Maitland Coalmines. Fire at Kurri Kurri
The Kurri fire brigade responded to an alarm of fire that was given about 7 o'clock last evening. It appears that a little before the time stated neighbours of Mr. Coxley in…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
559 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 28
Fire in Sydney. Glass Works Destroyed
Had it not been for the prompt action of the fire brigade, a blaze which would certainly have resulted in a serious explosion and the total destruction of an extensive plant,…
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Bisgrove and Sons' furniture factory, in Parramatta-road, Forest Lodge, opposite the veterinary school, in the University grounds, was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Suffragettes. Epidemic of Fires. London
In connection with the destruction by fire of a pavilion on the Pier at Great Yarmouth, which was caused by a suffragette's the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suffragette Fires. Heavy Losses. London, Monday evening
The chairman of an insurance company meeting at Liverpool stated that fire losses in the United Kingdom for 1913, due to suffragettes, were estimated at £250,000…
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New York, Saturday.—A disastrous fire broke out early this morning in a five-storeyed tenement building in the city; and 11 people have been killed or…
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When the firebell gave the alarm a little before nine o'clock last evening there was a good deal of excitement in the unusually crowded streets. The fire was reported to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest News by Wire. Fire at West Wyalong. Sydney, Friday afternoon
A four-roomed weatherboard cottage, owned by G. Lillas, and occupied by J. Nicholls, was destroyed, with its contents, by fire, at West Wyalong. A fire broke out…
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Bisgrove and Sons' furniture factory, in Parramatta-road, Forest Lodge, opposite the veterinary school, in the University grounds, was destroyed by fire on Saturday evening…
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Had it not been for the prompt action of the fire brigade, a blaze which would certainly have resulted in a serious explosion and the total destruction of an extensive plant…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Boarding House Fire. Exciting Episodes. New York
During a fire in a boarding House a man who tried to escape over a roof fell and was killed. Another man was descending when the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Suffragists. a £15,000 Fire. London, April 17
Suffragettes have burnt an unoccupied mansion at Londonderry. A fire due to a women's suffragist bomb destroyed the pavilion on the Britannia Pier…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney, Saturday afternoon. Fire at Cronulla
At about 9.15 o'clock last night a fire destroyed a four-roomed weatherboard cottage at the intersection of Downing and Cronulia roads, Cronulla. The house, which was fully…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Isle of Man
Government House in the Isle of Man was partly destroyed by fire. The Lieutenant-Governor, Lord Raglan, lady Raglan, and family had narrow ascapes from the burn-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Sydney. Fireman's Dreadful Fall
Late on Saturday night a fire was discovered in the warehouse of the Oriental Tea Company, Kent-street, Syd. ney which resulted in the upper…
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A fire occurred the bunker coal on hoard the steamer Toka Marn at Gisborno, New Zealand. The flames are not yet subdued…
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Remarkable scenes on a British vessel were described at Bristol when, at the instance or the Board of Trade, Captain George Arthur, master of the steamship Nith, was charged…
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A large building in Sussex-street, Sydney, in which three firms curried on business, was partly destroyed by fire this morning. The damage is estimated at over £1000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Ulster Fire. Belfast, May 2
The Opera House and the Hippodrome adjoining are ablaze. It is feared that both buildings will be totally desetroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in London. Narrow Escaped. London, Sunday evening
A fire occurred at St. Stephen's Club, Victoria Embankment. It spread rapidly, and the upper floor was quickly burnt out. Fourteen pial [?]evant [?]…
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