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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
466 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 24
A fire occurred at Hurstville this morning, when a large weatherboard cottage was partly destroyed, and the occupier. Oswald Merrin, a poultry farmer in a large wav of business, and living stone, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fires are now raging in four States, and it is estimated that between 3000 and 4000 men are fighting the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A collision has occurred on the Grand Trunk Railway at Durana, Michigan, U.S.A. Eighteen sleeping car passengers were killed and twenty others injured. The wreckage of the trains took…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shortly after noon to-day a somewhat serious fire broke out in the starboard bunker of the steamer Indrani, 4994 tons (Capt. Wise), which was lying at No. 4 basin crane loading Seaham…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire occurred at Hurstville on Thursday arge weatherboard cottage was partly death and the occupier, Oswald Merrin, a poultry [?] in a large way of business. and living ialone…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The authorities at Washington are conferring with the Commandant of Coast Artillery with a view to the simultaneous firing of big guns on the war ships and in the forts to cause a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some idea of the awful havne wrought by the late forest fires is afforded by official statements published today. It is estimated that the damage caused this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A hundred square miles of country is on fire in Iduho, and at Wallace 30 persons have been burnt to death. There are thousands of refugees at Missoula,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At about 12.30 on Thursday, when the Newcastle and Hunter River steamship Company's cargo steamer Archer was off Terrigal, on the trip from Sydney to Morpeth, the startling…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lloyd's surveyor, Captain Vellacotte, is engaged to-day making a thorough survey of the steamer Indrani, whose bunker coal was afire all day yesterday while the vessel was loading…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Lytton states that the British section at the Brussels, Exhibition was destroyed in five minutes. The British pictures and old plate were in a separate section and had not been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At Spokane immense sums have been spent in relief to the victims of the forest fires, but thousands are still desti tute. There is rain to-day in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Sunday evening a fire was discover ed in the residence of Mr Isaac Bunton. Brookstown, Wallsend. It was quickly reported that Mrs Buxton, It was quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rain is quenching the forest fires in Montana and Idaho. Seventy-three forestry employees are dead or missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The ringing of the fire-bell a[?] o'clock yesterday afternoon caused [?] excitement. It was ascertained that a [?] had broken out in the stables of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Explosion of gas caused fire in a hospital at Henares in Portugal. The firemen res[?] 20 panic stricken women and girls through [?] the windows of the dormitories and thirteen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vancouver, Tuesday.—The forest fires west of Cascades, on the northern bank of the Columbia River, Washington, have broken out with renewed fierceness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The ringing of the fire-bell about two o'clock on Tuesday afternoon last caused excitement, and a large muster of people made their way to the Imperial Hotel,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A remarkable series of wandering thunderstorms raged throughout the South of England and on parts of the Continent early in the week (said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A sensational accident occurred here last evening at the opening of McKearn's new picture stadium. During the operation of screening the pictures the film caught fire, and the blaze…
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