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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1871

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Floods and Snowfall. the Floods In.the Liverpool Plains District. Fall of Snow in New England

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1871 · page 2

Although the telegram recently pubished from Tamworth evidently gave too high an idea of the height of the flood last week at Tamworth, we learn by the Tamworth Examiner of Saturday that there…

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The Plan for the Wallis' Creek Floodgates

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1871 · page 3

NOT that the West Maitland Borough Council has approved a design for the floodgates in Wallis' Creek, to replace those which were carried away by the floods of last year, just immediately after their…

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Oregon.—devastating Storm at Walla Walla—a Fire on the Prairie Near the Dalles

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 September 1871 · page 2

Portland, August 3rd.—A terrible storm of wind, rain, and hail visited Walla Walle on Saturday evening. The storm passed directly over the town, and its track was less than a mile wide, expending its…

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Southerly Gale. Perilous Position of Two Schooners, a Barque, and Ketch. (From the Newcastle Pilot of yesterday)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1871 · page 2

Early on Tuesday morning a change took place in the weather. A gale set in from the southward, and accompanied by heavy driving showers of rain, at intervals continued until the afternoon, when the…

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Fearful Storm in New Haven

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1871 · page 6

The New Haven, Conn., Courier of August 25th says:— A tornado passed over this city yesterday morning. The point on the Hartford turnpike…

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Wallis' Creek Floodgates

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1871 · page 5

On Wednesday evening a meeting was held at the Council Chambers, Devonshire-street, of persons interested in the erection of flood-gates it Wallis' Creek, There was a tolerably good attendance. The Mayor,…

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