Racing with Fire
A most exciting account of a race on an engine with a prairie fire in the United States is told in the "Pail Hall Magazine." The narrator of the story had gone on a pilot engine with…
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Fires & bushfires, 1900
183 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 10
The Fire in Canada
The fund opened by the Lord Mayor of London (Sir A. J. Newton) in aid of the sufferers by the great fire at Ottawa has reached £30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Fire at Wallerawang. Wallorawang
Adout three o'clock this morning a fire was discovered in a large store lately occupied by Reveridge and Coy., Lithgow, as a general store. This together with the small shops occupied…
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A tremendous fire is raging in Hull and Ottawa, in Canada. The damage is estimated at from 10,000,000 to 20,000,000 dollars. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at Ottawa. Large Portion of the City in Ruins. Two Thousand People Homeless. Immense Damage to Industries. Great Losses. Due to an Accident. London, April 27
A disastrous fire has occurred at Hull and Ottawa, in Canada. The fire started in Hull, and destroyed the flour and lumber mille on the bank of the Ottawa River. The flames then crossed the…
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Her Majesty Queen Victoria has given 500 and the Prince of Wales 250 guineas to the fund being raised by the Lord Mayor of London for the benefit of the sufferers by the Ottawa fire…
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HER Majesty the Queen has donated £500 and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales 250 guines to the Ottawa fire Relief…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lover or Husband. Chapter Xxxiv. Ordeal by Fire
Jacky's thoughts made her writhe where she stood in her prison. Lesard would be banged for murder! And she-who had sworn to be loyal to him-…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strange Colliery Accident. a Coal Mine Near Gunnedah on Fire. Miraculous Escape of Miners. Nine Men Injured. Gundedeh
A fire broke out, last evening at Black Jack coal mine, about five miles from town. It was discovered this morning by the manager, who put men on to block all entrances and…
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About half-past two a.m. on Saturday a fire broke out in the fruiterer's shop occupied by Mrs. Marlow, situated in River-street, Ballins. Heavy rain had fallen just before, but, with a…
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AT 9 o'clock on Thursday morning the news was received at the office of the Gunnedah Colliery Company that a fire had broken out in one of the…
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THE town (says Thursday's Advertiser) was thrown into feverish excitement this morning by a messenger riding in hot haste from the Gunnedah Colliery…
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One hears many accounts of the behaviour of men under fire, especially of men under fire for the first time. This was the case with the everwhelming majority of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brisbane. Destruction of a Wharf by Fire
Shortly before two o'clock this morning and within an boar, the whole of that magnificent storages wharf, the property of the City Council and leased by the A.W.S.N. Company, was destroyed by fire…
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A firs has occurred at Lloyd's. The Daily Chronicle paper miles and six new machines were seriously damaged…
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There was a funny incident during the fight at Colense. The Irish Fusiliers were working their way towards the Dutchmen's left flank, amid a…
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Shortly before two o'clock this morning and within an hour, the whole of that magnificent storage wharf, the property of the City Council and leaned by the A.W.S.N. Company, was destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Singleton Letter. Fire at All Saints' Church
What might have been a big conflagration, attended with serious come quences, was very happily noticed in time at All Saints' Church yesterday afternoon. A press containing chair music was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in a Church
On Sunday afternoon a fire was discovered in All Saints Church. A press containing the choir music was found to be on fire by a lady, who, fortunately, was…
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