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Floods & storms, 1867

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West Maitland Flood Relief Committee

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 July 1867 · page 2

At the meeting of this committee held at the School of Arts on Monday afternoon, a sub-committee was appointed to draw up a statistical account of the damages caused in the district by the recent flood.—Mr. G. Vindin…

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Flood Relief Meeting at Hinton

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 July 1867 · page 2

A meeting was held on Monday evening, July 6th, in the building lately occupied as a store, next the Victoria Hotel, Hinton, for the purpose of considering the best means to adopt for affording relief to the sufferers by the…

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Reymond Terrace. (From an occasional Correspondent.) Raymond Terrace Flood Relief Fund

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 July 1867 · page 4

The account which your usual correspondent has supplied you of the public meeting, which was called by the Police Magistrate, H. J. Bolding, Esq, to organise means to relieve the sufferers by the late disastrous…

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Singleton Flood Relief Meeting. (From our Singleton Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1867 · page 4

A public meeting of the inhabitants of Singleton took place on Wednesday evening, at the Caledonian Hotel, for the purpose of devising means to assist the sufferers by the late disastrous flood. The attendance was not numerous,…

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Singleton. Flood Relief Committee

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1867 · page 3

The first meeting of this committee took place at the Caledonian Hotel, on Monday evening. Present: The Mayor, Alex. Munro, Esq, (in the chair), Messrs. John Browne, J.P., W. Kingston, F. Williams, J. Christian,…

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Floods Relief Fund, Sydney. the Hunter District. (Abridged from Tuesday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1867 · page 4

On Monday afternoon the working committee in connection with the Floods Relief Fund met at the Sydney Exchange. The Mayor occupied the chair, and a number of influential gentlemen were present. Various sums,…

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Morpeth Flood Relief Committee Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 July 1867 · page 4

A special meeting of the Morpeth Flood Relief Committee was held yesterday afternoon—the Mayor in the chair. There were nearly twenty persons present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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Wollombi. the Floods—public Meeting

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1867 · page 3

On Monday, the 15th instant, a public meeting, convened by requisition, was held in the court house, to take into consideration the disastrous effects of the late flood, and the best…

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West Maitland Flood Relief Committee

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 July 1867 · page 4

This committee continues to hold its meetings on every alternate day, and is distributing relief to all deserving applicants, either in the shape of seed, rations, or clothing. Among the many donations recently received, the…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, July 23, 1867. Protection From Floods

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1867 · page 2

THE more we consider the flood prevention question, the more settled becomes our conviction that the question should be taken up by the Government. For this reason, we see with…

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Flood Relief Meeting at Clarence Town

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1867 · page 3

A correspondent has sent us a full account of a flood relief meeting, held at Clarence Town, on Saturday evening, 13th instant. It reached us on Friday, when we were already crowded with news for last Saturday's…

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Poetry. an Appeal to the Inhabitants of the Williams, On behalf of those who have lost all they possesed, through the late Destructive Floods

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1867 · page 2

Christians, can you look on and see The sad, heartrending misery. Of the thousands of washed-out poor, Who're now brought to starvation's door,…

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District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Newcastle. Southerly Gale.—wreck

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 August 1867 · page 3

Since Monday a heavy southerly gale has been raging on the coast, and has been attended with even more disastrous consequences—as far as regards the shipping— than the recent one in June last. On Sunday the weather…

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Terrific Gale at Sydney. Three Pilot Boats Capsized Outside.— Eight Lives Lost. (From the Sydney Evening News of Monday evening.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 August 1867 · page 2

Captain Hixson, Harbour Master and Superintendent of Pilots, received intelligence from the South Head, at nine o'clock this morning, that Captain Robinson's boat, whilst attempting to board the ship strathdon, outside…

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Singleton Flood Relief Committee. (From our Singleton Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 1 August 1867 · page 2

A meeting of this committee took place on Monday afternoon at the Caledonia Hotel. There was a good attendance, and the Mayor occupied the chair. After the transaction of some routine business, a statement of…

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Heavy Gale and Loss of Life at Sydney Heads. (From the S. M. Herald, July 30.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1867 · page 3

Scarcely have the effects of the late disastrous floods softened down in the public mind, ere it is our painful duty to record a terrible disaster on the return of boisterous weather. On Sunday…

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Central Flood Relief Fund. the Maitland Deputation. (Abridged from Thursday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1867 · page 4

A meeting of the Working Committee of the Floods Relief Fund, Sydney, took place on Wednesday morning, in the Sidney Exchange. The Mayor presided, and a large number of influential gentlemen were present…

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West Maitland Flood Relief Committee

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 August 1867 · page 2

A meeting of this committee was held on Saturday afternoon at the School of Arts, the Mayor occupying the chair. The minutes and some correspondence having been read,…

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Sydney Flood Relief Working Committee. (Abridged from S. M. Herald, Aug. 7.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 August 1867 · page 2

A meeting of the above committee was held on Tuesday morning, at the Sydney Exchange, the Mayor of Sydney being in the chair. The Treasurer (Mr. Piddington) read a letter…

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Meeting of the Sydney Central Flood Relief Committee. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald, Aug. 13.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 15 August 1867 · page 3

A meeting of the above committee was held at the Sydney Exchange on Monday afternoon, Mr. J. Fairfux in the chair. A progress report, showing the proceedings of the working committee up to the present date was read. Reports from the various…

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