Fire at Mayfield. Cottage and Shop Destroyed
A destructive fire occurred at Mayfield, just beyond the North Coast railway bridge, on Sunday night, resulting in a four-roomed dwelling and small grocery shop, the…
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Fires & bushfires, 1913
580 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 14 of 29
Fire in Mine. Flames Belching Forth. (By Telegraph) Brisbane
A fire broke out at Fairbank colliery, near [?]wich, yesterday. The flames to day were belching 20 feet from the tunnel mouth. Fortunately the pit has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Coalmines. Fire at North Kurri
Shortly after eight o'clock last, evening, a fire broke out at the residence of Mr. W. Shields, in Victoria-street, North Kurri. All the members of the family were away at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Sydney. Serious Damage. Sydney
Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning Constable Davies, of Clarence-street police station, noticed a five on the top floor of No.230 Clarence-street. The Building, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South African Strike Furious Fighting. Houses Set on Fire
Johannesburg, Saturday.—The" trams and' trains are held up, and the municipal power cut off. The city is in temporary darkness…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire in Melbourne. Great Consternation Melbourne
A fire broke out on the fourth floor of the Australian Club Melbourne, early this morning Huge tongues of fire gave the impression that the whole of the top floor wan well alight,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire in Melbourne. (By Cable.) Melbourne
Early this morning a fire broke out on the fourth floor of the Australian Club, in William-street. The sleepers in the upper bedrooms were aroused just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unruly Cadets. Fire Marker's Hut. (By Telegraph.) Fremantle
For some time past, the military authorities in the goldfields have had trouble with a large number of cadets. On Tuesday the lads unfoofed a shed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Mortlake School
A lire broke out at Mortlake Public School to-day. The building was considerably damaged before the flames were subdued. The scholars had just left the class-room when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canadian Forest Fires. Ottawa, July 4
Refugees arriving at North Bay tell thrilling stories of the terrific bush fires and the attendant loss of the life in the Porcupine and [?] River districts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fire in Sydney. Serious Damage. Sydney
Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning, Constable Davies, of Clarence-street police station, noticed a fire on the top floor of No. 230 Clarence-street. The building, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Gundagai
Three business premises were destroyed by fire at Gundagai to-day. The Premier (Mr. Holman) who was staying at an hotel next door, together with members of his party,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire. £20,000 Worth of Damage. Sydney, Monday afternoon
The Standard Boot Factory, C[?], was destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning. The damage is estimated at £20,000. Over one hundred employers have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Wagga. Heavy Damages
The fire which broke out in the product [?]of Prescott's, Ltd., Wnggga, on Friday [?] was still burning on Monday. The premise[?] tained about 10,000 bags of chaff. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Second Balkan Blaze. Poor Bulgaria Defeated and Humiliated. "The Boy and the Nuts."
CABLES report that Bulgaria, which State bore the brunt of the fight with Turkey, has, in the subsequeut struggle with her former allies over the division of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Gundagal. Chemist's Bad Luck. Sydney
A fire at Gundagai early this morning destroyed an oyster saloon, a chemist's shop, and a furniture store. The chemist, a Mr Watt, has been [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →280 Schoolboys in a Fire. Escape in Night Clothes Down Canvas Chutes
Two hundred and eighty schoolboys, many in their night clothes, escaped from a fire at 2.30 on the morning of June 5 at St. John's School. Leaderhead. About 100…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Model Butter F, Ctory. Bowthorne Company's Branch at Gresford. Guarding Against Fire
Profiting by the disaster which befel them some months ago, in the destruction of the branch factory at Gresford by fire, the directors of Bowthorne Cooperative…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Wagga. Heavy Damages
The fire which broke out in the produce stores of Prescott's, Ltd., Wagga, on Friday morning, was still burning on Monday. Tho premises contained about 10,000 bags of chaff. There was also…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Fire in Sulphur Mine. Forty Fatalities. Rome
Forty miners have been killed through a fire in a sulphur mine at San glova[?] (Si[?]). a bean of bodies was found at the pit bottom, where men fought for places…
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