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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
72 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 4
Sir,—There appeared in last Saturday's issue of your paper, a letter re the late Fire Brigade Concert and Larrikinism, signed John P. Kerrigan. It seems to be general opinion in West Maitland…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →About seven o'clock on Monday night a call was received at the M. F. B. head station from No. 1 Police Station for a large fire in Kent-street, near Erskine-street (says the Herald). At the same…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In 1878 a fire broke oat in the inside slope of No. 6 colliery, near Longford, and it is raging still with all the fury which the very best of fuel can give it. It is in a bed of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A FIRE has occurred in a tonement house in St. Petersburg. Nine persons were burnt to death, and 15 others are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The wintry air seems fall of snow, The leaden clouds are hanging low, The frozen ground Reverberates beneath your tread,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A group of girls stood at the stage door of the Grand Opera House in Vienna, talking or exchanging words with the other employes who passed in, keeping the while a sharp lookout for the manager…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FURTHUR news regarding the disastrous fire at the Central Theatre, Philadelphia, shows that the deaths which occurred owing to the panic are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE stables at Roxby's Hotel, Wollongong, in which were Mr A. Gollan's horses, engaged for to-day's races, were burned down last night. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A GREAT fire occurred this morning. James Service and Co.'s premises, at the corner of William and Collins streets, were gutted. The loss is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A great fire took place in Melbourne to-day Service and Co.'s premises were gutted, and between £50,000 and £60,000 worth of damage was done. From the Herald we take the following additional…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fire which broke out at Titusville, near Pittsburg, has spread down the slopes of Chil Creek and destroyed several villages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—I am directed by the Colonial Secretary to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from the Municipal Council of Singleton forwarded by you, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A SERIOUS fire broke out this afternoon on board a large ship, the Wavertree, which arrived from London on Saturday, and berthed at Dalton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible fire broke out in the Grand Central Theatre, in Philadelphia on April 27. The auditorium was, fortunately, only partially filled with people, but as soon as the flames were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →GREAT excitement was caused in Dover on the night of May 5th, when a destructive fire broke out on the South-Eastern Railway Terminus…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At about 4.25 on Friday morning the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received an alarm for a fire at the Theatre Royal, King-street. The Brigade, ably assisted by a number of volunteer companies,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Theatre Royal was destroyed by fire this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About a quarter past 12 o'clock on Wednesday, morning a fire was discovered in Lassetter's kerosene bond, Bourke-street, Waterloo, opposite the Surrey Brewery. The alarm was given by the watchman…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →broke out at Lassetter'S Keroand explsives bond, BourkeWaterloo, and in a very few the whole of the building—a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FROM the latest information to hand it appears that the disastrous fire occurred at St. John's, the capital of Newfoundland, not St. John's, New…
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