A Steel Ship in a Cyclone
It has been said with truth, that one fact is worth many theories; and therefore it may be interesting to know what was the behaviour of a steel ship under trying, circumstances,…
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Floods & storms, 1866
25 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
Gales, Inundations, and Great Snowstorm
Seldom has the commencement of a new year been more noted by a dismal record of wrecks on our coasts, and of founderings in the deep seas, than that of the present year. A series of terrific gales, which commenced…
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The Scotch papers of 6th January contain many harrowing details of the destruction and loss of life caused by fearful gales on sea and land, between the 30th December and that day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood at Windsor. (From the Correspondent of the S. M. Herald.)
FRIDAY MORNING.— It is my painful duty to forward you the unwelcome intelligence that we are threatened with another flood on the Hawkesbury. Exactly this time two years it was that we were visited by that…
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The rain which set in during the early part of last week continued at intervals until Saturday morning, from which time until midnight of Sunday the weather was clear and fine, with every prospect of continuing so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Gale at King George's Sound[?] (From the South Australian Register, June 12)
During the stay of the Wonga Wonga at the Sound very variable weather was experienced. On Sunday, the 3rd instant, the barometer commenced to fall from the immense height it had attained during the passage up,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fearful Gale at Newcastle. Loss of the A. S. N. Company's Steamship "Cawarra." One Hundred Lives Lost. Three Other Wrecks, and Further Loss of Life
One of the most fearful gales that Newcastle has ever experienced began to blow there on Wednesday night, the wind being accompanied by heavy driving rain. All through Wednesday…
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The exceeding and unusual mildness of the winter season, up to the last few days, has for some time been the theme of wonder and comment amongst the residents of this district…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Storm at Newcastle. the Wreck of the Cawarra.—recovery of Twenty-seven Bodies
Up to Saturday, at noon, not a single body from the wreck of the ill-fated Cawarra had been washed ashore. The corrected list of passengers and crew, extracted above from the Herald, shows that the total number of persons…
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The Armidale Express reports that heavy rains there had caused a flood in the Armidale Creek. The rain commenced with a thunderstorm on Tuesday evening, 10th, and then continued at first gently, and then heavily,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood at Tamworth. (From the Tamworth Examiner, July 14.)
The year 1866 will be a remarkable one in the annals of the colony. Some three months ago we were experiencing a drought nearly unparalelled in the history of the country, and we are now battling with the other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in the Northern Districts. the Flood in the Hunter
Although the present flood in the Hunter has done a great deal of damage, and entailed much suffering upon many of the settlers, it did not attain that height, nor cause so much devastation, as was anticipated while the…
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The river has been falling steadily since our last issue, and yesterday evening had gone down altogether about fourteen or fifteen feet being still about nine of ten feet above the tidal level. The back water forming small lakes at Lochend, and Louth…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, July 21, 1866. the Flood in the Hunter
THE unusual rapidity with which the river Hunter rose last week to flood level has been the subject of general remark. Each flood of the many that the district has suffered since 1857…
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The river continues steadily to recede, and yesterday evening it had gone down about fifteen feet, being about nine feet above its ordinary level. The back water on Lochend, Louth Park, Dagworth, Farley, and on the low…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Macleay River. Heavy Flood on the Macleay
I have an unpleasant task to portion in recording a very heavy flood that has occurred on the Macleay. The river commenced rising on Wednesday, the 11th, and continued doing so until about twelve on the night of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in the Manning. Fearful Destruction. (From the Manning River News, July 21.)
It has pleased the Almighty Disposer of human events to visit the Manning with the most fearful display of His power it has ever been our lot to witness. A week ago people spoke of the great flood of 1857 as a calamity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, July 31, 1866. the Flood-gates Movement
HAVING for a long time past advocated the erection of flood-gates at Wallis' Creek, to shut out from the low lands to the south and weat of West Maitland the waters of the Hunter, by…
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On Saturday afternoon a meeting of landholders and others interested in the prevention of floods in Wallis' Creek and its tributaries, was held at the School of Arts. The object of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood in the Manning. (From the Manning River News, July 28.)
In addition to the facts placed before our readers last week, a correspondent, writing from Tigrah Flat, (Mr. Brims' station, near the head of the river), tells us:—"About twelve o'clock…
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