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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms
131 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 7
SIR,—In reading your report of the proceedings of the Borough Council of East Maitland in your Thursday issue, I notice Alderman Rooney refers in somewhat sarcastic terms to the way he went round…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The heavy rains which set in over the valley of the Hunter on Saturday last had the effect of causing the river and its numerous tributaries to run bankers and to overflow in several places. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the late flood a bottle was thrown into the water at Warkworth, arid a resident near Maitland picked it up on Thursday. It contained a message dated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The flood waters have now receded in the Hunter to almost a normal level. A large deposit of mud is noticeable in the places where the waters encroached,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods raging in Silesia and South Germany have been unequalled during the century, and damage amounting to many million marks has been occasioned, while there has been great loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The local resident who, as we mentioned in last Thursday's issue had formulated a scheme for the mitigation of floods in the Hunter, writes us as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The captain of one of the coasting steamers trading to the Hunter says that the river going up to Morpeth is in a bad state. There is still a strong fresh in it,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The floods in Silesia and Southern Germany have resulted in widespread disaster. Harrowing scenes have occurred in the flooded district of Silesia and Saxony, where 20,000 persons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Singleton resident has suggested a method of dealing with the evil of floods in the Hunter, as they affect West Maitland and Singleton, which would involve the removal…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →SIR,—I see by the Maitland Mercury that flood prevention is getting thick in the air in Maitland. In the report of the Borough Council meeting I notice a brush between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous floods have occurred in Austria causing great injury to the crops. It is expected that little wheat will be experted from Hungary this season…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One of the doubtful element in the colossal scheme proposed by Mr. Price, of the Public Works Department, of flood prevention on the Hunter River was the nature of the foundation on which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →With reference to the proposal for the prevention of floods in the Hunter River district, it may be stated that a report was recently prepared by Mr J. E. Carne,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the doubtful elements in the colossal scheme proposed by Mr. Price, of the Public Works Department, for flood prevention on the Hunter River was the nature of the foundation on which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Before sending on the plans received by Mr. Gillies to the place where they are to be on exhibition for some days, as stated in our issue of Saturday, we have examined them with interest. An…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recently a petition, signed by 53 residents of East Maitland, wan presented to the Mayor (Mr. J. E. F. Waller), asking him to call a public meeting for the purpose of devising some measite prevent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—In reading the report of a public meeting held in East Maitland on flood mitigation, which appeared in yesterday's Mercury, nothing definite seems to have been arrived at. The resolution…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A violent gale has been raging in the British coast, and numerous shipwrecks are reported. Several disaster on land have also occurred. No detail…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We have since our last issue appeared had the opportunity of examining the plans, procured by Mr. Gillies, of Mr. Price's flood mitigation scheme. An attempt is here made to describe what they tell…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Ages ago this little web-footed follow was named Petrol, after the apostic Peter, because he is most often seen walking on the waves—never in them but just daintily skimming…
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