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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
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SIR,—Among the various plans which have been suggested for the relief of West Maitland from floods, there is one which I think has not received the consideration it merits, and which,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday afternoon a meeting of delegates representing Borough Councils in the Hunter Valley, was held in the West Maitland Borough Council Chambers, for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Regarding the disastrous cyclone and storm [?]ve in Bengal, we (Melbourne Argus) obtain the following particulars from a minute by Sir Richard Temple, Li[?]utenant-Governor of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MR ROBERTSON is justified in suggesting that Mr. Clark's speciality is water supply, and not the control of flood waters. The Premier did not know, neither do we, that this is so; and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Tuesday forenoon, the Hon. John Robertson, Colonial Seoretary, received at his office in Spring-street, Sydney, the deputation appointed at the late municipal conference in West…
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—Referring to your comments on my letter of the —th inst, and to you opinion that such outting would be to the disadvantage of the districts adjacent to Morpeth and Raymond…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A brief but violent thunderstorm passed over Sandhurst last evening about half-past 7 o'clock, The storm was seen approaching from the direc tion of the White-hills, and swept through the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A heavy rainfal commenced in Dunedin and district on Sunday the 4th February, and continued with little abatement until the 7th. The Otago Guardian of the 6th reports:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For more than a week past (telegraphs our Edinburgh correspondent) a snowstorm has been raging in Scotland, which for prolonged fury and destructive effects is almost unexampled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A very heavy thunderstorm broke over the town at about a quarter to 5 o'clock on Saturday evening, March 10. The flood which was thus caused has been very disastrous in places to property, both…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Tuesday morning, January 2, at about three o'clook, the inhabitants of the Wandsworth-road and Lambeth were routed from their bleep by the announcement of the policemen…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gundagai was visited on Monday, the 12th instant, by a severo thunderstorm, whioh, although short ia duration, was the most severe we have experienced for some time; it ooourred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN important workâthe erection of for siguals has a for some months in the coarse of crection nt the Longstone. the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A terrific gale swept over Dundee on February 3, and the squalls on the Tay were such as have not been experienced for a long time. Fears were entertained for the safety of the Tay…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The ship Duke of Sutherland, 1047 tons register. Captain Louttit, which let Sydney on the 15th ultimo, for London, encountered a fearful gale on the 26th March, in latitude 48-43 sojjth, longitude 171 west…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A shocking affair occurred near the village of Weston Zoyland, near Bridgwater, on Monday night, January 15, resulting in the drowning of four men, named respectively Wiluam Hill, master baker,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wednesday morning.—It has been raining in for rents throughout the night, and the river is now twenty feet high, and still rising about four inches per hour. The lowlands are extensively flooded, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It isa considerable time since it became my duty to reoord anything like a flood of serious dimensions, and although the present, so far as has gone, cannot be called a big flood, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An occasional correspondent at Newcastle forwards to us the report which appeared in Monday's Newcastle Pilot of the presentation of an address and purse of sovereigns to Captain…
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