that the fire originated on Melrose station…
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BUSH fires of tremendous, proportions swept down in the direction of Condoblin on Sunday, doing immense damage. From particulars to hand it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on Board Ship. (S. M. Herald.)
About half-past 1 o'clock on Wednesday morning a fire was discovered on board the ship Talavera, lying at M'llwraith's Wharf. The discovery was made by the ship's watchman. Dense volumes of…
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The American ship, Leading Wind, which was nearly loaded with flax for New York, the caught fire at Auckland this morning in lower forehold and had to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in York-street, Sydney. (From the Echo.)
A fire broke out at 2 o'clock on Friday morning in the building occupied by Messrs. Troedel, Cooper, and Co., lithographers and printers, at the corner of York and…
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Fire broke out on December 14 in a private asylum at Hawkhurat, originating in the linen room, and in three hours the whole building, was totally destroyed. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Fire at a Workhouse
On Thuraday morning, December 11th, the workhouse on Newcastle-under-Lyme was discovered to be on fire. There were 326 inmates. Within an hour of the outbreak…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Fatal Fire. Two Children Burnt. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A fatal fire occurred at Islington near Newcastle last night at the residence of Charles Page, builder, residing on the Maitland road. His daughters aged…
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A hospital has been destroyed by fire at Skopen, in Central Russia. Fourteen of the inmates were burned to death…
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An exciting scene was witnessed At Killkeel, County Down, on Tuesday morning. Doc. 16th. The Royal Hotel, which is Kept by Mr A[?]nctt, took fire at an early…
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In calling attention to fires and pointing out some of the causes of these accidents, for most of them are accidental, one cannot help wandering in the carelessness exhibited in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Murrurundi. (Murrurundi Times, Feb. 11.)
Shortly before noon on Monday last the dreaded cry "Fire! fire! fire!" was heard resounding from the vicinity of the Court House, and within a few minutes numbers of people were to be seen running…
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Hurstbourne House, Hampshire, the seat of Viscount Lymington, M.P., was totally destroyed by fire late on Thursday night (Jan. 1). Although after some delay several fire-engines attended, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Destructive Bush Fire
A large bush fire has occurred in the Lismore district of Victoria, which was forty-five miles long and 5 to 15 miles wide. About 36 thousand asheep were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires in Victoria. (From the Herald.) Melbourne
Serious ravages from fire occurred on Saturday on stations near Stawell. Strathven and Glenfyne were almost burnt out, and a thousand acres of grass were destroyed. It is estimated that 10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Enormous Bosh Fires. Great Destruction to Life and Property
WITH reference to the terrible bush fire in Victoria that was briefly referred to in our telegreph columns in our last issue, the Bal[?]ast correspondent of the Melbourne Age…
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