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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
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Shortly after 11 o'clock, a heavy thunderstorm broke over the city, and the peals of thunder were terrific. Rain descended in torrents, and very soon flooded the low-lying…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →On the afternoon of Sunday [?], one of the most terrific storms ever experienced in the district, passed over Lismore[?] At about 4 p.m. the storm commenced, and the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Saturday morning broke with a very hazy appearance, and every indication of bad weather. No rain, however, of any moment fell till nearly noon, and from that hour till…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the following night, after the fisherman and his wife were both in bed and asleep. Mr. Parker borrowed a lantern, and telling Nancy not to sit up for him, he went down to the creek, unmoored the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"I ASSURE you, my dear boy, I am extremely sorry to appear unkind in this matter; but, believe me, I am acting for the best." "But surely I may see Rosie as usual?" I…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Sunday morning last, about three o'clock, an alarm was raised that the M'Intyre was rising rapidly; and by five o'clock the whole town was astir,—householders…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Regarding the temporary railway bridge, it was predicted that should a flood occur in the river the distances between the supports were not sufficiently far apart to allow the drift wood and heavy timber…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will you kindly allow me, through the medium of your valuable paper, to give you an outline of my last trip to this place. Starting from Tamworth with my buggy, I…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Accounts come from Dunedin of a heavy flood in that city. The Herald of the 29th ultimo reports that "rain commenced to fall at about 11 on the night of the 27th, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →London, March 12th.—A dispatch from Szegedin this morning, says: After a fearful night of anxiety all efforts proved useless. The water broke through with immense force…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →With the aid of a complete series of Hoffmeyer's (daily) charts for two years (1874-5) Professor Loomis, of Yale College, has lately made a careful examination of Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →On Saturday evening we ha[?] some of the heaviest rain that has fallen fo[?] a length of time, and that has not often b[?]n exceeded here. The weather had suddenly urned very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is our sad duty to chronicle another shipping disaster, accompanied by loss of human life. The feeling of sadness is intensified by the thought that it could have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Since our last a good deal more rain has fallen. Only a very little fell during Friday night, and on Saturday scarcely any. But towards Sunday morning very light showers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Toulon, March 21.—The French floating battery Arrogante foundered off Hyeres, France, in a gale on Wednesday. Forty-seven men were drowned out of a crew of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We have before given brief telegraphic particulars of the terribly destructive flood at Szegedin, a large business town on the Theiss, Hungary, one of the tributaries of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Pesth, March 25.—An affluent of the Koros River has burst the dyke and inundated a large territory. Devavanya, with 1200 inhabitants, is threatened with ruin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Wednesday, after a brilliantly sunny morning, and a rather cloudy afternoon, it rained a little in the evening, Thursday morning was again quite fine, but it become quite cloudy in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our latest news from Europe tells us that Hungary is suffering from a terrible catastrophe. The town of Szegadin has been nearly all submerged by the waters of that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From Wednesday, May 7, until the following Friday night, the rainfall in that portion of the colony between the New South Wales border on the south, and a line in the north…
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