Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Fires & bushfires, all years

Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires

Fires & bushfires, 1906

299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 15

Fires at Ballarat. Pensioner Burned to Death

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 July 1906 · page 2

At half-past two o'clock on Tuesday morning Mary M'lnnery, a crippled old-age peneioner, was burned to death at Ballarat South. She lived…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Big Fire in Scotland

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 2

Dundee, Scotland, has been the scene of a great conflagration. The principal buildings involved were Watson's bonded warehouses and Robertson's distillery,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Great Fire at Leeds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 3

[?] great fire occurred yesterday in Wellington-street, Leeds. Damage to the amount of [?]0,000 was done…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fire at a Biograph Show Escaping Gas Causes Explosion

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 31 July 1906 · page 1

While a biograph entertainment was in progress at parks on Friday night one of the taps attached to the saturatore at the rear of the biograph…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Fire at Clarence Town, Steamer Destroyed. Clarence Town

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 3

A destructive fire occurred early this morning on the Williams River Steam Navigation Company's Wharf. The steamship Coorei and a shed and its contents on the wharf were totally…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fire at Clarence Town

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 5

A destructive fire occurred at Clarence Town early yesterday (Friday) morning, resulting in the destruction of valuable property belonging to the Williams River Steam…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

The Fire on Pitcairn Island

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 5

[?] Naval Court at Valparaiso is strong[?] opinion that the fire which destroyed [?] Island while on a voy[?] Wellington, New Zealand, to…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Eldorado at Last. the "Land of Fire."

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 6

El Dorado at last. This fabulous region, rich in the precious products of nature, was held always to be somewhere in the interior of South America;…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

The Milan Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 3

fire at the Milan Exhibition has been to anarchists…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fire at Clarence Town the Steamer "Cooreei" and Sheds Totally Destroyed

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 3

Clarence Town was roused from its slumbers early on Friday morning by the cries of fire. People rushed from their homes to learn where such was,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

The Russian Turmoil the Czar Rages. with Fire and Sword. Peasants' War at Hand. Trepoff's Ascendancy. Prudent Reform Policy. London. Aug. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 August 1906 · page 5

It is reported that the Czar, on learning of the mutinies at Sveaborg and Cronstadt, stamped his feet, and exclaimed, "Now I will rule as my forefathers did with fire and…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Fire at Clarence Town

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 13

A destructive fire occurred at Clarence Town early, on Friday morning last, resulting in the destruction of valuable property belonging to the Williams River Steam…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

A Girl Murderess. Trial by Fire

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 6

On 24th May, the correspondent of the "London Daily Mail" wrote from New York:— The defence of Josephine Terranova,…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Works on Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1906 · page 3

[?]red in Snodland, in Kent, paper mills of Townshead, [?] were destroyed, toge[?] cottages and two barges…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Scene at a Fire. Leaping into Blankets

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 August 1906 · page 3

A fire which occurred in a large weatherboard house in Williamstown (Vic.) early on Monday morning was productive of some exciting incidents…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Ppalling Earthquake. Destruction in South America. Fierce Fires Raging. Hundreds Oe Lives Lost. Many Towns Made Desolate. London. Aug. 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 August 1906 · page 5

A dissstrous earthquake has laid many districts of the west coast of South [?]ca in rains, and extended into Argentina, where the telegraphs are [?]pted. Valparaiso, the second city and principal port of Chilli, suffered most…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Burning Fatality. Man Falls into a Fire

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 August 1906 · page 3

Early on Saturday morning a constable on duty in Brown-street, Adelaide, observed a glare of fire, and heard screams proceeding from a…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Prevention of Bush Fires. Winter Work

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 27 August 1906 · page 8

The majority of farmers and graziers, in the opinion of the writer, take quite, a wrong view as to the cause of bush fires. During a fairly varied experience in various…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Prevention of Bush Fires. Winter Work

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 13

The majority of farmers and graziers, in the opinion of the writer, take quite a wrong view as to the cause of bush lives. During a fairly varied experience in various…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

A Flourishing Fire Office

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4

The facts and figures disclosed at the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the shareholders of the Mercantile Mutual Fire Insurance Coy., Ltd., were…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →