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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
183 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 10
WARRNAMBOOL district, Victoria, reports devastating bush fires, the worst the district has known for 50 years. The fires sprang up on Saturday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A destructive fire occurred in Devonshire-street, near the railway crossing, early on Sunday morning, resulting in the total demolition with all its contents of an eight-roomed cottage occupied by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A fire broke out aboard the steamer Kallatina at one o'clock this morning while lying at South Grafton. The outbreak occurred in the saloon quite unaccountably, and was not noticed till the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A FIRE broke out on board the steamer Kallatina at Grafton this morning, threatening serious results; but owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War Offices has been advised that General Buller crossed the Tugela River on Monday, and that he is now advancing towards Ladysmith. Reuter states that at Spearman's Camp a body of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ALL [?] heat and desolation at Kilmore (Vic.) The Bush fires in High CampPlain district have been the most disastrous known. Sunday's fire was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the fighting which took place at the Tugela River on Monday, the Boers expecting the British to cross the river at Skiet's Drift were massed in thousands at Doom Kloof with 100 of their wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MEETING has been held in Victoria, in the district so lately swept by bush fires, for the purpose of forming an organisation for systematically fighting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trooper James Wilks, of the Maitland Half-Squadron of Lancers, writing to his brother, Mr. C. E. Wilks, of West Maitland, from near Colesberg, on January 7, says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday morning a fire broke out at the rear of Mr Robert Russell's property at St. Clair and soon travelled into a paddock of his which was being kept for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred at the residence of Mr. J. Burke, Kayuga, on Tuesday afternoon last. It appears that some rubbish was being burned,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE [?]goods warehouse of Messrs Brooks, M'Glashun and M'Lang, Flin[?]ers-lane, Melbourne was very extensively damaged by fire and water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trooper James Wilks, of the Maitland Half-Squadron of Lancers, writing to his brother, Mr. C. E. Wilks, of West Maitland, from near Colesberg, on January 7, says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE Toongabbie bush fire, mention of which outbreak was made on Friday night, has been devasting the surrounding country, and also placed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational incidents are coming to hand in connection with the bush free raging in various parts of Victoria. Gippsland is the centre of the worst patch. It was a terrible fire, which swept from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A big fire occurred at Picton this morning. Smith's general store being destroyed, and the Public School building was saved only after great efforts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush fires are still raging through North Gippsland, and are spreading themselves in the rauges north of Maffra with amazing rapidity and great destructiveness. Last week a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SENSATIONAL incidents are coming to hand in connection with the bush fires raging in various parts of Victoria. Gippsland is the centre of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensational incidents are coming to hand in connection with the bush fires raging in various parts of Victoria. Gippsland is the centre of the worst patch. It was a terrible fire, which swept from…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bush fires are still raging through North Gippsland, and are spreading themselves in the ranges north of Maffra with amazing rapidity and great destructiveness. Last week a number of…
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