A Grass Fire at Morpeth
A correspondent writes from Morpeth:—Yesterday morning we had a a great fright. A fire broke out in the Bishop's paddock. It started at the roadside, near the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1905
276 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 14
Bush Fires Relief Fund
At a meeting of the Central Executive in Sydney it was resolved to invite applications for relief to be lodged with the honorary secretaries before the 81st instant. All…
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Mr. G. E. Brodie, Chief Inspector of Public Accounts, who was one of those despatched by the Premier, to the fire-stricken districts, has forwarded a report from Carcoar…
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At a meeting of the Central Executive in Sydney it was resolved to invite applications of relief to be lodged with the hon[?]rary secretaries before the 31st instant. All…
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SIR,—In this busy world of ours events happen day by day to cause excitement of some description. The latest, of course, has been those disastrous bush…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Revolution in Russia. Troops Fire on Strikers. Terrible Massaore. the Czar Leaves the Capital. London, January 23
St. Petersburg is in a state of revolution. Troops have massacred workmen, women, and children to a number, according to a moderate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Great Fire. Auckland
The extensive emporium of the Direct Importing Coy, Wellington, was completely destroyed by fire this morning. The outbreak was discovered at 4.20 a.m. I less…
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A committee to deal with learn cases in connection with the bush fires has been formed of which the Mayer of Singleton will act as Chatrman and it is necessary…
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The extensive emporium of the Direct Exporting Coy., Wellington, was completely destroyed by fire this morning. The outbreak was discovered at 4.20 a.m. In less…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Bloemfontein
There military stores at Bloomfontein have been burnt down. The damage is estimated at £250,000…
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At a meeting of the bush fires relief fund to-day it was stated that 14 local committees had sent in claims. The losses detailed totalled £12,000. In addition, there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Insurance in New Zealand
A conference of maragers of fire insurance companies at Wellington (N.Z.) has resolved on a reduction in the tariff. This step has apparently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia's Great Trouble Scenes of Disorder. Troops Fire on the People. Pillage of Houses. [By Cable.] London
The strikers' disturbance at Warsaw continues, and several porsons have been killed. The troops fired volleys into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Water Causes Fires
That water can cause fire may at first seem a little unlikely, but this is just what happened on the western roast of Ireland only a few years ago. The rocks which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire on the Buteshire
Seventeen hundred tons rails and two thousand tons of agricultural machinery, part of the cargo of the steamer Buteshire, which put into Capetown on fire, has been…
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Mr J. Father, M.L.A our member for this electorate in the state prliament, who has strennously himself in the interests of sufferers from the late bush fires…
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Sir Edward Knox's mansion, Rose Bay, was totally destroyed by fire about eight o'clock this morning. Many valuable pictures and books and a quantity of furniture were saved. The house, together with its…
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At a meeting of the Jindera (Albury district) Farmers' and Soltlers' Association on Thursday, the question of the ctiuso of tho fires was…
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