Flood Boat for Pitt Town
MR. W. MORGAN, M.P., has received the following communication:—Chief Secretary's Office, Sydney, 15th April, Sir,—I am directed by the Chief Secretary to…
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Floods & storms, 1899
6 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers
The Flood of 1806
IN the "Historical Records of New South Wales," Vol. VI., appears an account of the great flood in the Hawkesbury valley early in the present century. This flood…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Where Not to be in a Thunderstorm
During a thunderstorm, it is pointed cut, the inhabitants of houses should not remain in the kitchen or other room where a fire is burning in the grate, as the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Floods Mitigation Scheme. to the Editor
SIR,—It is evident that Donald Robertson has been reading ancient history—at any rate, as far back as twelve or fifteen years ago, when I advised a system of what is known in America as "cut offs" in the columns…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrific Cyclone at Newcastle. OVER 300 Buildings Injured. One Child Killed. Newcastle
A cyclone more disastrous in its results than any storm ever experienced here passed over this district at 1.30 on Tuesday last, and within…
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DURING the awful thunderstorm on Tuesday. Mr J. Smith, of Fitzgerald-street, and his household had a strange and startling experience. With his granddaughter he was seated near a fireplace,…
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