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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1897

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Floods in New Zealand

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 March 1897 · page 6

IN New Zealand floods have occurred, doing great damage. The Buller River is in heavy flood, and considerable damage has been done to the…

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A Destructive Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 5

A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning, passed over Katoomba yesterday afternoon when Lilianfels, the country seat of Sir Frederick Darley, was considerably damaged. The…

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Kempsey. a Great Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 5

A heavy thunderstorm burnt over here yesterday night, and at Frederickton there was a terrific gale, a burn belonging to Mr. Livingston being blown down, and between four and six hundred bushels…

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Floods in the United States

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 3

Six thousand persons have been rendered desti-tute by the floods in the Valley of the Mississippi. An appeal is being made at Memphis, Tennessee, for the relief of the sufferers…

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The, Floods in the United States

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 3

The United States Congress has assigned 200,000 dol. for the relief of the sufferers by the disastrous floods in the valley of tho Mississipi…

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The Passing of the Storm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 April 1897 · page 4

Swift fleeing towards the east the storm-cloud rolls All black and glowering; and with wrath unspent, Drenches the stately forests on its way, And flashes [?] through their darkened…

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Floods in New Zealand

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 21 April 1897 · page 3

IN the floods at Hawke's Bay (N.Z.) the Tutaekuri and Ngururoro Rivers burst their banks, flooding Napier to a depth of several feet, and…

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The Floods in New Zealand. Total Loss Estimated at £100,000. WELLINGTON

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 23 April 1897 · page 4

From the Clive and the surrounding district news comes of the desolation caused by the flood. Nearly all the residents suffered loss, and in addition…

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The Hawke's Bay Floods

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 May 1897 · page 12

The terrible floods at Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, began by the River Tutaekuri Ngururoro bursting its banks on the 16th of April, flooding the low ports of Napier to a depth of several feet, and…

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The Flood Mitigation Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 2

A TELEGRAPHIC message oslowhere from our Sydney correspondents will inform our readers that the scheme of Mr.Price, civil engineer for mitigating the severity of floods in the…

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The Hunter Floods Mitigation Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 2

Our telegraph correspondents in Sydney (Press Telegraph Association) sent us the following this morning: Mr. Price's scheme for dialing with floods in the…

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Mr. Price's Flood Prevention Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 3

At the meeting of the Borough Council last evening, Alderman Gillies said: You will have noticed that after a good many months waiting Mr. Price has completed his flood prevention…

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The Flood Mitigation Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 4

The scheme of Mr. Price, civil engineer, for mitigating the severity of floods in the Hunter has been submitted to the Minister. Although our present thonghts are rather…

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The Hunter Floods Mitigation Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 May 1897 · page 6

Our telegraphic correspondents in Sydney (Press Telegraph Association) sent as the following wire on Wednesday morning :— Mr. Price's scheme for dealing with floods in the…

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Flood Prevention on the Hunter River

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 May 1897 · page 6

With reference to the report of Mr. Price, of the Works Deportment, with regard to a flood prevention scheme for the Hunter River, the Minister of Works (Mr. Young) states (says the Herald) that…

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What a Cyclone Will Do

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 4

I had scarcely got into Kansas (says a writer in the New York Journal) ere a tow-year-old cyclone, that had somehow got out from the herd, went prancing across country,…

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Letter to the Editor. Mr. Price's Flood Scheme

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 6

Sir,—I see by one of your late issues that the report of Mr. Price on his scheme for dealing with floods in the Hunter River is now under the consideration of the Minister of Works…

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Hunter River Flood Mitigation

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 2

The scheme which Mr Price, C.E, lias submitted to the Minister for "Works for preventing the disastrous floods which periodically deveastato the…

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Hunter River Flood Mitigation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 14 May 1897 · page 2

The scheme which Mr Price, C.E., has submitted to the Minister for Works for preventing the disastrous floods which periodically devastate the valley of the…

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Mr. Price's Flood Prevention Scheme

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 May 1897 · page 12

At the last meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council. Alderman Gillies said: You will have noticed that after a good many months' waiting Mr. Price has completed his flood prevention…

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