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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
154 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 8
Between 5 and 6 o'clock on Friday ovening a storm, which had been brewing for the greater part of the day burst upon the city. The wind blow fresh from the N.E. in the earlier part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy rain and floods continue to be reported from various parts of the North. The heaviest rainfall recorded was at Cardwell, where over 49in. fell from 25th December to the 2nd January;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in the north of Queensland are doing terrifie damage; 28[?] of rain have fallen in the Herbert River district since Christmas Eve. The land office at Ingham was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The floods in the north Btill continue. The following report has been received from Croydon:— Heavy rain continues. Over 40 carriers between Carron crossing and Normanton are in peril of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The floods continue in the Northern and Central districts. At Normanton the water commenced rising again yesterday. There are over 80 persons in the oatlying country…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE latest flood reports from Queensland are to the effect that the Gilbert River rose 5ft on Tuesday night, and it is still rising. The Burdukins River at Clare is lift above…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →QUEENSLAND has been visited with a series of floods. Last week the gold miners at Croydon were swamped. Traffic was everywhere impeded. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The floods have done considerable damage on the Southern and Western railway. At Miles the water was running over the bridge there to-day, and a portion of the line has been washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →RAIN again set in in Brisbane on Monday night. A telegram from Goondiwindi states that the M'Intyic River rose 27ft. above summer level on Sunday, but is now receding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FROM Queensland comes news of the prevalence of terrible floods. The town of Gympie was inundated on Friday and Saturday last. Great damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A THUNDERSTORM visited Goeveston, Tasmania, on Monday afternoon, the wind blowing with hurricane force and doing much damage among the timber…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The highest flood over recorded here was experienced on Saturday and to-day. Many houses were washed away, and immense damage done to low-lying parts of the town which were covered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BAD and heavy rainy weather is reported from several parts of the colony. 297 inches of rain fell in Sydney during Wednesday and Thursday, and a great number of other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following telegram was received by the Queensland Colonial Treasurer on Tuesday from the police magistrate at Bimdaberg, dated Jannuary 27th:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE flodds have subsided at Maryborough, but tho weather is again showery. All the sheds and wharves and sixty houses have been swept away…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →INQUIRIES made from coasting masters from Northern ports fail to elicit anything reliable respecting the whereabouts of the schooners Kent and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TERRIFIC storm has occured at Yanderlo, near Wonniamuts, which completely tore a verandah away from a kitchen near J. K. Austin's store, and also blew a portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A light storm was experienced at Quirindi on Saturday about midday, and then in the evening, about 9 o'clock, a heavy one came up, with vivid lightning. The rain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A very heavy storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, passed over Muswellbrook on Saturday night, flooding the streets and making it impossible to walk except…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In an article in the Contemporary Review on "The Deluge—Bibical and Geological," Sir J. William Dawson says:—As children we listened with awe and wonder to the story of the wicked…
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