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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
886 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 45
Captain Courtney has wirelessed his wife that he was forced down owing to an outbreak of fire. He describes it as the nastiest incident in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Board of Fire Commissioners will visit Muswellbrook on their annual tour of inspection, and while here will present long-service medals to Firemen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After having been stolen earlier in the evening, a motor car, belonging to Mr. W. Campbell,' of Bondi, was found destroyed by fire at South…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Lord Cushendun's mansion, on the Antrim coast, has been destroyed by fire. It is recalled that the Sinn Feiners destroyed his lordship's…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Pluckily putting into practice the knowledge gained in their fire drill, nurses and sisters of Glengarlcn private hospital, North Sydney/fought and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The statements that the glacier dam at Yapehan, on the Shyok River, in the mountains of Kashmir had burst, releasing a vast volume of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage running into several thousands of pounds was a fire which broke .out in a block of buildings at the corner of Pitt and Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The District Coroner (Mr. W. T. Seaward), on Friday last conducted an inquiry in Scone into the circumstances surrounding the fire which, at Wingen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The motor fire engine of the West Maitland station, which was sent to Sydney about three months age for overhaul and repair, was returned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The staff of Mr. W. H. Green's store received a fright on Friday night about 8.45 p.m. when smoke blew in the back door. Investigation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Harry David Smythe, aged about 45 years, a well-known farmer; of Bruce Rock, West Australia, was found dead in his bed in strange…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A verdict of arson was returned by the Scone district coroner (Mr. W. T. Seaward) at the inquiry into the recent fire at Wingen, which destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What is probably one of the oldest land marks of Osterley, on the Lower Hunter, was gutted by fire of its wood work and roof last evening. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A father and mother and two children perished in a fire here which gutted the home of Joe Klaiman. The mother made a brave attempt to save two of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Wednesday there was excitement in Clarence, Town that usually quiet spot at the head of navigation on the Williams. A motorist…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What is probably one of the oldest land marks of Osterley, on the Lower Hunter, was gutted by fire of its wood work and roof on Tuesday. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A verdict of arson was returned by the Scone district coroner (Mr. W. T. Seaward) at the inquiry into the recent fire at Wingen, which destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Harry David Smythe, aged about 45 years, a well-known farmer, of Bruce Rock, West Australia, was found dead in his bed in strange…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →At about 10.30 last night S. J. Crotty's billiard saloon and residence, in Millfield-street, Paxton, was totally destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire at Wingham early this morn-ing destroyed eleven weatherboard shops in the heart of the town. The Taroo fire brigade reached the…
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