East Greta Colliery Fire
Nothing fresh has transpired un cornucetion with the fire in No. 1 Tunnel of the East Greta Colliery. The seals are holding well…
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Fires & bushfires, 1914
559 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 28
Big Fires in Country. Destruction at Tenterfield and Gilgandra
A big fire occurred at Tenterfield about 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning. Originating in a brick general store in Mainstreet, occupied by Whit Roper, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Fire. Dante (Virginia) Jan. 28
[?] labourers eight of them negroea died of suffocation followley on the outbreak of a fire in a funned which is under construction on the Carollra-Ohio railroad…
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Tuesday's fire at the Salvation Army Home, Taringa, found its sequel in the city police court, Brisbane, on Wednesday, when Jane Nightingale, 26, laundress appeared,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Weston. Shop in Station-street Gutted. Kurri Kurri
A destructive fire broke out in Mr. Robert Connell's stationary and fancy goods shop in station-street, Weston, at about 11.50 p.m. last night. The Weston fire bridge…
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Bush fires are raging all over the district and many homesteads had narrow escape from burning. Fires broke out near the town yesterday, necessitating the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Weston
At about 10 o'clock last night an outbreak of fire occurred at the residence of Mr. Alex, Fraser, second-street, Weston. The fire resulted through the upsetting of a kerosene…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Fire in Sydney. Drapery Emporium Gutted. £50.000 Loss
The most disastrous outbreak of fire this year occurred last night, when the promises occupied by Sydney Snow, Limited, at the corner of Pitt and Liverpool streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire. Rescue Home Burnt. Three People Killed. Brisbane
A fire took place in the early hours of this morning at Taringa, near Brisbane, where a large two-storied wooden building, occupied by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bush Fires Prevalent
A large area of bush land around the township of Kurri has been swept by fire during the week. What appeared to be large fires were to be soon at Frequent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Weston
Another alarm of fire was given at 9 o'clock last night at Weston, when the captain of the brigade with five men and a reel turned out. On arrival at the scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Tenterfield. Buildings Destroyed
Following the fire at Tenterfield on Box Day—then stated to be the larges in the history of the town—another still larger a curred about 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire at Manilla. Damage Estimated at £6000
A disastrous fire occurred at Manilla about 1 o'clock on Monday, when Mrs. Swain's Royal Hotel and Appell's tobacconist and hairdressing shop were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Rescue Home Fire. Woman Before the Court
Tuesday's fire at the Salvation Army Home, Taringa, found its sequel in the Brisbane Police Court on Wednesday, when Jane Nightingale, 20 years of age,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Serious Fire at Cessnock. Business Premises Damaged
A disastrous fire occurred in Vincent-street, Cessnock, on Sunday afternoon, and before the flames were got under control by the firemen serious damage was occasioned…
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One of the most disastrous fires which has taken place in Sydney during recent years occurred on Thursday night, when the drapery establishment of Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Mascot. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Another fire occurred at Mascot this morning. Stables occupied by a greengrocer named F. Brown were destroyed, and two horses were roasted to death…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire Breaks Out Afresh. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The fire broke out afresh at Snow's this morning, but the firemen checked it in a short space of time. The ruins are still smouldering,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Fire in Brisbane Four Women Victims. Others Injured
A fire broke out at the Salvation Army Home at Taringa. near Brisbane, at three on Tuesday morning. The flames spread with alarming rapidity and practically the…
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