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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
466 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 24
At 11 o'clock on Sunday an explosion was heard at Charters Towers, and the public rushed to the fire brigade station, which was found to be enveloped in dynamite smoke. An…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mrs. Duffy was burnt to death this morning at St. Kilda, through her house catching fire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LATER details of the disaster to the steamer Cairnona, which caught fire in the Channel whilst outward bound for America with 900 emigrants…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Telamon, of 4509 tons, owned (by. the Ocean S.S. Company (Holt's Blue Funnel line), from Sydney, March 2, for London and Liverpool. has arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early, on Wednesday morning Mr. Rupert Robinson, who lives in Islington, noticed flames in Mr. N. Carpenter's iron foundry close by, and he at once ran to Islington…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire has occurred at Mandalay, Burses destroying a long stretch of business and de[?]ling houses, and causing damage estimated of 12 lacs of rupees (about £90,000)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fire on the steamer Telamon, at Perris on the Red Sen, has been extinguished. The cargo in the lower hold (apples, &c., has been discharged with the utmost rapidity, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An explosion occurred in oil tanks at the free harbour in Hamburg, resulting in three warehouses taking fire, and in several fatalities…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The German-Australian steamer Sonneberg has arrived at Aden from Adelaide, February 13, via Java, with her No. 3 hold afire. Owing to a difficulty in reaching the seat of the fire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A fire destroyed the Connecticut County Gaol. The prisoners were removed to safety, but six firemen perished in the and five others were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The insulation apparatus on the Telamon, which took fire at Perim, has been partly destroyed. The captain reports that hair the apples were in fair condition, but 4000 cases…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another big fire, the sixth within a week occurred at Palmerston North (N.Z.) on Wednesday morning,when the Sash and Door Company's factory was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Early on Wednesday morning Mr. Rupert Robinson, who lives in Islington, noticed flames in Mr. N. Carpenter's iron foundry close by, and he at once ran to Islington…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At 11 o'clock on Sunday morning an explosion was heard at Charters Towers, and the public rushed to the fire brigade station, which was found to be enveloped in dynamite smoke. An…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Several hundreds of families in North Essex have, says the “Daily Mail,” been plunged into despair through the [?] which on December 9 destroyed Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There shops were destroyed by fire at Coff's Harbour last night. The insurances total £1550…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Giving evidence on Monday, January 24, at the inquest at Croydon (Eng.) on the bodies of Mr. and. Mrs Barnshaw, who lost their lives in a fire at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire at the Nikkolai railway terminius, St. Petersburg, destroyed hay and other morehandise to the value of [?]100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A fire at Lake Charles, Lousiana, U.S.A., caused damage estimated at two million dollars ([?]4000,000), and rendered 2000 persons homeless…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A gymnasium in the grounds of St. Paul's Church of England at Stockton was totally destroyed by fire this morning. The brigades had to battle lo save the church building from a…
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