Hawkesbury Floods. Windsor, August 24th, 1857
Saturday forenoon.—How shall we describe the spectacle before us—so beautiful, yet so appalling1? It would take the pen Of a readier writer than ours to describe…
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Floods & storms, 1922
15 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers
Hawkerbury Floods. the June Flood, 1864. (Continued.)
We continue the story of the Hawkesbury Floods from our issue of January 6:— Thursday, 16th June, 1864. Now that the waters are subsiding, a view…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hawkesbury Floods. the July Flood, 1864. Saturday, July l6th
11 a.m. Scarcely has the district had time to recover breath from the great and disastrous' flood of last month, ere, in the wise and inscrutable dispensations of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hawkesbury Floods. 1364. Relief of the Sufferers
Soon after the subsidence of the first flood namely on the afternoon of Thursday, the 23rd of June, a public meeting of the inhabitants of the town and district of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The '67 Flood. June 29,-1867
The flood in this district is said to be by far the highest which has occurred since its settlement by Europeans. The town of Windsor itself is almost entirely submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hawkesbury Floods. THE '67 Flood. June 29, 1867. (Continued from last issue.)
The expanse of flood is so great, that everybody is astonished at the tremendous accumulation of water, and it will seem incredible to all who have not actually seen…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hawkesbury Floods. THE '67 FLOOD. (Continued from last issue.) the Narrow Escapes From Being Drowned
It would be impossible to give a narrative of a tithe even of the narrow escapes which different settlers and their families had from destruction, for those engaged in this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hawkesbury Floods. THE '67 Flood. June 29, 1867
Sunday afternoon, 2 p.m.—The rain having ceased last night, the weather broke fine this morning, and we were enabled to get about and view the sad scene around…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Flood Heavy Loss for Farmers Big Area of Vegetables Gone
In the days when the Hawkesbury farmers "carried all their eggs in one basket"—when they grew little else but maize— a flood at this time of the year did the…
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This is the story of an "Evening News" reporter who came to Windsor last week to get a story of the flood:- A motor trip to Windsor is not…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Biggest Flood on the Hawkesbury. Reminiscences of Sixty-seven
The "baby floods" of the last few years sent my memory back fifty-five years-to be exact, to June 17, 18, .19, 20, and 21, 1867, when the Hawkesbury rose higher than ever…
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Foxes, hares and rabbits were washed out by the flood, and in different places several of these pests were shot, as well as a number of snakes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Damage by Flood. Council Asks for Relief Grant
The damage done by the recent flood to the roads and footpaths within the municipality was brought home to our "civic fathers" at the usual fortnightly meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colo Shire Council. Damage by Flood. Relief Grant Asked For
Present at the regular monthly meeting held on Monday:— The President (Cr. L. Parker), and Crs. J. E. McMahon, R. M. Smith,: A. C. Anderson, C. A. Jeffery, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oceans of Liquor. New York Flooded
"There are oceans of liquor in New York. This city is flooded with Scotch. The smuggling of liquors from abroad by steamship is at its peak. It never has…
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