Flood Weather Telegrams
Last evening the telegraph master at West Maitland, Mr. Young, obtained the following telegrams, which, with his usual courtesy, he handed to us, for the information of the…
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Floods & storms, 1879
64 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 4
Destructive Floods in Gippsland
The Bairnsdale correspondent of the Argus on Saturday communicated the following to that journal by telegraph:—A heavy downpour of rain has occurred since Thursday,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Rain and Floods in Victoria. (Melbourne Australasian, June 7.)
From the country districts we have numerous reports of rainfalls, and in some instances of serious floods. In Gipps Land a considerable amount of damage has been done, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, June 12, 1879. the Flood in Hungary
PEOPLE in the valley of the Hunter who have suffered from flood ravages, will read with interest an article elsewhere reprinted, describing the causes of the disaster at Szegedin,…
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The Vienna correspondent of the Economist says:—"The circumstances which gave rise to the destruction of Szegedin can now be clearly understood. The principal lay in the…
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Chicago, Ill., April 26.—A dispatch to the Times, from Houston, Texas, says the flood in that city yesterday was the most destructive in the history of that city. The water rose…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Tremendous Gale on New Zealand Coast. Loss of Life
The Wellington correspondence of the Herald on the 24th contains the following: The Wakatipu (s.), from Sydney, arrived at six o'clock this evening. On Thursday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale and Shipwreck in Trial Bay. (From the Macleay Herald, June 28.) Thursday, 3 o'clock
The following announcement was made in Kempsey on Thursday afternoon:— Constable Lagerlow arrived in Kempsey and was the bearer of a telegram from T. R…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Late Storm on the Clarence. (From the C. and R. Examiner, June 28.)
Since our last issue we have been visited by one of the most severe storms of rain and wind ever experienced on the Clarence. The rain, which begun on Monday forenoon,…
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Irving, Kan., June 1.—Thirty deaths certain, and 53 people badly in injured in the recent cyclone. The people want money to get necessaries, which are at hand…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Terrific Storm
A TERRIBLE storm of wind and rain sot in on continuing till late on Tuesday night. The wind was about the most violent we remember having witnessed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bad Weather and Floods up North. (Tamworth News of Tuesday.)
On Friday, about 6 p.m., the Peel River and Goonoo Goonoo Creek reached their highest, and overflowed into the lower part of the town, near the Court-house Hotel, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thunderstorms in England, Floods, and Loss of Life. (Liverpool paper, June 14.)
After the heavy downpour of rain on Wednesday, in Liverpool, hope was expressed that the weather had taken a change, for on Thursday morning the atmosphere was bright…
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We trust now (Friday, noon) that we may say wo have had an escape from a flood, though a very narrow one. The river at West Maitland rose up to about twenty-four feet…
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The river continued rising all the afternoon of yesterday at the rate of about three inches per hour. Great anxiety was felt at the state of the weather, and the condition of…
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THE continued rains are producing [?] most disastrous effects. While we [?] (11 a.m.) the river at Singleton is feet above its usual level and is [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Singleton Argus. Saturday, August 9, 1879. Floods and their Teachings
There is unfortunately every probability that by the time this morning's AROUS is placed in the hands of our renders the district will be suffering from the effects…
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We have had a very narrow escape from a great flood. The River Hunter at Singleton rose up to more than 34 feet above usual level. And at West Maitland it rose to about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Last Three Floods
CORRESPONDENT writes as as follows:- As it may be interesting, I send you the [?]cords of the rain of three floods, including [?]e last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Storms in America in June. Drowned in a Sudden Flood
Deadwood, Dakota, June 14.—Eleven persons were drowned at Buffalo Gap on Thursday night by a sudden rise and overflow of Beaver Creek, caused by a water-spout. Tho names of the victims, so far…
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