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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1903

239 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 12

A Fire Quelled

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 July 1903 · page 3

A fire broke out at Forest Lodge this morning, threatening serious results, but the prompt action of the brigades confined the loss to damage to three houses…

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A Fatal Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1903 · page 3

Thirty-three pennant girls, sleeping in a barn at Shallaioska, Russia, were killed by fire…

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Tumut. Destructive Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 28 July 1903 · page 3

A big fire occurred here this morning. Several shops were destroyed. The origin of the outbreak is unknown…

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Letter to the Editor. Careless Use of Fire Arms

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 8

SIR,-Every day one bears of some sad fatal accident arising from, the careless use of firearms. If the lives lost in this manner, during one year were added up, it would show a sad loss to the…

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Another Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 30 July 1903 · page 3

A large stable at Forest Lodge was totally destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. Ono horse was burned to death, while two others ware severely injured…

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A Horrible Crime. Baby Set on Fire

Singleton Argus · Thursday 30 July 1903 · page 2

THE Brisbane police received a wire from Cooktown on Tuesday stating that a girl named Gertrude Chalmers, [?] 14 years of age, had deliberately…

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Tumut. the Recent Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 5

At an inquiry into the recent fire at Tumut, a verdict of arson was returned against some or persons unknown…

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By the Fire. Frank

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 3

I really mutt be going GRACK. Why? See, how the embers glow and dial FRANK…

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Fire in Waratah Colliery

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 August 1903 · page 1

The miners and others employed at the Waratah Colliery were informed that there was no work for them when they appeared at the pit-top on…

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A Fire on a Railway Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1903 · page 5

A Great Western special train conveying Lord Falmouth's household, was got on fire by reason of the grooms smoking in the horse-box. Three valuable horses were…

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The Champion Sculler. Burnt Out

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 August 1903 · page 4

A FIRE broke out about 4 o'clock on Sunday morning at Drummoyne, by which a shed, the property of Mrs Dudloy, in which the business of…

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Train Sensations. Collision and Fire. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 August 1903 · page 3

A SERIOUS railway collision has occurred at Durand, on the Great Western grand trunk railway line of the United States. One of the trains…

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The Very Latest Cables London, Monday afternoon. a Fire in a Gambling Resort

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1903 · page 3

A fire broke out in the Casino at Trouville. The result was an indescribable panic among the gamblers. Men and women rushed in their consternation pell mell to the doors,…

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The Fire in a Railway Tunnel

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1903 · page 5

The fire in Paris on the underground railway originated in an electric locomotive near Montelimart. The carriages ignited and three other trains ran into the confiagration. The…

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The French Railway Disaster. a Similar Fire Occurs at Night. Details of the Calamity. London, Aug. 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 August 1903 · page 3

The wreckage in the underground railway of Paris, near Menilmontant, is a mass of twisted iron, melted panes of glass, and broken and fused wires…

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Ship on Fire. Rats Blamed for the Outbreak. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 August 1903 · page 3

The barque Earl of Dunmore, on which a fire broke out at watson's Bay this morning, is lying with her head to the beach at Rose Bay, Two vessels are alongside, viz., the…

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The Railway Fire in Paris

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 5

Another fire broke out in the railway tunnel at Paris, but fortunately it was quickly ex-tinguished…

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Great Fire in Sydney Destruction of Toohey's Malt House. Sydney, Wednesday. I

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1903 · page 5

The malting house at Toohey's brewery at 1 o'clock this afternoon was the scene of one of the most destructive fires that has occurred in Sydney for a very long time. The fire…

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Fire at Toohey's Brewery About Four Thousand Pounds Damage. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 August 1903 · page 3

ABOUT one o'clock, this afternoon, a fire broke out at Toobey'e brewery, Elizabeth-street, in the malt house, a building at the extremity of the main…

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Fire Superstitions

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 2

WHERE a fire burns on the hearth Germans say the lightning will never strike, and evil beings will not dare to enter the house. In the North of England we have a…

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