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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
466 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 20 of 24
A serious fire occurred at Robert Jackson's butchery premises in King-street, Newtown, in the early hours of this morning. Jackson's wife and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The village of Warren , Minnesota (U.S.A.) is on fire. Neighbouring towns have been appealed to for help…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A hut occupied by an old mun named Jamas Ryan was burnt to the ground last night, and Ryan perished in the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At an early hour this morning a four-storied brick building occupied by Messrs. Goulston and Co., anctioneers, and situated midway between George and Pitt streets, near Park-street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At about 2.45 this morning the Aberdare Colliery whistle sounded an alarm of fire, and a little while afterwards the Cessnock firebell rang A message was also sent through the post office…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A fire in the medical section of the Toulouse University destroyed 80,000 volumes, and caused damage estimated at £30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cafe Rosmos at the Brussels exhibition has been burnt. The English firemen energetically isolated the Cafe, and the surrounding places were unharmed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prairie fires are reported from Yorkton, Quappelle, and Indian Head, Assiniboia, doing enormous damage to grain and live stock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A shed containing 60,000 bales of cotton has been burnt at Alexandria. The damage is estimated at £200,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Tuesday evening last, about seven o'clock, a fire broke out in a new barn belonging to Mr A. Stacy, of Mundewol. The barn, a quantity of hay, all the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Otis, proprietor of the Los Angeles "Times," and Mr. Harry Chanler, who were arrested on a charge of criminal libel directed against the labour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. A. Stacy, of Mundewoi, is a serious loser as the result of a fire, which broke out in a new barn on Tuesday night. The barn, a quantity of hay, all the farming implements, a buggy, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The promises of Pathe Freres. manufacturers of moving pictures, Melbourne were destroyed by fire last night. The damage is estimated at £4000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire occurred on Thursday in the warehouse district of Pittsburg. Great damage was done, but no life was lost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The promises of Pathe Freres, cinematograph him manufacturers, of Queen-street, were destroyed by fire last night. Much valuable, stock was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A weatherboard cottage at Epping was burned to the ground early this morning. The occupants, Mrs Beveridge and family, barely esearied with their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further fires took place in the Brussels Exhibition on Friday, but were extinguished before much damage was done. There are some evidences that the fires were due to incendiarism…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sub-District Officer Phillips, who has retired from control of the West Maitland Fire Brigade Station, after a long service as a volunteer fireman, has been granted leave of absence to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The loss from forest fires in the national forests of the States of Montana and [?]daho amounted to no less than 30,000,000 dollars. The fires swept…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Vancouver, Saturday-A lunatic asylum at Manitoba was destroyed by fire. Six hundred patients were released. A snowstorm was raging at the time…
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