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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
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In connection with a fire in Hunter-street, owing to the number of suspicious circumstances Superintendent Bear, has forwarded a report to the Coroner asking that an inquest as to the origin of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Coroner's inquiry into the cause of the recent great fire has been concluded. An open verdict was returned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush fires are raging throughout Tasmania with great fury. At Longley, towards Huon, 22 settlers were entirely burnt out, amongst the premises destroyed being the Longley Hotel, Webster's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The intercolonial fire brigade demonstration and the general athletic carnival took place at Albury on Saturday on the show ground, the competitors including visitors from all parts of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The bush fires are abating, and nothing fresh has occurred at Porn Tree, Longley, or Kingston. Information from Carnarvon shows that in addition to the buildings previously referred to, those…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Details of the bush fires which began on Mount Wellington, Tasmania, on Friday show that the devastation has been widespread. The flames,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Details of the bush fires which began on Mount Wellington on Friday show that the devastation has been widespread. The flames, rushing down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A verdict of arson against some person or persons unknown was returned at the inquest to-day, concerning the recent fire in Hunter-street…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The weather was very hot throughout New Zealand during the holidays. Serious bush fires occurred in the Invercargill district, whore several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Friday Madame Sherwin narrowly escaped being caught in the fire. She left Ferntree that morning for the Huon, and had only just passed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →If we leave out of account the great fire of London in 1666, and deal only with the present century there are few conflagrations which, in point of magnitude, can be compared with the disaster of Friday. A glance at the record shows…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During a fire at Deptford four children were suffocated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Early this morning a fire broke out in the Balmain New Ferry Company's steamers moored at Bald Rock. The boats engaged in running the various services performed by the company are each night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush fires have raged throughout Tasmania with great fury. At Longley, towards Huon, 22 settlers were entirely burnt out, amongst the premises destroyed being the Longley Hotel, Webster's…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The intercolonial fire brigade demonstration took place at Albury on Saturday and Monday on the Show Ground, the competitors including visitors from all parts of New South Wales and Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This morning a disastrous fire occurred amongst the – Balmain ferry steamers moored, at-Bald Rock. THe fire was first noticed on the Lady…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Balmain Ferry Company, a local co-operative company, has just suffered a severe loss by having three of its steamers burnt at the wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances of the late disastrous fire at Cripplegate, London, has been concluded after extending over 13 days. A verdict was returned to the effect that the fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There is considerable excitement hero in consequence of the miner's on Mount Dromedary Company's Mine, to the number of about thirty coming out on strike. The reason assigned is an objection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WORD from Victoria states that disastrous bush fires have been raging throughout Gippsland during the pas day or two. and scores of settlers have…
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