Fire at Cessnock. Three Shops Burned to the Ground. Christmas Morning Incident
About 3 o'clock on Christmas morning, a block of throe shops in Vincent street, Cessnock, almost opposite the intersection of Aberdare…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
559 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 28
Big Bush Fire. Several Miles Wide
A large bush fire which broke out in the National Park district, near Sydney, on Thursday afternoon, assumed serious proportions last evening and was clearly visible…
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Seeker. "There goes a gallant old fellow. He had three horses shot under him during the Franco-Prussian war." Sageman: "Is that a fact?"…
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Mr. P. S. M'Phillamy's fine , residence, "Glendower" on the Vale-road, a few miles from Bathurst. was totally destroyed by fire on Christmas Day. The building was of two…
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A fire destroyed the front portion of Groth and Co.'s paint, oil, and glassstore, in George-street, Sydney, on Tuesday. The damage is estimated at…
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A fire at Rosewood, Queensland this morning destroyed nine buildings consisting of the Hotel Royal, a bank and seven shops. The debris left from corals made into…
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A serious fire occurred on Monday in the heart of Sydney, when the large premises of Messrs. H. H. Groth and Co., 525 George-street, were gutted for the second…
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London, Thursday.—A five story tenement house on the East Side, New York, was burnt down early yesterday morning. The inmates, who were, in bed,…
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At 12 o'clock on the 31st December closes the books of the fire brigade for the year ending 1913. Some interesting particulars are made available of…
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One of the most disastrous fires which has occurred around Adelaide for many years duke, out at Messrs. A. Pengelly & Co.'s cabinet-making factory, South-road,…
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Driven by fire in her bunkers to seek assistance in Melbourne port, the tramp steamer LLford, arrived in Hebson's Bay on Friday night…
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A disastrous fire broke out in Vincent-street, Cessnock, on the 25th [?] when shops occupied by Theo. Katiatas, Donald Robertson, and James Hartley, and…
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Five men and three women have been killed through a tenement house fire in the crowded cast side of the city of New York. Four jumped from fire escapes, and were,…
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During a temporary failure of the water system, a fire broke out here and destroyed a block of houses and stores, the loss being estimated at 500,000 dollars…
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On Thursday night, before a record crowd, Miss Marie Thelin, the Swedish diver; made her first appearance at the White City, Sydney, in an amazing…
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Late on Saturday night a large boardinghouse, the "Chateau de Bellevue," Brown-street and Glenmore-road, Paddington, was destroyed by fire…
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A four-roomed wood cottage, with outhouses, in North-street, Greta, owned and occupied by Mr. Ernest Childs was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening. Heavy volumes…
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Serious bush fires have occurred in the Germanton district, but the flames were checked after a hard battle. A big fire is also raging at Dora Dora, on the Upper…
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As Mr. H. M. Baker, our local tailor, was taking a cool stroll up the street from his house on Sunday night at about 12 o'clock, he noticed…
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At a meeting of the Hunter District Water and Sewerage Board at Newcastle yesterday, a report from the board engineer was read in regard to recent fires in South…
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