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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
14 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
A great quantity of snow fell some days since in the mountains of Savoy; subsequent rain melted the snow, and swelled the rivers so rapidly that inundations have taken place, and the Victor Emmanuel Railway has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Friday morning the weather, which had been very wet for the two or three previous days, culminated in one of the most terrific thunderstorms that has been remembered for some time past. It commenced at about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Thursday morning it commenced raining slightly, and towards night it came down in perfect torrents, and continued so all night, with a strong S.E. wind. The river rose rapidly on Friday morning, spreading…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →You are doubtless in receipt of the intelligence of the awful and disastrous floods which have arisen in this district. Being an eye-witness of this fearful calamity, I concluded a somewhat detailed account would prove acceptable for your columns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We feel great regret in having to lay before our readers reports of the loss of many more lives by the recent floods to the southward. The Braidwood diggings suffered dreadfully, and more lives were lost on them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A public meeting was held at the Prince of Wales Theatre yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of taking into consideration the beat means of relieving the unfortunate sufferers from the late disastrous floods in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE are glad to observe that in some of the towns in this district movements have been commenced in aid of the unfortunates who have suffered in the Southern floods. Raymond…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Wednesday last, about mid-day, rain, which had been falling in heavy showers during the previous night, set in steadily, and continued with little intermission until shortly after noon yesterday. We are not in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Sunday night a gentleman arrived in town from Camden, by way of Campbelltown and Liverpool He states that the whole of the lower parts of Camden, on all sides, are submerged—the water having risen some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →APRIL 29.—This district bas been visited with a most [?]wful flood, such has not been known for the last twenty years. As near as can at present be ascertained the Nepean was about twenty-five feet above the platform of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →APRIL 29.—DISASTROUS FLOODS ON THE HAWKESBURY, AND REPORTED LOSS OF LIFE.—It is my painful duty to report that a most disastrous flood has again visited this district. The river commenced rising on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday, Wednesday, morning, a gentle breeze from the westward sprung up, and nearly all the vessels in harbour ready for sea got under weigh, and proceeded on their voyages—the principal portion of them being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During our visit to South Head yesterday we had an opportunity of making inquiries relative to the cyclone which gyrated along the coast on Tuesday morning. Before describing its effect at the Heads, we may state…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It seems to lie more within the compass of human ingenuity and effort in the present circumstances of this colony to make effetual provision for seasons of drought than to guard in any degree against the devastating…
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