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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
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About ten o'clock on Monday morning, 27th instant, says the Bathurst Frei Press of the 29th December, a storm of wind and hail, which is described as a "real tornado," passed over the village of Peel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HEADS of Government departments, as well as their subordinates, get into that dilatory habit of working which has been called the "Government stroke." "Nothing is so undignified,"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New York, February 2.—A heavy gale prevails to-day, and telegraph communication north and south is broken in many places. In this city, signs, hats, and veils are flying freely…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The past week has been eventful. We have had a flood. Rain commenced to fall on Wednesday, at noon, and continued almost Without intermission until Thursday evening. At times…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →This town was visited on Saturday, March 11, with one of the most terrific thunderstorms it is possible to imagine, accompanied with forked lightning. During the two previous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Macleay Herald reports the proceedings of a public meeting held at Kempsey, on Saturday, Maroh l8, for various purposes, the chief being to take measures towards lessening…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Naseby had been fought and won. The strife between King and Commons had ended in the overthrow, impeachment, and decapitation of the monarch. Peace once more reigned in the land…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The brig Emily arrived at Melbourne on the 12th instant from Algoa Bay, via the Mauritius, and Captain M'Eachern gives the Age the following account of how he avoided falling into…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There has been a continuous rise in all the rivers of Germany except the Elbe. Rain had fallen continuously, and fresh disasters were feared. Many of the towns and villages near…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At a recent meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Mr. George R'bert Stephenson, president, is the chair, the first paper read was by Mr. G. J. Symons, secretary to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,—After the replies given by the Honorable the Colonial Secretary to Mr. Buchanan's questions in the House respecting this case, and published in one of your late issues, it appears…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chicago, April 17.—Advices from Memphis state that it is beginning to be a question whether the cotton planters of the river valley lands south of Cairo will be able to cultivate a crop this year. No…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Now that, for a second time, the work of the Wallia' Creek floodgates has been completed, a narrative of the progrese of the movement thus [?]ght to a successful issue, will not be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday (Monday) morning, a good deal of relief was experienced in and about Maitland on the arrival of telegrams showing that the rainstorm we have had for three days was not quite,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The continuance of heavy rain, and the increased violence of the gale along the coast has created no small amount of anxiety in the minds of many, those parties resident in coast towns…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the moment of writing these remarks' Wednesday morning, it seems impossible to tell whether or not we are to have a high flood in the Hunter River. But there is already a flood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last evening the wind rose about eleven o'clock with unprecedented violence and created great havoc in various parts of the town particularly in the more exposed portions. Many of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →One of those sudden and disastrous gales, which unfortunately at this period of the year are so common along the coast, has lately been raging here, bringing in its train the unhappy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The gale has now entirely abated, and has given place to fine weather, with a light breath of wind. The sky is still cloudy The sea [?] gone down considerably, and steam…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Borne, June 13.âSerious inundations have occurred in western Switzerland, caused by heavy rains and the melting of the snow in the mountains. The railways are much damaged…
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