Fire at Mona Vale. Damage Estimated at £10,000
The occupants of a large boarding establishment at Mona Vale, near Newport, known as La Corniche, were awakened by the smell of smoke, accompanied later by…
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Fires & bushfires, 1912
581 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 30
Grass Fire at "Clifdale."
An outbreak of fire took place on Mr D. Faulkner's property, "Clifdale," on Thursday afternoon, caused, it is supposed, by a spark from a passing locomotive…
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Particulars of a fire at Pittsworth show that a number of persons had narrow escapes, being rescued from a burning building with great difficulty. Although there are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cable News. London, Jan. 8. Big Fire
A fire at Hess Bros. oil works at Leeds consumed 30,00 gallons of oil. Three firemen were injured through exploding oil casks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Devastating New York Fire. Loss of a Million Sterling. New York
A marble building of nine stories, occupied by the Equitable Life Assurance Society and other great commercial corporations, has been destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great New York Fire. Losses of Life. New York
The fire at the Equitable Assurance building cost six lives. Three of the employees were cut off on the roof and perished, one of the number…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Disastrous Fire. Immense Destruction. Loss of Life. (By Cable). New York
A disastrous fire broke out at Marblehead, in the State of Massachusetts, in the building of the Equitable Life Assurance Company…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Laiest News by Telegraph. Fire at Hay
A wire from Hay states that a big fire broke out in the business portion of the town this morning, and that although the firemen bud there hydrants at work the flumes, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Fire. Equitable Building at New York Destroyed. Supposed Fire-proof Structure. Dreadful Scenes of Death. New York
The marble head office of the Equitable Life Assurance, in Broadway, has been gutted, and ten lives are known to have been lost. The…
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The East Maitland Athletic Club has arranged for a great competition of fire brigades in connection with their annual sports gathering on the Banks-street reserve on…
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The occupants of a large boarding establishment at Mona Vale, near Newport, known as La Mona Vale, near4 Newport, known as La Corniche, were awakened by the smell of smoke, accompanied later by…
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The railway warehouses at Danzig, which were filled with sugar, wool, and saltpetre, have been burnt. The damage is estimated at £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Blaze in Nova Scotia. Gale Hampers Firemen. Halifax (Nova Scotia)
The offices of the "Halifax Herald" have been destroyed by fire. A gale hampered the work of the fire-fighters. Several mercantile offices and the United States Consulate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Hay. Considerable Damage Done
In connection with the fire at Hay, mentioned in last issue, shortly after eleven o'clock on Thursday night, a large two-story building at the corner of Alma and Lachlan Streets was discovered on fire on…
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A [?] building of nine stories, occupied by the Equitable Life Assurance Society and other great commercial corporntions, has been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Devastating New York Fire. Loss of a Million Sterling. New York
A marble building of nine stories, occupied by the Equitable. Life Assurance Society and other great commercial corporations, has been destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fire at Kurri
A telephonic message received at the Fire Brigade Station this afternoon by Subdistrict-official Harper, stated that a big bush fire was raging at North Kurri, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Leper Station. NeW BEDFORD (Mass.), Jan. 14
The buildings at the leper station on Peniked Island were destroyed by fire, and it is believed that some of the inmates perished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Maitland Coalmines. Bush Fires
Bush Bros were [?]ning in all directions in the South Maitland district yesterday on several occasions property was in danger. At about 3 p.m. the Kurri Fire Brigade…
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