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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
121 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 7
SIR—In the paragraph headed "The Proposed Floodgates at Wallis' Creek," in your issue of to-day, I am made to say that the tubes referred to would carry off the drainage in four hours. This is an error; the error,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The flood, which had covered a considerable portion of this district, rose on Saturday morning very slowly until noon of that day, when it had attained about 26 feet above the ordinary level of the river. Shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the reqnest of Mr. Geo. Turner, of Walka, we republish the following letter, contributed by him to the Mercury some years ago, when the subject of flood prevention was under general discussion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The land forming the valley of the Peel River, from its source at Nundle down to below Tamworth—a distance of some thirty miles—has been again, in places, inundated, but fortnnately not nearly to so great an extent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A meeting of the Wallis Creek Flood-gates Committee was held on Monday afternoon, at the office of Mr. W.H. Mullen. Present: The Rev. W. Parves (in the chair), Messrs. G. Lae, J. Turner, G. Weller, M. Christian,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yon will regret to leam that we have just had the largest, or one of the largest, floods remembered here. It began raining on Saturday, the 6th instant, accompanied by fearful storms from the soulh-east, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. J. Warne, of Warneton, bas furnished the S. M. Herald with the following account of the late disastrous flood in the Macleay River. Writing under date of 13th August, that gentleman says:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir—The last time I took the overland route between England and India, an idea occurred to me while between the Pillars of Hercules (looking on one side at Ceuta, and at the other at Gibraltar), that the theory of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday morning the Engineer-in-Chief for Harbours and Rivers, E. O. Moriarty, Esq., arrived at East Maitland by the early train from Newcastle. He from thence proceeded to Morpeth, and by the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting was held in the School of Arts, on Thursday afternoon, to receive the final report of the Maitland Flood Relief Committee. Fifteen or sixteen persons only were present, nearly the whole of them being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Friday night a most severe and disastrous storm visited Newcastle and the coast, causing the loss of the steam-tug Lowestoft, the brig Gertrude, and the schooner Jane, between Sydney and Newcastle, besides doing much…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE inconvenience, loss, and suffering occasioned in some parts of Melbourne and its suburbs by the recent floods in the Yarra were followed very naturally by no small stir amongst the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ALL, who desire the prompt execution of some really practicable scheme for the protection of West Maitland and its vicinity from flood will also be anxious that no false stop be taken at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday afternoon, as previously arranged, a deputation of the Wallis Creek Flood-gates Committee waited on the West Maitland Municipal Council, to lay before it some suggestions relative to the proposed prevention of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Friday afternoon a meeting of the West Maitland Municipal Council was held in the School of Arts. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Gorrick, Pender, Wade, Mitchell, and Wolst[?]nholme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Melbourne Argus of the 25th of October says:— The damage caused by the storms of the 21st October, in some parts of the country, was of a very serious character. The Creswick…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A meeting of the subscribers to this fund took place on Monday evening last, for the purpose of windine-up the affairs of the fund, and deciding upon what should be done with the unexpended balance in the hands of the Treasurer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday afternoon a meeting of the Wallis Creek Flood-gates Committee was held at Mr. Mullen's office, Mr. P. Green was voted to the chair. The only other members of committee present were Messrs. W. T…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the most terrific storms of wind, rain, and hail that ever we remember to have experienced in Tamworth, occurred on the night between Thursday and Friday, Nov. 3 and 4. A good deal of rain had fallen on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following extract, from the Argus's report of the proceedings at a recent meeting of the Royal Society of Victoria, is not without a bearing upon the question of the discharge of the flood waters of the Hunter, as the…
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