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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1895

136 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 7

Floods at Brisbane

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 2

Farther heavy rains have fallen at Brisbane, and all low lying parts are again flooded…

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Letters to the Editor. Railway Washaway and Floods in Louth Park

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 2

SIR,-The recent Washaway on the railway between here And East Maitland is my excuse, or rather our excuse, for addressing you on the subject. The suggestion we would offer is-That…

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The Floods in the North. Bad Nowe from Bingara

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 30 January 1895 · page 3

BINGARA since 1864 has been tr[?] from floods, and although the Gwydir River, on the banks of which the town is situated, was calmly running and…

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Partial Flood Prevention

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 1 February 1895 · page 2

COMPLAINT from the people of Bast Maitland and Morpeth about the effects of flood prevention works at West Maitland were to be expected. They are entirely natural and…

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Gale in the English Channel

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 2

A heavy gale swept over the English channel on Friday. During the height of the storm the steamer Escurial was wrecked on the Cornish coast. A life boat, which put out in the aid of the…

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Letter to the Editor. the Late Flood in the Hunter River

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 3

SIR,—In Thursday's issue in your report of the sitting of the East Maitland Borough Council appear a few remarks relating to the late flood at East Maitland. The aldermen seemed pretty…

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The Lesson of the Flood

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 4

TAKING it for granted that such an inundation as that of March, 1893, is one of those gigantic natural phenomena with which no power at the disposal of man can effectually…

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Floods in the Country

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 16

BINGARA.—A phenomenal and unprecedented flood of a disasirous nature o curred here late on Saturday, by which a number of farms were destitute and…

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Roads in Lately Flooded Districts

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 2

THE floods in the North have been followed by applications to the Minister for Works for assistance to repair the damage done to the roads…

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The Floods and Country Municaipalities. Beqests to the Minister of Works (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 2

THE Minister of Works states that he has received a great many letters from country municipalities, calling attention to the damage done to roads by…

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A Melbourne Dust Storm. Two Clergyman Injured. [By Telegraph.] Melebourne

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 3

YESTERDAY afternoon during a terri[?] dust storm two barriers protecting the broken portion of the parapet of the Queen's Bridge were blown from…

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Flood Prevention

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 2

RAYMOND TERRACE folk are to be complimented upon making an agitation for means to mitigate the effects of floods. We purpose fit present to do no more than express…

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Mitigation of Floods in the Hunter. Enthusiastic Meeting at Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 2

A large and enthusiastic public meeting of the residents and ratepayers of Raymond Terrace, convened by requisition to the Mayor (Dr. J.B. Meredish), was held iu the School of Arts, Raymond Terrace…

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South Easterly Gales

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 2

The heavy gales which have recently been raging along the eastern sea board of Australia have been not only noteworthy on account of their…

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Flood Prevention

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 4

RAYMOND TERRACE folk are to be complimented upon making an agitation for means to mitigate the effects of floods. We purpose at present to do no more than express…

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Mitigation of Floods in the Grafton District

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 3

Mr. See, M.P., introduced on Thursday a deputation to the Minister of Works with regard to scheme for the mitigation of floods and the general improvement in harbours and rivers. He explained that…

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The Weather and Floods at Taree

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 10

The weather during the past month at Taree was totally enveloped in uncertainty, and in many instances when it seemed on the point of clearing the very heaviest shower was nearest. The rainfall…

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Mitigation of Floods in the Hunter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 8

A large and enthusiastic public meeting of the residents and ratepayers of Raymond Terrace, convened by requisition to the Mayor (Dr. J. B. Meredith), was held in the School of Arts, Raymond Terrace, on…

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Hunter River Floods. a Raymond Terrace Remedy

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 4

A BIG meeting of residents was held on Tuesday for the purpose of devising a scheme for the prevention of floods. The Mayor presided, and…

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Flood Prevention

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 February 1895 · page 4

SIR,—On Wednesday, January 30th, a public meeting was convened by the Mayor of Raymond Terrace for the purpose of considering the beat means of protecting Miller's Forest and the Lower…

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