The Gale in Sydney. Buildings Unroofed. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Shortly after mid-day to-day, when a strong westerly gale, which had been blowing all the morning, was at its height, an extra strong puff did…
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Floods & storms, 1895
136 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 7
Letter to the Editor. Flood Mitigation in the Hunter
SIR,—Much to my surprise I noticed in your issue of Aug. 29th, a paragraph in reference to the above important subject, which states that in consequence of the…
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High floods occurred in the Hunter in 1829, 1832, 1810, and 1848. There were three in succession in 1857, namely, from the 13th to the 20th of…
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MR JOHN LETHBRIDGE, of Bridgeman has kindly supplied us with some highly interesting records of byegone droughts and floods, which come…
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Mr. John Lethbridge, of Bridgeman, near Singleton, whose memory carries him back many years, has supplied the following interesting record of the changeableness of the weather in days gone by in…
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SIR,—Some short time after the disastrous flood of March '93, no small stir took place in the valley of the Hunter, resulting in the appointment of a league having for its object…
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A DISCOVERY of paramount importance, it is rumoured, has been made by the officer of the Works Department, deputed to consider the problem of mitigating the…
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A DISCOVERY Of paramount importance, it is rumoured, has been made by the officer of the Works Department, deputed to consider the problem of mitigating the…
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Owing to a heavy easterly gale, the Channel steamboat service is suspended. Many casualties have occurred in the Channel, and in several caeca lives have been lost…
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Disastrous storms have occurred in the South of Russia, Many ports on the Black Sea were submerged by floods, and coasting vessels were sunk. It is estimated that the damage on land will…
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Further floodsand gales have occurred in England. Great damage has been done…
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Our Singleton correspondent writes so follows:—We have no desire to detract in any way from the importance of the propped catchment area near Denman, as suggested by Mr. Price, C.E., as one of…
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We have received from Mr. W. Archibald, of Grafton, a copy of his letter to the Under-Secretary of Public Works, with reference to a scheme for mitigating floods in the Clarence River, which Mr…
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We have received from Mr. W. Archibald, of Grafton, a copy of his letter to the Under-Secretary of Public Works, with reference to a scheme for mitigating floods in the Clarence River, which Mr…
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Very heavy gales have occurred on the coast of Ireland. The schooner Moresby, belonging to the port of Liverpool, was wrecked near Dungarvan, a market and seaport town south-west of Waterford…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heat in Sydney. Severe Thunderstorm. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
THE weather in Sydney to-day was very oppressive, and a violent thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy bail and rain, occurred this evening. The…
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