The Fire Fiend
Severe bush fires have occured during the past week on several holdings in this district, and thousands of acres of grass have been destroyed, with farm produce and other…
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Fires & bushfires, 1904
236 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 12
Mahsion Destroyed by Fire (By Cable.) London
Envile Hell, Staffordshire, the famus mansion of the Countess of Stamford and Warrington, has been greyed by fire. The damage is…
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The steamship Aparina, belonging to the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, which is at Calcutta, has suffered from the effects of a nasty fire on board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Fremantle. Sydney
There was a large fire at Fremantle, West Australia, this morning. The warehouse of'Messrs Harris, Scrafe, and Co. was gutted. The damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Sydney. Explosions Ok Cartridges
Shortly after 2 o'clock this morning the Metropolitan fire Brigade received a call to the Royal Arcade, between Park and Market-streets. A shop occupied by Mr. G. R…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War the Last Stand. Treparations at Port Arthur. Warships on Fire. 3000 Russians Killed. Japanese Ambushed. London. Dec. 6
The Russian held 400 [?] lines at Port [?] They are expelled they will retire [?] to the South. A report from Tokio states that a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Bushfire at Branxton
A very large bushfire is now burning within two miles of the town. It is believed that the fire originated in Kirkten paddocks. A number of employees were engaged in burning off yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extensive Bush Fires. A. Church Destroyed
Grave fears are felt by landowners in the Corowa district with regard to bush fires. The length of grass is so great, and has dried so rapidly, that,…
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Within two miles of Branxton a very large bush fire is burning. It is thought that the fire originated in Kirkton paddocks. A number of…
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WITHIN two miles of Branxton a very large bush fire is burning. It is thought that the fire originated in Kirkton paddocks. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bush Fires
The smoke and hnze from bush fires still hang round the horizon about Singleton, and they would seem to be widely spread from the appearance at a…
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Bush, or grass fires have, we regret to say, been very prevalent almost all over the district during the past week or two, starting apparently spontaneously owing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Kelso
At about a quarter past 12 a.m. on Wednesday smoke was observed by Mr J. Swift to bo issuing from a haystack on his farm at Kelse, and he immediately ran…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Pushing Fire
Messrs P. W. Russell and Co., of New castle, who are so well and favorably known in this district in connection with cream Separators and other machinery,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne. a Disastrous Fire
Roineke and Company, whose timber yards were destroyed by fire in Melbourne this morning, roughly estimate their losses at £30,000. The insurance amount to £26,000. The fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fire Fiend. Destruction and Desolation. Thousands of Acres Burned
Extensive bush fires during the week have been burning at Reedy Greek and Glendon Brook, and it was reported yesterday that fires were also…
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Our Branxton correspondent, writing on Wednesday, says:—A very largo bushfire now burning within two miles of the town. It is believed that the fire originated in Kirkton paddocks. A number of…
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QUIRINDI, Friday.—A destructive fire commenced yesterday on Box Vale Farm, not far from the town boundary. It originated in a rubbish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fire Fiend Abroad. Large Local Bush Blazes. Havoc in Quirindi District
All the visible horizon round Singleton has latierly been dimmed with the smoke of large bush fires, and a pungent aroma has filled the air…
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RESIDENTS of the Quirindi district suffered serious loss through the destructicn wrought by bush fires. A great area of cultivated country was…
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