Terrific Storm at New York
There was a heavy equino[?]tial gale at New York on the 26th May, which caused a great destruction of property and the sacrifice of numerous lives. The storm had full sweep in the bay…
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Floods & storms, 1870
194 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 10
Original Correspondence. Flood Relief.—migration From the Hunter. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
Sir—At the present time the public of New South Wales are appealed to for assistance for the distressed farmers on the Hunter, Hawkesbury, and other places. But why should we be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter River District Floods Prevention League. Co-operation at Lochinvar
A meeting for the purpose of forming a local council at Lochinvar, to act in connection with the General Council of the Hunter River District Floods Prevention League, was held at the…
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A meeting was held in the School of Arts, Hinton, on Friday evening, to receive delegates from the Hunter River District Floods Prevention League, and to decide upon the formation…
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On Monday afternoon a meeting of residents of the areas annexed to the boroughs of East and West. Maitland, was held at Mr. Brewer's i[?]n, Elgin-street, West Maitland, to receive the…
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On Tuesday last Mr. G. B. White, attended by Mr. John Wyndham, Mr. W. Keene, Mr. John Mitchell, the Rev. Mr. Glennie, and Mr. Darley—proceeded to show the party the point…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Emigration From the Flooded Districts. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury)
Sir,—As the attention of those who may contemplate leaving the lands liable to floods is being called to the advantages of far distant districts, I would modestly hint that if it is…
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The monthly meeting of the Council of this League was held in the School of Arts, West Maitland, yesterday afternoon. Present: Messrs. John Lee, Robert Scobie, Rev. George…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. the Annexed Areas and Floodgate Movement at Mr. Brewer's. (To the Editor of the Mai[?] [?].)
SIR—Your report of the above meeting in your paper, on the whole, was tolerably correct. We are grateful to you for giving publicity to our expressions, although not eloquent on our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter River District Floods' Prevention League. (From our own Reporter.) Co-operation in Singleton
On Monday evening there was a meeting in the upper hall of the Mechanics' Institute, Singleton, to form a local committee in that borough to act in conjunction with the Hunter…
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The General Council met on Tuesday afternoon, at the School of Arts. Present: Mr. George Vindin, President, Messrs. Lee, Jacob Gorrick, Carroll, R Scobie, and Rev. J. Benvie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic News. (From the Sydney Papers.) Alarming Floods at Wentworth. Wentworth, Friday, Aug. 12, 4.28 p.m
[Evening News.]—The waters of the Murray and Darling Rivers are higher than in the flood of 1867, and nearly the height attained at the great flood at Gundagai…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Floods at the Junction of the Darling and the Murray. (From the Eccning News.)
Telegram from the Police Magistrate at Wentworth to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary. Wentworth, 17th August, 1870. I wat absent at Neilpo when the tolegram…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Progress Report of Commission Appointed to Enquire Into and Report Respecting Floods in the Hunter. Presented to Both Houses of Parliament, by Command, Sept. 1, 1870. the Secretary, Hunter River Floods Commission to the Principal Under Secretary
Hunter River Floods Commission, Public Works Office, Sydney, 24 August, 1870. SIR,—I have the honor, by direction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mitland Mercury. Thursday, September 8, 1870. Report of the Floods Commission
THE progress report of the Hunter River Floods Commission is now published; and the people of Weat Maitland will do well to give it their most serious consideration. The report on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Prevention Report. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR—Noticing in the Floods Prevention Report, published in Tuesday's issue of the Mercury, that great stress is laid by the commissioners on the fact that flood marks were noticed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, September 13, 1870. the Flood Commission's Report
A WEEK has now passed since the progress report of the Flood Commission was placed in the hands of the people of West Maitland. Everybody in the town has either read it or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Flood at Wentworth. Wentworth, Tuesday, 5.38 p.m
[Empire.]—After a subsidence of eighteen inches, the rivers commenced rising at Wentworth a few days ago, and the water is now nine inches higher than the highest point hitherto…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Tasmania. (From the Hobart Tow[?] Mercury, September 13.)
The flood, as far as Launceston proper is concerned, has done very inconsiderable damage. The lower parts have been submerged, but the subsidence has left things pretty much as they…
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Victorian papers to hand contain details of some very destructive floods both in Melbourne and in the country district. The weather had been very wet, the rainstorms being heavy and…
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