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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
26 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
Madolin had not spoken. Her eyes were still on the restless ocean—great, wistful, dreamy eyes they were, too, that could meLt and soften to voilet blueness, or flash the coldest, proudest, and grayest of…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →About 7 o'clock last night a messenger from Pelican Flat, Lake Macquarie, arrived on horseback to notify Inspector Thorpe of a terrible storm and fatal accident which had…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ABOUT 7 o'clock on Sunday night a messenger from Pelican Flat, Lake Macquarie arrived on horseback to notify Inspector Thorpe of a terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A heavy flood occurred at Mackay on Friday. The wharfs were entirely submerged, and the streets were flooded, with three feet of water in some of the houses. The north…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—As one who knows something of the inner life of West Maitland, and the way in which it is honeycombed with petty feuds, I beg to protest, through your columns, against…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →SIR,—One would think after reading a letter [?] an "Ex Maitlander" in your Saturday's paper, the wage-earning class and young men of [?] Maitland had never been thought of before by an[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible flood has occurred at Cooktown, where 24 inches of raia bave fallen in the 24 hours, with a violent gale raging, and doing immense damage to the shipping. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The cyclone which visited these parts on the 30th January will never be forgotten in the annals of Bowen. So fierce and destructive did it prove that the whole country…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following description of the barque St. Lawrence in a storm is taken from the New Zealand Herald of the 25th February. It will be seen that the vessel had anothor…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The usually quiet neighbourhood of the hilly portion of Latrobe-terrace, near itsjunction with Virginia street, was startled last evening by a disturbance in the old Trinity Church. It has been a topic of conversation in certain circles for some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A TREMENDOUS galo swept over Great Britain on Saturday, January 26, bringing disasters everywhere. Many lives were lost both on land and at sea,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The grand fete is at its highest, and still the belle and beauty of the hour is absent. Mr. Shorndale looks round on the glittering throng about him, proud of what he has done, yet anxious…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →With regard to the weather it may be remarked that "the unexpected always happens." For many months both people and country have been weary with thirsting for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the last monthly meeting of the Royal Meteorological Society Mr. William Marriott read a Paper on " The Great Storm of January 26, 1884." This storm, he said, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The rains of the post few days culminated in heavy floods in several parts of the colony. On Monday, at Quorn, the creeks were running higher than ever before. The Railway Bridge embankment was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →On May 5, shortly after noon, a thunderstorm, passing from the west-north-west to south-south-east, visited the metropolis, accompanied by hail, snow, and rain. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We have again to record a flood in the Hunter, though as far as West Maitland itself is concerned the destruction to property and the inconvenance, thanks to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For the seccond time it has been proved in Cincinnati that a flood, instead of being followed by sickness, prepares the way for a period of unusual healthfulness. It was so…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →After about nine years' exemption from floods of a serious character, the Manning has again experienced one of these much-dreaded visitations—this time, however,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An article of some length, in Engineering of May 23, seems well worth the notice of all our river engineers, town and official. Whether the article is correctly based, or net, we are unable to say,…
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