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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
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A meeting of the General Council of this League was held at the School of Arts yesterday afternoon. Present: The President (Mr. G. Vindin), Rev. J. Bonvie, Mr. R. Scobie, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As the annual municipal elections are at hand, it may be well to draw the attention of the rate-payers of West Maitland once more to the question of erecting flood-gates in Wallis' Creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Friday afternoon, for several hours, threatening thunderclouds hung over Maitland, and thunder was heard several times, the lightning also occasionally playing among the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday afternoon a public meeting was held, at the Railway Inn, Elgin-street, to take into consideration the leading article in the Mercury of the 21st January, as affecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →OUR friends who assembled on Wednesday afternoon from various parts of the district for the purpose of passing judgment upon certain remarks recently made by this journal had, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In our last issue we stated that heavy rain had again set in, and before our issue could be delivered it was found that the Clarence River was again in flood: so rapidly did the waters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday the heaviest rain and the largest flood that has ever been experienced in Sandhurst took place. Shortly after four o'clock, the flood began to overflow the banks of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the General Council of this League was held at the School of Arts, yesterday afternoon. Present—the President (Mr. G. Vindin), Messrs. J. Gorrick, R. Scobie, J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting of the members of the "Hunter River District Floods Prevention League, to receive the Council's report, and to determine upon future action, was held at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Since Wednesday afternoon last till yesterday morning, threatening weather may be said to have prevailed, but there was never any very heavy downpour daring Wednesday, Thursday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Chronicle of Tuesday gives the following detail of the effects of the storm on Saturday afternoon in and about Newcastle:— The channel on the right side of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Recently a violent north gale has been blowing at Shields and the north-east coast, with an exceedingly high sea, which has been breaking over the piers. A few days since a large steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The New Zealand Herald reports that on Saturday morning, March 25, Auckland was visited by one of the most severe windstorms experienced for many years, which resulted in a great destruction of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Wednesday night, at about ten o'clock, the wet weather again set in, and rain continued to fall continuously, and at times in smart showers, till Saturday morning at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The first intelligence of a dangerous overflow of water in the Hawkesbury district came from South Creek, Pe[?]rith, on Saturday morning; and it was stated then that the Hawkesbury was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The fine weather spoken of in the last commumcation from this town came to an abrupt termination on Thursday morning last, 27th April. On that morning a steady rain setin, which soon exhibited its…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Monday, 12 noon.—To what has already been furnished by your special reporter there is little to add. The water remained stationary all Sunday, the weather continuing unsettled and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—Is it not probable that your reporter has made some mistake in reporting proceedings of our Municipal Councillors, on Friday evening, in reference to Wallis' Creek Floodgates. In…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another theory bearing on flood experiences has been broached by the editor of the Manning River News. We have not heard of any similar observations as having been made on the Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Orleans, June 6th.—The water in the lake and canals is receding slowly. The canal and crevassa have been closed. The water in the city has receded an inch. People in the…
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