Bush Fires in Victoria
The township of Clyde (Victoria) narrowly escaped destruction by a bush fire yesterday. Tn flames ran with lightning rapidity for 4 miles and…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 15
Great Fire at Pyrmont. Damage Estimated at £30,000
'A' fire, which at one time threatened to wipe out the timber industry of Pyrmont, broke out last night, and causea intense excitement among many thousands of people,…
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The 'Daily Mail" writes that the Duke of Fife was unable to take, the chair, and Sir Oliver Lodge was too indisposed to deliver his address on the…
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M'Kenzie's timber yard at Pyrmont was the scene of a great fire last night, and an immense amount of damage was done. The timber burned fiercely, and myriads of…
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A disastrous fire has occurred at Taira, on the east coast of Japan. Six hundred houses were destroyed, and 37 people were incinerated…
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A great fire is reported from Moncton, New Brunswick. The International Railway Workshops have been destroyed, and the damage is estimated at 1,000,000 dollars…
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The scene of the great fire at the Pyrmont timber yards on Thursday night was nothing but a smouldering mass of ruins on Friday. Heaps of…
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An accident occurred on Sunday on the main Hobart railway line. A special train conveying Mr. Williamson's Opera Company and baggage from Launceston, caught fire…
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An extraordinary and even fanatical case of self-destruction is reported from Balmain, the victim being a hairdresser, named Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire at Pyrmont. Damage Estimated at £30,000
A fire, which at one time threatened to wipe out the timber industry of Pyrmont, broke out on Thursday night, caused intens excitement among many thousands of people…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ball Room on Fire. Death at the Dance. [By Cable.] London
While dancing was going on in ballroom in Italy, the building caught fire, and eighteen dancers was incinerated. Others were injured by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Revolution. Refusing to Fire. Severe Sentences. Chains and Banishment LONDON
Six artillerymen have been senteaced from 10 to 20 years' imprisonment at Odessa for refusing to fire upon revolutionaries. Twenty-four…
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While the transport Meade was lying at the foot of Folsom-street, San Francisco, on the night of January 31, preparing to sail for Manila with a thousand troops and supplies, fire was discovered in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Appalling Mining Disaster. French Colliery on Fire. 591 RESCUED; 1219 Deaths. London, March 12
A terrible mining disaster is reported from Courrieres, France. A fire, which broke out in a mine at a depth of 700 feet, led to a terrific explosion at 7 o'clock on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Disaster. Coal Mine on Fire. Twelve Hundred Lives Lost. Awful Scenes. London
The most-terrible mining disaster for many years has occurred at Courrieres, France, 1219 lives lost. Recent heaay rains in the north of…
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To-day is the anniversary of the great fire that occurred at the warehouses of Messrs. David Cohen and Co., of Maitland—March 14, 1865…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mining Disaster. Fire Still Raging. Assistance and Sympathy Proffered. London. March 18
Fire is still raging in the pit at Courrieres, and operations are suspended. In efforts to save their comrades 17 men perished. The Chamber of Deputies has voted £20…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Disaster. Coal Mine on Fire Twelve Hundred Lives Lost Awful Scenes. LONDON
The most terrible mining disaster for many years has occurred at Courrieres, France, 1219 lives being lost…
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The fire is again raging in the Cour"riers miues of and operations to recover the bodies of the men who have been ailed have been suspended. Hopes…
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