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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1898

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The Hunter Flood Mitigation Movement. Conference at Raymond Terrace. Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 February 1898 · page 5

The conference convened by Mr. R. Atkinson Price, member for Gloucester, for the purpose of urging upon the Government the necessity for taking prompt and effective action to mitigate the…

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The Hunter Flood Mitigation Movement. Conference at Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2

As briefly intimated by wire in our last issue, a conference convened by the member for Gloucester (Mr. R. Atkinson. Price) assembled in the School of Arts, Raymond Terrace, yesterday…

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Tug Flood Mitigation Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2

YESTERDAY we gave a report sent by telegraph, and to-day we present a fuller account by our own representative, of the proceedings of the Conference at Raymond Terrace…

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Letter to the Editor. Flood Prevention

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 4

SIR,—Will you allow me space in your columns to voice the opinions of the majority of Singleton people I have spoken to on the above subject. We maintain—1st. Flood…

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Flood Mitigation on the Hunter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 2

A large meeting of representatives from all parts of the river affected by floods was held at Raymond Terrace on Monday. The conference was…

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Farmers and Floods. Proposed Extension of Embankments at East Maitland

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 March 1898 · page 6

A public meeting of ratepayers and residents of East Maitland, convened by the Mayor in answer to a requisition, was held in the Mechanics' Institute last evening. The requisition stated that…

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Floods in Melbourne- a Boy Killed by Lightning

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 4

AN extraordinary downpour caused a complete suspension of pedestrian traffic in some of the Melbourne streets on Monday. The water ran…

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Huntor Flood Mitigation

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 March 1898 · page 2

A large meeting of representatives from all parts of the river affected by floods was hold at Raymond Terrace last Monday. The couforenco was brought about by Mr…

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Flood Mitigation on the Hunter

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1898 · page 3

A large meeeting of representatives from all parts of the Hunter River was held at Raymond Terrace on Monday last, at the invitation of Mr…

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The Hunter Flood Mitigation Movement

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2

A. public mooting convened by the Mayor of West Maitland (Colonel Wilkinson, V.D), was held at the Town Hall last evening for the purpose of hearing a report from the delegates to Raymond Terrace…

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Letters to the Editor. the Flood Conference and Its Entertainment

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 3

SIR,—I notice in your otherwise very correct report of the proceedings at the meeting of the Flood Prevention Conference at Raymond Terrace, you give me credit for entertaining about thirty…

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The Hunter Flood Mitigation Movement. Conference at Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 12

The conference convened by Mr. It. Atkinson Price, Member for Gloucester, for the purpose of urging upon the Government the necessity for taking prompt and effective action to migrate the…

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The Flood Mitigation Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 4

An entire misconception prevailed among all present at the Raymond Terrace Conference as to the functions and powers of the Public Works Committee. That Committee…

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Cyclone in the Comoro Islands

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 5

The Comoro Islands, in the Mozambique Channel, have been devastated by a cyclone. Many of the inhabitauts were killed…

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Floods in Queensland. Great Inundations Feared. Brisbane, Monday evening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 March 1898 · page 5

considerable anxiety has been occasioned owing to the almost incessant rain and strong S.E. squalls which have occurred since Saturday night. Although as yet there has been no rise in the river…

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Floods in Queensland, Agreeable Change in the Weather. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 5

The weather is now fine but the Brisbane River continues to rise slowly. The water at ten 0'clock this morning was a couple of feet deep in Hope-street, South Brisbane. It is expected the water…

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Letters to the Editor. the Flood Conference at Raymond Terrace

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 4

SIR,—On coming to town to-day the Mayor informed mo that much to his annoyance, in your report of the Flood Prevention meeting held here on Monday last, you represent him…

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Floods in the North

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 March 1898 · page 2

DURING the past-few days heavy rains occurred on the north coast rivers, causing heavy floods. Miles of lowlying lands are flooded, and thousands…

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Floods in Queensland. Brisbane, Monday evening

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 12 March 1898 · page 5

Considerable anxiety has been occasioned owing to the almost incessant rain and strong S.E. squalls which have occurred since Saturday night. Although as yet there has been no rise in the river…

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A Weather Prophet. How an Insurer Foretold Floods

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 4

ALONG the banks of the Capo FENR River in North Carolina, U.S.A., are lowlands behind which lies a higher level or bench. The lowlands are…

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