Disastrous Fire. Damage, £300,000. London
A disastrous fire has occurred on the water front at Quebec. A grain eleva tor with 300,000 bushels of wheat, eight sheds full of freight, a cold-storage,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1909
392 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 20
Big Fire at Bega. Narrow Escape of Racehorses. (By Telegraph). Sydney
A fire broke out late last night in Earp-street, Boga, and destroyed three buildings. The damage was consider ably over £4000. A numlber of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Girls Killed at a Fire. Dog Saves Three Lives
Two girls lost their lives and a third seriously injured as the result of a fire which broke out in the early hours of morning at a confectioner's shop tenanted…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fire in Melbourne. a Sawmill Destroyed. Melbourne
Early this morning the sawmill and store and packing depot of Hoadley and Co.'s jam factory, wells-street, South Melbourne, were destroyed by fire, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Officers' Adventure. Englishmen's Escape Between Two Fires
Among the notable incidents in the engagement at Wad Ras, Melilla, was an extraordinary escape of Colonel Lewis, the special correspondent of "The TImes," and Captain Forteseue, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire at Narrabri. Woman Burned to Death. Narrabri
A fire, attended with loss at life, occurred here shortly after 7 o'clock last evening, the victim being an elderly coloured woman named Robinson, who lived with her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Suffragette Prisoner. Drenched with a Fire Hose. (By Cable). London
A suffragette in Strangeways Gaol, Manchester, barricaded her cell with a plank bed. The warders inserted a hose through the cell window and drenched…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Narrabrl
On Friday night a fire broke out in a large weatherboard house in the eastern portion of Narrabr[?] occupied by a family named Robinson. The structure was speedily demolished, and an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Fire at Narrabri. Woman Barned to Death
A fire, attended with loss of life, occurred at Narrabri shortly after 7 o'clock on Friday evening, the victim being an elderly coloured woman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strange Fire in Sydney. Caused by Sun's Rays. (By Telegraph). Sydney
A fire in a grocer's shop at Waverley this morning was caused by the sun's rays on the window setting alight a blind on the inside. Fortunately little…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Fire at Hobart. Damages Estimated at £15,000. HOBART
Ono of the largest fires over seen in Hobart occurred this morning, when the old Exhibition Building suddenly burst into flame, and the whole block in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Liner on Fire. Disaster a Mile From Shore. Loss of 123 Lives. Passengers Leap Into the Sea
The liner Sardinia, leaving Malta yesterday morning (says a London paper of November 28) for Alexandria with 197 persons on board, burst into flame a mile…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wharf on Fire
A are broke out on the German-Australian Steamship Company's wharf, Woolloomooloo. At one time the steamer Varzin was in danger, but the fire was extinguished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fire in Hobart. (By Telegraph). Sydney
One of the largest fires seen in Hobart for many years occurred this morning the Old Exhibition Building, in Mac quarie-street. The building suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Fire at Narrabri. Woman Burned to Death. Narrabri
A fire attended witn loss of life, occurred here shortly after 7 o'clock last evening, the victim being an elderly' coloured woman namod Robinson, who lived with her…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Great Blaze. Adelaide
Tho South Australian Portland Cement Works, near Adelaide, were totally destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at £20,000, and the insurances amount to £12,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A London Fire
a fire has occurred at the leather works of Sir E. Holden at Walsall, Staffordshire, resulting in a loss estimated at £10,000. Much costly machinery and stock was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Aberdeen. Aberdeen
About 2 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in the office of the Aberdeen "Advance" newspaper, which was completely putted, also the barber's shop, owned by Mrs. Hayes, adjoining, and Stephens'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queer Gun Accident. a Dog Fires the Weapon
William Austra (14). while shooting parrots near Tenterfied, laid his gun down while he [?] through the fence to collect the parrots he had should. When returning through the fence the dog he had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Aberdeen. "Advance" Office Destroyed
YESTERDAY morning, word reached Scone that a fire had occurred in Aberdeen early in the morning, in which the office of the Aberdeen…
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