After the Storm
The wind increased in fury. gust alter gust struck angrily against the window of the room in which Hotty Maynard sat trembling. It was a night to make the…
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Floods & storms, 1898
193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 10
The Lull Before the Storm
"'Tis the sunset of life that gives mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before."—Campbell. [BY GEO. C CRAIG, AUTHOR OF "FEDFRAL…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Floods in America
Floods have occurred in the States on [?] Virgina, and Pennaylvania, and stopped the working of railways and factories. Thousands of people are homeless and in great danger…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Gales
A heavy gale has occurrd on the English coast with great snowstorms. Railways are blocked and there have been many wrecks and loss of life is reported…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in America
Terrible floods have occurred in the States of Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. They have stopped the traffic on the railways, and work in…
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Sir,—Floods, droughts, and the want of an imperial power to deal with and make the best use of the troubles that afflict the valley of the Hunter River and its tribu…
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The Ohin has burst its banks at Shawneetown, Illinois, and has destroyed the greater portion of the town, two hundred persons being drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Track of the Storm
The terrible whirlwind had done its worst. Stately monarchs of the forest lay prostrate. Ruin and desolation marked the path of the funnel-shaped monster that had swept with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Boisterous Gale and Heavy Rainfall
The long dry spell of which, farmers and dairymen and pastoralists have been complaining broke on Sunday afternoon last, since when till last night there have been intermittent showers. But steady…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rainfall Many Dry Districts Visited Terrific Storm in Sydney
THROUGHOUT this district, on Thursday night, -heavy rain fell, registering' yesterday morning at for the previous 21 hours, 108 points,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm and Wreck
MAITLAND folk have their sad experiences of conflict with one of the giant forces of nature. But to them the foe comes in the shape of flood, resistless in power, achieving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Storm. Loss of the Maitland. Scenes at the Wreck. Heavy Loss of Life. Numerous Wrecks Op Coasters. a Memorable Gale Amongst Shipping
THERE we sorrow on the sea in the late storm, and a deep gloom spread over Sydney and Newcastle on Saturday as gradually the fragmentary news…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Gale at Port Stephens. Great Damage to Vessels Tea Gardens
On Thursday night a terrible gale started to blow in Port Stephens accompanied by heavy rain, lasting over forty hours, and doing great damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recent Heavy Weather Terrific Coastal Storm. Steamers Wrecked. Great Loss of Life.—Fearful Sufferings
THE heavy storm reported in our last issue as having commenced on Thursday continued on Friday also along the coast, with disastrous results. On…
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Enormous damage was done to the Sewerage Farm at Botany during the recent storm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Recent Heavy Weather. Terrific Coastal Storm. Steamers Wrecked. Great Loss of Life.—Fearful Sufferings
THE heavy storm reported in our lust issue as having commenced on Thursday, continued on Friday also along the coast, with disastrous results. On Saturday several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Mitigation. Deputation to the Minister of Works. a Royal Commission to Be Appointed. Sydney
The deputation to the Minister of Works in reference to flood mitigation was introduced this afternoon by the Hon. J. N. Brunker, and Messrs. Price and Gillies, M.'sP., J.H.F. Waller (Mayor…
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TOMMORROW a deputation will meet the Minister for Works at Sydney, to ask for some steps to be taken by the Government for mitigation of floods…
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ELSEWHERE we report the proceedings of the deputation which waited yesterday on the Minister of Public Works, to request Mr. Young to take some action in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Mitigation. Deputation to the Minister of Works
Yesterday afternoon, at half-past two, the deputation appointed by the conference on flood mitigation held in Raymonf Terrace last March, waited upon the Hon. J. H. Young, the Minister…
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