Severe Storm in Sydney
Very heavy rain fell in and around Sydney for several hours on Thursday morning, causing a good deal of damage. Between 2 and 3 o'clock rain first began to [?]…
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Floods & storms, 1890
154 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 8
On the Hawkesbury. Heavy rain fell on tbo Hawkcsbury anil tho rivor was 7ft over tho Windsor bridge on Sunday night. Tbo water backed up South Creek during tbe day and floodod the road between Windsor and Magrath's-hill, as well aa most of tbe land bctvrcon tbe creek aud Mnlgrave. On Hondny morning the curront in tbe rivor was much diminished in force nnd slowly rccoJing. On Saturday night a largo tree fouled tha bridga and hung oa by its brancbf'S. A man nauiod Ford in about midnight narrowly escaped a capsize by comiug in contact with this treo, He lost his puddles and was carried down tho stream as far as tbe mouth of South Creek, where be was rosoacd
Heavy raia fell on tho Hawkcebary anil tho riror waa 7ft orer tho Windeor bridge on Sunday night. Tho water backed up South Creek during the day and floodod the road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Weather. the River Flooded
FEBRUARY, generally a very dry month seems likely to be long remembered as one of the weltent ever experienced. About 11 inches have been no far registered. Up till…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods and Rain Damage in the Hunter District
As was to be expected, the rains which began, in the first week of the month, and have continued without any lengthened break till Sunday last, have inundated the valley of the Hunter. From…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. the Late Flood. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—The residents of West Maitland have just escaped by a hair's breadth another disastrous flood. It was indeed a close shave, and only the vigilance of the Improvement Committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Prescott Flood. a Town Swept Away. New York, Wednesday Night
AUTHENTIC details have at length been received from Prescott regarding the fate of Wickenburg, towards which the flood waters swept on the bursting of the dam at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Damages by Floods
IT is estimated that £75,000 worth of mu[?] and other crope were destroyed in Kemp[?] district by the four floods which have occurred during the last two months. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. [From Greville's Telegram Co.] Sydney, Friday. Heavy Rain
Heavy rain continues to fall at Grafton. Five and a-half inches full yesterday, flooding the district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Rivers in Flood, BALLINA
VERY heavy rain continues falling, with a strong easterly gale blowing. More than 7in. of rain have fallen since Wednesday, of which quantity about 4in. have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storms at Sea and Wrecks. (Herald of Thursday.)
Our correspondent at Ballina yesterday sent word of the loss of the schooner Agnes, six miles north of the Brunswick River, and all hands drowned. Lnst night the following was forwarded by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Disastrous Flood at Maitland. the District Under Water
Through the courtesy of the local Postmistress, we were kept pretty well posted up as to the state of the weather to the south of us, and from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Flood in the Hunter. Continuation of the Narrative
When we closed our report in the second sheet of this journal, the long-continued and brave fight against the waters of the river, maintained in the Horse Shoe Bond by a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Flood at Singleton. (From our Singleton Correspondent.)
Three weeks ago we had a narrow escape from a flood, and hoped that the long-continued wet weather woald cease in order that the expectations of our farmers to obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Flood in the Hunter
We write at a time when, so far as West Maitland is concerned, the people are waiting for flood developments. This we do, in remembrance of our plight in May last, when too much water in the…
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We take the following telegraphic messages from the Echo:- Kempsey, Monday night. There has been a slight break in the weather,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Poet's Corner. the Great Flood of 1890 in the Valley of the Hunter
DEAR EGESON, slacken your hand, The country is Hooded all o'er, The crops are destroy'd—and the land Will yield for the winter no store…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Heavy Flood. The Town Inundated. Damage Done to Crops
This summer. has been phenomenally wet one. Instead of hot searching days, rain has had to be reported with monotonous regularity. Fresh . after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Up to the Verandahs at Wardell. Hundreds of People Flooded Out
At Wardell on the Richmond the water reached the verandahs of the houses from Bartlett's store to the corner of the Court House. From that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sworn to no master of no Sect am I "Be just and fear not." The Singleton Argus. Saturday, March 15th, 1890. The Floods
One would have to go back many years to find a parallel season to the phenomenally wet one we are now experiencing. Probably in no previous summer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Floods in Queensland. Awful Scenes Witnessed. Houses Washed Away. (By Telegraph) Sudney, Friday
TELEGRAMS from Brisbane state that floods there are causing ruin and desolation. At noon yesterday the water was five feet above the 1887 flood mark…
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