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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
380 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 19
From Paris, on the night of September 20, the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— A fire of a most disastrous character,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In connection with the matter of fire risks at Lorn, Mr. William McLauchlin, agent for the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company, has been informed that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir.—I notice in your issue of the 28th November a report of the meeting of the Municipal Coucil. wherein reference is made to the lighting of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is again a pleasure to note the progress and popularity of the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a first favorite throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is again a pleasure to note the progress and popularity, of the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company, a first favorite throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Traction is a question of the greatest importance, and the Council has always been alive to its urgency," says S. G. J. Hoare, writing in the "Empire Review" on "The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The great height and immense value of buildings in modern cities make fire-fighting equipment and appliances of great cost an undoubted economy. New York is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The country towns of New South are beginning to organise a united opposition to the Fire Brigades Bill, now before Parliament, and not without good reason…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fire was discovered this morning on board the steam tug Bobbie Burns, lying at the A.U.S.N. Company's wharf. The fire originated in the coal bunker. The vessel was considerably damaged fore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush fires broke out on Togauman and Kerarbury stations, near Darlington Point, yesterday, and burnt about 12,000 acres of grass…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →four-storeyed premises in Kent-street, Sydney, occupied by Messrs A. Sonnefeld and Sons, clothing manufacturers; Farteigh and Nettheim boot…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr Arthur Roberts, the popular comedian, was badly injured during a fire at a hotel at Aberavon, Glamorganshire, where he was staying. The hotel was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The country towns of New South Wales are beginning to organise a united opposition to the Fire Brigades Bill, now before Parliament, and not without good reason…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Peter Mullavey, while engaged in fighting a bush fire at Mullengandra, in the Albury district, on Monday, sustained serious injuries. He climbed a tree to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr J. G. Fletcher, a Wagga district squatter, underwent a thrilling experience, which resulted in painful, though not serious consequences, last week. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE bush fire at Bongongo is still raging fiercely. Up to the present 10,000 acres of country have been swept. On Saturday and Sunday the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The weather is extremely boisterous To-day a bush fire commenced in a south-westerly direction from here. With a heavy wind behind it the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Herald Square Theatre, Broadway, New York, has been destroyed by fire. The audience and the actors effected a narrow escape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During a heavy thunderstorm at Blackbeath on Monday night there was an unusually loud peal of thunder. Simulaneously a large ball of fire burst forth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A cable was received in Sydney to-day to the effect that the steamer paparoa, 6683 tons, which left pert Chalmers, New Zealand, for London on November 11th, had put into St. Vincent on fire…
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