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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
6 stories in Hunter Valley's papers
The gale of the 2nd November appears to have been a very severe one, and has caused many serious disasters at various points on the English coast. At Scarborough a most distressing scene took place, which is thus…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →10TH FEBRUARY—Our district has lately been visited by one of the highest floods that ever occurred within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, white or black; down about Coonamble the river overflowed its banks,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Since your last issue Newcastle has been visited by a severe gale, which set in from the south on Saturday night, and continued to blow with fearful and unabated violence on Sunday. Several vessels which had put to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Herald's Newcastle correspondent reports the the Elfin, ketch, Which was seen to cross on the track [?] the Cumberland immediately after the latter had foundered (as reported in our Tuesday's issue) had made for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The flood with which we have been visited within the last few days is, we believe, unprecedented in the history of the colony. We have heard it asserted by some of the early settlers that the flood which occurred in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Behind the elevation on whih the village of Largs is situated, a wide expanse [?]-lying ground stretches ont on either hand, through which the Paterson slowly pursue) its winding course. The soil, which consists of…
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