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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
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An exceedingly unfortunate finale to the otherwise successful season Messrs. Cooper, Bailey and Co. have had at Newcastle occurred on Wednesday evening. The evening's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The most terrible storm which has, perhaps, ever occurred is that which has been called the great storm. It occurred, or rather its worst' effects were experienced, on October 10,1780…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No steamer left for the Hunter last night, or this morning. The gale is moderating, but it is still raining heavily…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The excitement consequent upon the loss [?]tained in marine and social circles, by the wreck of the steamship Dandenong on the 11th of September 1876, has scarcely passed away…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The south east winds which set in on Tuesday have resulted ia almost a continuous downpour of rain. On Saturday the wind blew with increased violence, and there was every…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The southerly gale which has unfortunately proved so disastrous to life and property along the coast during the last few days seems now to have come to a close, there having been last…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Seldom do gales of wind like that felt at the beginning of last week sweep along the coast districts of this colony without leaving on our iron-bound shores the grim marks of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE next few months showed me stranger things. On the same day that we hold the conversation above narrated we met a great rise coming down the river. The whole vast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous floods have occurred in Scotland. (From the Evening News.) London, Tuesday, August 21, 6.10 p.m. The greatest military manoeuvre that has yet taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following memorandum has been forwarded to us for publication by a gentleman in Morpeth:— It will be interesting to know that there has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Knowing that you are at all times willing and anxious to forward any movement for the general welfare, and in particular that in behalf of this district, I therefore take the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The following report from the hydraulic engineer, Mr. W. Clark, upon the proposal to mitigate the floods in the Hunter River, was laid before Parliament on Wednesday:—…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The bridges across the Danube at Sistova and Nikopolis are rendered impassable for vehicles, owing to a severe storm, which lasted over two days…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →During the past five or six days the bay has been visited by a series of gales and squalls of more than ordinary force, and recurring with m[?]st disagreeable and at times dangerous…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →This was a motion for a rule nisi for a new trial in an action of ejectment tried at Wagga Wagga, before Mr. Justice Faucett and a jury of four, on the 6th of October last. A verdict…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Brisbane Telegraph of Friday says:—One of the heaviest storms of thunder and lightning ever witnessed in Brisbane, occurred yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Tuesday afternoon one of the most terrific and disastrous thunderstorms ever known in New South Wales passed over Grenfell. The day had been very sultry, and soon after noon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The city was visited yesterday morning, says the Argus, Dec. 17, by a most severe duststorm, the wind at times rising to hurricane force and doing a considerable amount of damage. The gale lasted…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →It was mentioned in our last issue that on Friday afternoon and evening Goulburn was visited by a series of the heaviest thunderstorms experienced for years, that a prodigious quantity of water fell, and…
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