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Floods & storms, 1867

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Sydney Flood Relief Working Committee. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1867 · page 2

A meeting of the working committee of the Sydney Central Flood Relief Fund, met at the Sydney Exchange on Tuesday morning, the Rev. T. smith occupying the chair…

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West Maitland Flood Relief Committee

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 August 1867 · page 4

A meeting of the West Maitland Flood Relief Committee was bold at the School of Arts, on Thursday afternoon, the Mayor presiding in the chair.—The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and…

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Central Floods Relief Committee. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald, Sept. 5.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 September 1867 · page 2

The working Committee, appointed by the General Committee, in connection with the Floods Relief Fund, met in the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday morning, pursuant to adjournment, at 11 o'clock. In the absence…

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The Late Storm in Victoria. (From the Melbourne Argus, Sept. 27.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 October 1867 · page 2

After the wet, dreary, unseasonable weather of the last two or three days, it was pleasant yesterday morning to see symptoms of the return of better times. The dull cloud-veil which had obscured the sky for days before,…

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The High Flood on the Murray

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 October 1867 · page 4

The following items respecting the weather and the floods in the Murray, are from the Riverine Herald (Echuca) of the 5th inst.:— After a day or two of tolerably fine weather the rain…

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Flood in the Murrumbidgee. (From the Wagga Wagga Express, Oct. 22.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 October 1867 · page 2

The opinion that we expressed in our last issue, that a flood in the river was probably impending, was, unfortunately, but too speedily verified. On Saturday and Sunday the river continued slowly on the rise, and as the…

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The Floods in the Murray. (From the correspondent of the Argus.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 October 1867 · page 2

ECHUCA, TUESDAY, 8TH OCTOBER — Not for the last twenty years—so says the oldest inhabitant of Echuca, King Hopwood—has there been such a flood in the Murray as the present one. It is scarcely, however,…

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The Floods in the South. (From the Border Post, of Wednesday.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 October 1867 · page 2

ALBURY, TUESDAY.—The Murray has fallen about eighteen inches from its highest level, and the water is slowly going down about four inches in the twenty four hours. The gauge now shows 14 feet 8 inches above…

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The Flood in the South. (From the Pastoral Times, Oct. 19.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 October 1867 · page 2

The runs near Deniliquin, we believe, have suffered nothing beyond the present inconvenience, which will be [?]mply repaid in the abundant berbage that will follow. Not so the runholders on the low banks of the Murray…

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Terrific Thunderstorm. (From an English paper, Aug. 24.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 November 1867 · page 6

There seems to be a common consent that the tempest of thunder and rain which raged on Sunday night and during the early hours of Tuesday morning was not the most prolonged and severe…

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Central Flood Relief Committee, Sydney. Final Meeting of the Working and General Committees. (From Thursday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1867 · page 4

On Wednesday morning, pursuant to notice, a meeting of the Working Committee was held in the Chamber of Commerce. Sydney Exchange. The Rev. Dr. Lang, M. L. A. was called upon to preside…

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The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, December 17, 1867. Arrival of the Rangatira at Adelaide, with the English Mail Per Avoca. Occupation of Rome by French Troops. Complete Defeat of the Garibaldians. Manchester Fenians Condemned to Death. Dreadful Storm at St. Thomas— Fifty Vessels Wrecked. Island of Tortolla Submerged— 10,000 People Destroyed. Cyclone at Calcutta. [From Our Sydney Telegraphic Correspondent.] Mercury Office, Monday, 7 a.m

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1867 · page 2

The Rangatira arrived at Adelaide on Saturday evening. The Avoca was at the Sound on the 10th, and left Galle 25th. Mail detained three days at London…

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