Fire at the Sanitary Depot
A serious fire occurred at the sanitary depot on Friday night, was not discovered until Saturday night, and not reported to the police until yesterday morning. A large…
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Fires & bushfires, 1913
580 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 29
Big Manchester Blaze. London, Sept. 4
One of the largest fires that has ever occurred in Manchester broke out in a bonded store on the Bridgewater Canal last night. The building was filled with oil, butter, and…
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The new fire station at Abermain has been completed, and yesterday afternoon the keys were, on behalf of the Board of Fire Commissioners, handed over to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Coalmines. Fire at Kurri Kurri
A three-roomed weatherboard cottage in Northcote-street, Kurri, with contents, was (destroyed by fire at about 11.20 a.m. yesterday, Thursday. The cottage was owned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shops Burnt. Blaze at Springwood
A fire occurred at Springwood on 28th ult., and four shops were burnt to the ground. The buildings, which were attached, wera a hairdressers' shop, occupied by W. Brown:…
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London, Thursday.—One of the largest fires that has ever occurred in Manchester broke out in a bonded store on the Bridgewater Canal last night. The…
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The warehouse [?] the Bridgewater Canal, Manchester, in which a fire occurred last night, has been gutted. Immense crowds of people watched the flames, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Surry Hills. Caused by Crackers
Some children who were playing with fireworks caused a blaze at Surry Hills on Monday afternoon, and the premises of A. Dare and Sons, theatre decorators, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Terrific Steamship Fire. Sensational Scenes. New York
The steamer Imperator, with 1000 steerage passengers, was the scene or a terrific fire when near to Hoboken Docks. The second officer and a seamen were cut…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →City Destroyed by Fire. Immense Damages. Hot Springs (Arkansas), Sept. 6
A fire destroyed 30 business blocks. The damage is estimated at a million sterling. The fire originated in a negro's dwelling, and rapidly spread throughout the city,…
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A remarkable story of a woman who set fire to herself in anger was related at Aldershot at the inquiry into the death of Mary Kate Burns, a married woman. One Sunday she wished to go out, but her husband…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Manchester Warehouse Fire. London. Sept. 5
One of the largest fires that has ever occurred in Manchester broke out in a bonded store on the Bridgewater Canal last night. The building was filled with oil, butter, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →City Destroyed by Fire. Immense Damages. Hot Springs (Arkansas). Sept. 6
A fire destroyed 30 business blocks. The damage is estimated at a million sterling. The fire originated in a negro's dwelling, and rapidly spread throughout the city,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →House on Fire. Mosman Blaze
A large two-storied house in Raglan-street, Mosman, owned and occupied by Mr. W. N. M'Leod, was seriously damaged by fire on Thursday night…
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An inquiry re the cause of the late fire at the sanitary depot on the Common will be held by the district coroner on Wednesday next…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ill-starred Exhibition. Another Fire at Ghent. Ghen, Sept. 18
The Ghent Txhibition again suffered by fire last night. It started at midnight in the Rheinland Restaurant, and spread to a shop adjoining the confectioners' and bakers'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →19 Hours in a Pit Fire. Man's Life to Save His Mates
Many heroic deeds were performed in the attempts to rescue twenty-six miners who were imprisoned by fire in one of the pits of the Carron Company at…
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In a fire in a Jewish tenement house at Bow one man was incinerated in an attic, and another perished in an unsuccessful effort to rescue his daughter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire. Cottage Totally Destroyed
A disastrous fire occurred shortly before two o'clock on Sunday morning at the residence of Mr. Alick Eckford, in Park-street, resulting in the total destruction of the house…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Fire. St. Petersburg
Six hundred houses and many commercial establishments at Ningura have been burnt. The damages sustained are very heavy…
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