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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
145 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 8
E[?]sew[?]e we give an extended notice of the flood in the Hunter so far [?] West Maitland is concerned, and we now a[?]ment that report with fur[?] par[?]s, which will prove of interest. It is not possible at such a time to get reliable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The recent flood proved a general surprise to most of the old residents at Singleton. Although we had an exceedingly heavy rainfall during Sunday night, it was the opinion of the majority of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Much damage has been done in our district owing to the flood in the Hunter. Every farmer on the river as lost little or much. Maize. potatoes, pumpkins, and a lot of green stuff in the shape of barley has been destroyed, and as a consequence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PHILOS[?]PHER may possibly be able to derive consolation from the thought that sufferers from the recent rains and their results endured and endure individually and also in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In our issue of Thursday we could do no more than indicate in general terms the devastating character of the flood with which the district has recently been visited. It was by no means an easy task to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From the Railway Bridge and from other high points, was exceedingly impressive on Tuesday. Everywhere there appeared to be one great sea of water, and the roaring of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN Wednesday's issue it was noted that the river, had fallen considerably during the night, but that the weather appeared still unsettled. Since then the Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The fleeded condition of the Hunter River at the present time brings back to the minds of all old residents the destruction of life and property which has taken place on the bank…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible floods have taken place in the United States, extending over a vast area of country, and resulting in enormous loss of life. Heavy and continuous rains occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nothing perhaps could have had a more depressing effect upon the feelings of residents of the Horseshoe Bend and neighbourhood, already depressed, than the great landslips which occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A LAPSE of fourteen years or so in which no great flood occurred in the Hunter, indnced former sufferers by such calamities to forget their woes, and to live in hope that they…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some account of the schemes alluded to in our leading article for the mitigation of the effects of floods in the Hunter, will be read with interest at the present time. Mr. Moriarty reported at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TERRIBLE floods have taken place in the United States, extending over a vast area of country, and resulting in enormous loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Tuesday evening a public meeting of persons favourable to convening a mass meeting of the inhabitants of Maitland and neighbourhood, for the purpose of devising means for the prevention of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Later details from the scene of the disaster in the Pittsburg district state that the residents of Johnstown received timely waining that the reservoir was unsafe, and were further told that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At a meeting of the Royal Society of New South Wales, held on Wednesday evening, Mr. H. C. Russell, Government Astronomer, made the following remarks with reference to the recent heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—At the present time is the best and safest way to protect the town of West Maitland, and I think not out of place, being a constant traveller for twenty-five years on the Belmere and Pitnacree…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—As I was one who attended the meeting the other evening (a preliminary one) [?] the improvement of the Hunter River, I was rather surprised not a word was said either by the rev[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Authentic statistics give the late population of the area of country affected by the recent inundations in and around Johnstown as 55,000. Registry offices have been open…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—With your permission, I would suggest that any scheme for the protection of West Maitland from flood must embrace an embankment of sufficient strength to keep out the flood water from…
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