Fire at a Sydney Restaurant. Three People Injured
A fire broke out shortly after 10.30 on Friday in the Australia Restaurant in George-street, near Bridge-street, Sydney. The outbreak originated on the first floor,…
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Fires & bushfires, 1909
392 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 20
Fire at Lithgow. Charred Remains Found. (By Telegraph). Sydney
A fire occurred in an empty weather board cottage in Tank-street, Lithgow, this morning. Upon examination of the debris the charred remains of a man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letter to the Editor. Bush Fires
Sir,—This mouth being the anniversary of the raging visitation of December, 1904, when the greater portion of he Hunter Valley was left in a charred state through bush fires, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hew York Theatre Fires. Panic Stampedes
At three theatre fires in New York, Windsor Theatre with an audience of 700, Murray Hill Theatre with an audience of 1600, and Broadway Theatre stampedes have occurred, resulting in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Very Latest Cables. Great Fire in London. Large Stories Gutted. London, Monday afternoon
A fire has occurred at the drapery stores of Arding and Hobbs, Clapham, London. A panic took place among hundreds who were dressing windows for the Christmas trade or were busy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →High Court. (Before the Chief Justice and Justices O'Connor and Isaacs.) Damage by Fire. Liability of a Lessee. Mitchell V. BROWN
Mr. Loxton and Mr. Hammond, instructed by Messrs. Bowman and Mackenzie, agents for Messrs. Hooke and Main, of Dungog, appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires Near Germanton. Great Damage
Disastrous bush fires devastated the southern part of the Germanton district. Starting near Gerogery Railway Station, 20 miles from Germanton at 11 o'clock in the morning, the fire spread…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great Fire in London. Damages One Million. London, Dec. 21
Further particulara regarding the disastrous fire at Clapham show that Messrs. Arding and Hobbs were housed in a handsome block of buildings covering 100 yards and comprising 50 departments,…
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A disastrous fire started at Warraderry, near Grenfell, caused by a contractor boiling a billy on Scott Bros.' holding. The fire got away, and, sided by the wind, took £400 value of hay in stacks, also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Devastating Bush Fires Destruction of Live Stock, Crops, and Houses. Miles of Country on Fire
A telegram from Albury states that on Tuesday a bush fire extended rapidly from Gerogery to the Tabletop Moun tains, close to the Murray River,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Singleton Argus Thursday, December 23. Bush Fires and Bush Brigades
The enormous damage and danger to human life as the result of the recent bush fires in the State has led to the formation in several places of what are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraph Lines Burned Singleton Cut Off From Sydney. Big Bush Fire in Hawkesbury District
About 10 o'clock on Tuesday tele graphic communication between Single ton and Sydney was suddenly cut off, and up to the time of our going to press had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fires and Panics. Several Perish in the Flames. London
A big fire occurred this evening in Clapham, in the south-east, of London. The outbreak started in the drapery stores of Arding and Hobbs, where, at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Havoc at Urana. Fire Fighters Collapse
The fire on Brookong burned out on Tuesday night. It wrought havoc while it raged during the day, and travelled seven miles through heavily timbered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Clapham Fire. Bight Bodies Recovered. London, Dec. 22
Five bodies have been found in the ruins of Arding and Hobbs' promises, Clapham, raising the number of deaths to eight. There were distressing scenes during the roll…
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The harrowing accounts of the devastating bush-fires that have this week raged in various parts of the Commonworth are truly terrifying, and show that too much…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Selector's Fate. Victim of the Bush Fires. Windsor
News has come to hand that a selector named John Lees, of Bulga Road, Upper Colo, met his death during the bush fires which raged throughout the district on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fires
Kyle's Bute hydro at Rothesday was destroyed by fire, which had its origin in the fusing of an electric wire, Fifty Christmas guests escaped from the building in their nightclothes during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death Trap. Appalling List of Murders by a Woman. Revealed by Fire. Sultors Killed and Burled on a Farm
The most appalling series of crimes that even America has furnished has just been accidently brought to light. A woman is the suspected person, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bush Fires
A disastrous fire started at Warraderry, near Grenfell, caused by a contractor boiling a billy on Scott Bros.' holding. The fire got away, and, aided by the wind, toot £400 valne of hay in stacks, als…
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