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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
194 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 10
In our last we published, from a correspondent who happened to be in Denman during the fearful flood in Goulburn River, u graphic narrative of that flood, and of the fatal carrying away of a stable in the left of which a flooded family had taken…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The river commenced to rise on Friday, the 22nd instant. On Saturday following the river was seven feet above its ordinary level. On Saturday night it rained very heavy. The rain had all the appearance of being heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AFTER the events of the last few days, it would be folly to dogmatise upon the question of possible flood levels. A few years ago the great flood of 1857 was the general sttndard of reference and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The land in many pieces of corn that was badly flooded is now almost clear of water, and many persons intend getting off a little corn. A great deal of rain fell all last night and this morning (Friday). Saturday: Another wet night, the stone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Now that the water both in the river and upon the submerged lands about West MaitHnd and its suburbs has subsided, we can see more clearly the extent of the damage which the flood, while it lasted, concealed from view. Suffice it to say again…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[Herald.]—The river commenced rising on Sunday morning, and by twelve o'clock on Monday night it had risen over fifty feet. Every house in the main street inundated, and the inhabitants had to take refuge on the hills. The water from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—Perhaps the following remarks respecting the late flood may b[?] service. Every one remarked the unprecedented rise and fall of the waters, and their extrerme velocity, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As the flood waters are receding, and communication is again opened up between Singleton and the surrounding districts, most heartrending accounts continue to reach us of the enormous,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In commencing the detailed account of the various losses, I shall commence from the West, or upper end of the town. Mr. John Brown, of E[?]lersli[?], lost about one thousand gallons of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mail and telegraphic communication with the Southern district have been interrupted for the last two days, no information was received respecting the floods, which were previously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →I am sorry to inform you again of bad news from this quarter, everything more discouraging to the inhabitants of our district, more so the farmers. What the last flood left the present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[Empire.]—There is a frightful flood at Shoalhaven—fear feet higher than the great flood of 1860. Four of Mr. Goulding's family are drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last evening a meeting, convened by the Mayor upon requisition from a number of the inhabitants of the town, was held in the Olympic Theatre. There was a large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This committee met in the chess-room of the School of Arts, on Friday afternoon, the Mayor presiding. There was a good attendance. The minutes of the last meeting were read and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Monday evening a very largely attended public meeting was held in the Olympic Theatre, for the purpose of urging upon the Government the necessity of taking steps to prevent or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →For the first time within our recollection, we have had to chronicle the occurrence, from apparently the same flooding rain-storm, of very heavy floods in the Hunter (the highest since…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We gather from the Bathurst and Dubbo papers the conclusion that although the Macquarie River country has been flooded on this occasion, yet it has had less than the Hunter of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Thomas Crew, late of West Maitland, but now living in Araluen, sends us (dated Araluen, April 26) the following particulars relating to the recent flood in Araluen:â…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir—It is exceedingly painful to read, almost daily, among the telegrams from Sydney, such disastrous news of the effects of the floods which have again visited the valleys of our neighbours;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have great pleasure in laying before our readers the following correspondence Mr. B. Lee, the member for West Maitland, Mr. Smith informs us, was in Melbourne when the recent…
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