Patrice's Plains Flood Relief
A meeting of the Committee and subscribers in connection with the Patrick's Plains Flood Relief Fund was held last night in the Oddfellows'…
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Floods & storms, 1893
230 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 12
Hunter Floods. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I am again about to trouble you with further observations about the floods, and for the purpose this time to bring more directly under the eyes of the people of…
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A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Patrick's Plains Flood Relief was hold on Monday evening at 8 o'clock, Mr Burnett (Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Snow Storm in a Ballroom
A Strange thing happened at a dance given by a member of the Russian nobility long ago. The night was bitter cold, but the cold, bleak winds did not reach the interior of the ball room. Here…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Relief Race Meeting at Newcastle. [By the Vagrant.]
Sportsmen of all grades should not forget that the race meeting arranged by the Newcastle and Northern Jockey Clubs is set down to take place at Newcastle this afternoon, when it is hoped the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Ma'tland Flood Ralief Committee
Contributions in aid of the funds of the West Maitland Flood Relief Fund continue to flow in. Since our last publication the following have reached the Mayor (Mr. R. A. Young), the receipt…
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A meeting of the general committee of the ahove was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, on Tuesday evening. The Mayor (Mr. R. A. Young) presided. Present: Mesdames Waddy, Carr,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Terrible Storm
A storm of unparalelled severity passed over the Transv[?] on the night of February 10. The rain came down on sheets, and, combined with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ladies Flood Relief Committee at Scone
A final meeting of the committee was held at St. Luke's Sunday school room, on Monday, the 17th instant, at 4.30 p.m., to receive the Treasurer's and Secretary's reports. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →District News. [From Our Various Correspondents.] Miller's Forest. Flood Relief Meeting
A public meeting was held here on the 14th inst. for the purpose of considering matters relative to flood relief and distress in this district. Mr. Thos. Whitmarsh occupied the chair. A deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Late Flood and the Great Northern Railway
The traveller by the railway is forcibly reminded of the great extent, power, and destructiveness of the late disastrous inundation. Passing through Maitland, traces are yet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Flood Relief Concert at Gunnedah
We have been requested to print the Gunnedah Advertiser report of a concert given last week at Gunnedah:— The concert in aid of the Maitland Flood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Flood Damages. Department of Public Works, Sydney, April 14th, 1893
Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th instant applying for a further grant of £300 towards the repair of damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Relief Races
The meeting in aid of the Maitland Flood Relief Fund, innaugurated by the Newcastle and Northern Jockey Clubs, took place on the Newcastle racecourse on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Late Flood. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—While pleased to know that the efforts of the staff of the Telegraph Department at West Maitland during the late flood had been recognised and rewarded, I am…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Patrick Plains Flood Relief. (To the Editor of the Singleton Argus)
SIR,âI am of opinion that the Committee of the above have gone rather far in the matter of granting seed wheat to farmers, and compelling them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. the Post and Telegraph Officials and the Late Flood. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I read in the columns of your last Tuesday's issue a letter over the signature of " Fair Play." I am afraid such a nom de plume is a misnomer, for the simple reason that if "Fair Play" has any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wast Maitland Flood Relief Committee
On Tuesday evening, the weekly meeting of the West Maitland Flood Relief Committee, was held in the Council Chamber, Town Hall. The Mayor (Mr. R. A. Young), occupied the chair. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dorothy Flood. [A Story of the Flood of 1893.]
Would you like me to tell yon the story, It is one that will scarcely grow old; 'Tis enshrined in the spirit of actions That are vslued far dearer than gold:…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Relief. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—It is nearly time something was done to stop the imposition that is being practised on the Flood Relief Committees at the different centres Numbers of persons who have not the slightest claim on…
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