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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
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Statistics in regard to the frequency of thunder storms in various parts of the world are given as follows by a German periodical: Java has thunder storms on the average 97 days in the year; Sumatra,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A thunderstorm, which was especially severe on the Bouth side of the Thames, passed over the metropolis on May 26. It commenced shortly before five o'clock and the lightning was very vived…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN accordance with the resolution passed at the last regular meeting of the Singleton Borough Council, the aldermen of the two local boroughs met at the Oddfellows' Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A vast concourse of people on May 20th attended the funeral of Andrew Anderson, the Swedish engineer, who saved 27 persons from drowning in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEW YORK, Saturday.—Telegrams from Kansas City bring harrowing accounts of a most destructive cyclone that visited Wellington, Kansas,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The mail train from Agram to Brod was struck by a cyclone at the Nowska railway station on the evening of May 29. Two carriages of the first and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The operations of "heaving to," performed by nearly every sailing vessel caught on the coast during a storm, is never resorted to by merchant vessels until it becomes absolutely…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The following abriged account of the late terrible cyclone in the Mauritius is taken from an article in the European Mail, contributed by the chaplain in charge of the Anglican Cathedral at Port Louis…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FRIDAY morning reports of heavy weather along the coast (says the E. News) indicated the probability of a storm in Sydney, but few people…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A STRONG gale accompanied by heavy rain swept over Sydney and its suburbs las Friday night, continning till about 5 o'clock on Saturday morning. At…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THERE war quite a calm in the Assembly on Tuesday after the storm of the previous sitting, and an inclination showed itself on the part of hon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following letter from the Under Secretary of Public Works to Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A. for West Maitland, will be read with much gratification by all of our readers who take an interest in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →DESPATCHES to hand report that disastrous floods have occurred in the south of Mexico. Largo areas of land have been submerged, and much…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DISASTROUS floods have occurred in Costa Rica, and a large area of country has been submerged. Railways have been swept away and many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN North Wales on Saturday, and again on Sunday, October 9 and 10, the downfall was unprecedented, much damage being done. All the rivers overflowed their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MOST serious accident happened yesterday on the Oaklands Estate, Ravens worth, whereby Mr A. J. Flood, brother of the Mr Flood, of the firm of Flood and Oatley,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It will be remembered that when the Hon. W. Lyne, Minister of Works, visited West Maitland June last, at the request of Mr. John Gillies, the Member for the town, he was taken in the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Assembly on Thursday evening, a debate took place on a motion for adjournment proposed by Mr. Hart, member for Gloucester. We give the report from the official record of the main speeches:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—I have read with greatinterest the debate in Parliament respecting the proposed cutting through Callaghan's Farm oposite foot of Horse Shore Bend. and the objection urged against such proceedings…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Although many people profess to have no fear of lightning, most of us are ready to take any reasonable precautions to secure our personal safety during an exhibition of Nature's fire-works. When…
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