Richmond River Flood Relief Scheme
SYDNEY, THURSDAY. — The Minister for Works laid on the table of the Assembly last night, a report, by Mr. D. M'Mordie, dealing with a proposal for a flood relief channel…
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Floods & storms, 1893
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The Queensland and New South Wales Floods. The "Evening News" speaks out for the Colony
CHARITY abroad. A very [?]anny committed has been working Sydney and the country districts, and has been "through them" with such effect as to have raised about £8000, in addition to the nearly similar…
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IT is evident that New South Wales is getting the reversion of the great Queensland cyclone which causud so much damage in and around Brisbane, and which also touched the northorn portions of this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hunter in Flood. Most Disastrous Ever Known. 5 Feet Deep in Home Street. The Uiver 30 Feet High. Flooded Out in Newcastle and Suburbs
DETAILS of the flood show that the water reached places never before touched within the recollection of the oldest residents. We are told that Eckford's farm lands and…
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MR. EDTIOR.—The writer "Alert" would like to convey the Impression that my sehem[?] for flood prevention was borrowed from the proposal of A[?]d. See, and he has taken the trouble to give dutes when that…
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Mr, EDITOR.—In reply to a subscriber re the Carrs Creek flood boat, I wish to Inform him (he evidently being a new arrival on the creek) that there is already a caretaker appointed (Mr. C. Barnier) by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Hunter River Floods The Enormous Losses in Buildings, Cattle and Crops. The New Channel Cut by the River. (From the "Daily Telegraph's" Reporter.)
MAITLAND Monday, 9 p.m.—The floods are at last making a substantial subsidence East Maitland is virtually clear, though the waters continue to rush with a tremendous…
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THE northern coastal districts have been positively deluged. The Clarence flood losses are estimated at £100,000, and when we add to them the damages at Kempsey and Maitland…
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MR. EDITOR.—On a visit to Copmanhurst a few days since, I was grieved to see the amount of damage the late floods have caused to the crops on the best parts of…
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IN a conversation with a representative of the Herald, respecting his own proposal for minimising damages by floods on the Hunter, also those…
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Mr. EDITOR—The flood-prevention scheme is creating more attention than it otherwise would, because of the rival claims that have been set up for originality of conception…
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THE Trustees met at the Grafton Council Chambers yesterday. Present—The Mayor (presiding), Alderman Turnbull (Ulmarra), Mr. E. Shields, Lawrence; E. Arnold,…
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ALTHOUGH the waters are slowly receding from the vicinity of Maitland and Morpeth their disappearance adds to the depression caused by the flood, by reason of the…
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REFERING to the floods on the Hunter, the Armidale Chronicle says:— "While public meetings are being held all over t he country to promote relief funds, advantage may well…
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MR. EDITOR,—While admitting the claims of those who have suffered by the late flood on the Hunter, I assert that we have on the Clarence quite as many farmers who are…
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MR. EDITOR.—It appears the Carr's Creek flood-boat is getting more prominence in the columns of your journal than on the waters of Carr's Creek during the late flood. In…
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Mr. CARRUTHERS M.L.A., who visited the Hunter, writes:—So far as the town is concerned, numbers of the poorer classes have lost their all. Their scanty furniture has…
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BISHOP NEVILL, of Dunedin, fancies he descerns the finger of God in the Queensland floods. "Some might ask why such things should be permitted. It might be to check…
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A CORRESPONDENT writes: The question of flood prevention has cropped up recently, and the public have before it Mr. See's, Mr. M'Farlane's, and the Rev. Currey's, to say…
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MR. EDITOR.—In advocating of originating a scheme to [?] the [?] waters of the Upper Clarence, Mr. John M'Farlan[?] is deserving of the highest commendation. On the Hunter, [?] it was proposed to cut a…
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