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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
101 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 6
From time to time there have been published in this district statements about the discovery by Mr. Price, C.E., of a tract of country in the Denman district which was capable of being formed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From time to time there have been published in this district statements about the discovery by Mr. Price, C.E., of a tract of country in the Denman district which was capable of being formed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have aa the result of inquiries made at the Works Department ascertained the exact state of matters in connection with an alleged discovery of a reservoir which will impound the Upper Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LAST night at Albury a storm with cyclonic fury swept over the district, doing considerable damage to property. A sensational accident…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We have as the result of inquiries made at the Works Department ascertained the exact state of matters in connection with an alleged discovery of a reservoir which will impound the Upper Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →One of the most powerful and vivid descriptive portions of the Book of Genesis is that devoted to the wonderful story of the deluge. Together with the accounts of Adam's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A terrific storm raged here last night. Housetops, verandahs, and chimneys were scattered about in all directions, and 105 points or rain fell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Last night a terrific thundrestorm broke over the twon and district, it being the worst experienced here for many years. The sky, was one blaze of vivid lightning for a couple of hours, which there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A. terrible duet storm pasaed over the town last night, accompanied with heavy thunder and lightning. A big fire is raging about twenty mils from here, and the reflection in the sky is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR.WRAGGE predicted on Thursday for, New South Wales : The disturbance, " Sigma " will cause heavy rain, with strong north-east winds and rough…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A later message from Townsville states that not a single tenement was perfectly weather-proof on Sunday night. The citizens spent an anxious time, sleep being an impossibility, for even…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captain' JOHN JONES, the master of the ship British Peer, on Wednesday on his arrival at Sydney from Now York, gave an account of a fearful…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A MESSAGE is gradually coining through giving further details concerning the disastrous storm in Townsville, and concern is expressed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram from Cairns, dated at twenty minutes to 2 this morning, gives additional particulars of the shipping disasters and casualties at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Fitzroy River has been rising slowly and steadily during the night, and many of the inhabitants who would not leave their houses previous to the flood have found it advisable to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR.—In your issue of Saturday, 1st instant, a paragraph in the sporting column reads, "A rumour is current that the East Maitland F. B. crew, who defeated the West Maitland representatives at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fitzroy River, Rockhamption, rose steadily during the night, and many inhabitants were compelled to leave their homes for the high land…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further particulars of the recent terrific gales on the Queensland coast show that the wind commenced to blow at Townsville on Saturday at midnight with cyclonic force, reaching its height on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →More rain fell yesterday evening, 60 points being recorded. At Coalabah a fall of three inches was reported, and five ratios of the railway line have been damaged by flood water. A relief train has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy rain has fallen down the line. It is reported that 800 points fell at Coolabah, and at one point between Coolabah, and Glenariff the approaches to the bridge and embankment were…
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