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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
183 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 10
When the Broken Hill express, which left the Barrier last night, reached a point about two miles from Mannahill, at about 12.30, a fire broke out in the smoking carriage, which was occupied by seven…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At an inquest concerning the recent fire on the premises of W. Troup, in Pitt-street, the jury returned a verdict of argon against some person or persons unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHEN the Broken Hill express, which left the Barrier on Wednesday night, reached a point about two miles from Maunahill, at about 12.30, a fire broke…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A telegram in the Herald from Adelaide says : The maximum reading of the thermometer at noon on Tuesday was 101.1 in the shade and 156.6 the sun. At Farina the thermometer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To enlighten those who are eagerly following the descriptive reports of the battles in South Africa (says the Times of India) some brief account of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Saturday evening the annual torchlight procession of the West Maitland Fire Brigade took place, and was as usual a most successful pageant, witnessed by some thousands of people. Hundreds…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Private J. Thompson, of the King's Royal Rifles, who was taken prisoner by the Boers, wrote to his parents in England before his capture a long…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WHEN the Broken Hill express which left the Barrier on Wednesday night was [?] two miles from Manna Hill, at about 22.00 a.m., a fire [?] our in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When the Broken Hill express, which left the Barrier last night, reached a point about two miles from Mannahill, at about 12.30, a fire broke out in the smoking carriage, which was occupied by seven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The British artillery with General Sir [?] Buller's force, near Chieveley, shelled the enemy's trenches on the plain at the foot of Inhlawe Hill, to the eastward of the British position and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fatal fire occurred ia New York last night when the residence of Mr. Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of the New York World, was burnt to the ground. The housekeeper and the governess were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A sensational attempt has been made to set fire to the troopship Maori King. The outrage was discovered at eleven o'clock last night. The vessel was lying at Birt's wharf at South Brisbane at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A FIRE broke out in the residence of Mr James Couchman, or Woodvile, near Maitland, at about 9 o'clock on Friday evening, when a child eight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Thursday evening last a fire was discovered in a chest of drawers at Mr. John Guy's residence, Mount Pleasant, Kayuga. About £4 worth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The residence of Mr A. J. Tulloch narrowly escaped destruction by fire on Monday night last. It appears that one of the children, while preparing to go to bed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A destructive fire occurred io Devonshire-street, near the railway crossing early yesterday morning, resulting in the total demolition with all its contents of an eight-roomed cottage occupied by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our reporter writes:—In another part of this issue Mr. Chas. T. Phillips, Superintendent of the West Maitland Fire Brigade, addresses to the Editor a letter in which fault is found with our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It will take too much lime to give anything hut a short sketch of all that has occurred since leaving the boat at Capetown. Headers have already…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The opinion is growing that the most feasible strategic movement for the British forces in South Africa would be to advance in force from De Aar and Naauwpoort, leaving Lieutenant-General Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WARRNAMrOOl, district, Victoria, reports devastating bush fires, the worst the district has known for 50 years. The fires sprang up on…
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