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Hunter Valley · Fires & bushfires
632 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 32
Despite every effort to obtain complete details of the number of deaths caused by the earthquake, it is still impossible to do more than guess at it. Reliable estimates place the total in Napier at 300, while travellers who have returned to Wellington state that over the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr H. B. Morris, Captain of Singleton Fire Brigade, has received the following letter:— Sir,—Kindly convey to the members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A boat shed, containing two boats and a fishing net, were destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock this morning. The Stockton Fire Brigade was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Four boys were badly burned in a fire which occurred late on Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stark tragedy has followed in the wake of the fire which occurred at Messrs Barringham & Johnston's joinery works on Sunday afternoon. Two of the four young boys who were burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ray Barringham and Gordon Johnston, the two boys who died as a result of the burns they received in Sunday's tragic fire, are to be buried…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hilary laughed, a little shaken laugh without any mirth in it. "He might bring an action for assault and battery," she said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A disastrous fire, in which two buses were practically destroyed, and another was severely damaged, occurred on Sunday morning, at a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The police are enquiring into a fire which occurred early this morning in a weatherboard cottage in Trevor-street, Telerah…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extensive damage was caused by a fire which broke out in a two-storey building owned by Mr. A. Froome at 140 and 142…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On enquiry at the Cessnock Hospital this afternoon it was ascertained that the condition of Johnston, who was seriously burned in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Impressive scenes were witnessed at the funeral of Ray Barringham and Gordon Johnston, the two lads…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At its meeting last night Cessnock Municipal Council carried a motion of sympathy, and decided to send a letter of condolence to Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At a meeting of the Singleton Municipal Council last night, Alderman J. B. Kennedy said that he though the time had come when some way should be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →So Hilary passed the next few days in a kind of sick, cold waiting, waiting for the open clash that must come now between the two men with whose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At least four men were too badly burned for identification, and over 80 fine horses, valued at 500,000 dollars, were killed when a lire destroyed the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deeply impressive were the last sad rites in connection with the tragic fire drama which resulted in the deaths of Ray Barringham…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The police are enquiring into a fire which occurred early on Thursday in a weatherboard cottage in Trevor-street, Telarah…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extensive damage was caused by a fire which broke out in a two-storey building owned by Mr. A. Froome at 140 and 142…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A boat shed, containing two boats and a fishing net, wore destroyed by fire at 2 a.m. on Monday. The Stockton Fire Brigade was…
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