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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
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The one event in West Maitland on New Year's Eve, looked forward to by old and young, is the terclight procession of the West Maitland Fire Brigade, a function of many years standing. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Xmas Day a bush fire broke out in the vicinity of Mr A. J. Lawrence's paddock at Marrana Creek, and consumed a considerable quantity of fencing and grass…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday morning three business places at Penrith occupied by Mrs. Brewer, confectioner, Messrs. Noble and Co., drapers, and D. Austen, a bootmaker, was completely destroyed by fire. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The one event in West Maitland on New Year's Eve, looked forward to by old and young, is the torchlight procession of the West Maitland Fire Brigade, a function of many years standing. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The season of bush fires has commenced in real carnest now, and during the past few days fires have been raging in various outlying centres. The fire fiend got a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There was a fire here yesternight which ended in two children losing their lives. It appears Mrs. Gurton put her four children to bad and went outside to bring some clothes in from a line. She left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Ursuline Convent him been totally destroyed by fire, and seven nuns were buret to death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A disastrous fire occurred at Mount Morgan on Saturday night, resulting iu the destruction of about £15,000 worth of property. No lives were lost, but there were many thrilling experiences…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE private residence of Patrick Chevers, an old resident in Durandstreet, Albury, together with the whole of the contents, was completely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barnum and Bailey's great menagerie, which was travelling in the State of Connecticut, U.S.A., has been destroyed by fire. Six of the elephants…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire occurred at Buckner's Orphanage, at Dallas in Texas, U.S.A., by which the buildings were destroyed. Fifteen girls were burned to death in the dormitories…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A few minutes before eight o'clock this morning one of the most destructive fires that has occurred in the city for a considerable time broke out on the premises of the Eagle Tobacco Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ABOUT 8 o'clock this morning a fire was discovered on the premises of the Eagle Tobacco Company in Clarencestreet. How it originated has not yet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During the past few days days bush fires have been raying with terrible fierceness in the country round about Westbrook, Mirannie and Rothbury: while dense [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A few minutes before eight o'clock this morning one of the most destructive fires that has occurred in the city for a considerable time broke out on the premises of the Eagle Tobacco Company,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →An inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of the girl Jessie Delohery, which was caused through a fire on the premises of Mrs. Isabella Barton, Waterloo, was resumed to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The residence of the Dowager Countess of Delawarr has been destroyed by fire. The Countess, who was on a visit to the place, had a narrow escape from being burned to death. Her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Monday a bush fire broke out on the town common, and quickly spread over a large area, and at one time threatened to destroy the stockyards…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An open verdict was returned at the inquest regarding the death of the young woman Jessie Delohery who was fatally injured by a recent fire at Waterloo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A disastrous fire has occurred in the city of Philadelphia, U.S.A. Thirty buildings were burned, and damage to the extent of over two million dollars was done…
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