Lady Teacher Drowned. Victim of the Late Flood. a Paterson River Sensation
NEWS was received in Singleton yesterday of the sad end of Miss Annie M'lunes, teacher of the Carrabolla School, Paterson, who met her…
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Floods & storms, 1898
193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 10
Flood Embankments
The experience of the past and this week in regard to the value of properly constructed flood embankments has been a good one in this district, and seeing that this is about the only way in which…
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Our correspondent writes on the 2nd instant:—We have just experienced another big flood, Yesterday (Thursday) evening it was at its highest, but this morning it has gone down about ten feet,…
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ENGLISH papers by the mail which arrived in Sydney on Wednesday last give an account of a severe storm which raged in London on July 27th:…
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Sir,—In reply to your letter of the 1st instant, urging immediate action is connection with the mitigation of floods in the Hunter River, I have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Political Points. Mr. Barton at Kempsey. a Flood of Eloquence Threatened. Mr. Smith's Position. Sydney
A wire from Kempsey to-day states that Mr. Barton's meeting yesternight was the best over hold in that town since Sir Henry Parkes spoke there ten years ago. Cheers, punctuated every…
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It is probable the question flood mitigation in the Hunter River will be brought before the Cabinet at the next meeting. Mr. Gillies, M.L.A., has been urging the matter on the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Great Storm of 1703
On the 27th of November, 1703, Great Britain was visited by an atmospheric disturbance of so violent a character, and productive of ho great an amount of destruction, as to well…
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The Government has given some consideration lately to the question of flood prevention in the Hunter Kiver district. As will be remembered, many schemes…
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The people of Largs, Bolwarra, Phoenix Park, and adjacent neighbourhoods have been agitating fer some considerable time for a flood refuge—an ares of high land on which the residents of the low-lying…
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A storm at Memel drowned one hundred and twenty fishermen…
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The people of Large, Bolwarra, Phoenix Park, and adjacent neighbourhoods have been agitating for some considerable time for a flood time for a flood refuge—an area of high land on which the residents of the low-lying…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Floods in the Hunter. the Premier Makes More Promises. Sydney
In the Assembly, this morning, Mr. Gillies wished to know the reason of the delay in appointing the promised commission to inquire into the prevention of floods in the Hunter. Was it because the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →H. R. A. & H. Association. "Flood Mitigation on the Lower Hunter."
Last evening the eighth of the series of monthly readings arranged by the Committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was given in the Council Chamber, Iown Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Flood Prevention Statement by Mr Reid. [By Telegraph] Sydney
IN the Assembly, this morning, Mr Gillies wished to know the reason of the delay in appointing the promised commission to inquire into the…
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The discussion on Mr. E. Scobie's paper on the above subject was resumed in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, last evening. The attendance was not large—not more than 26 persons were present at…
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On Thursday evening, the 29th September, the eighth of the series of monthly readings arranged by the Committee of the Hunter River Agricultural and Horticultural Association was given in the…
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We have had compiled the following interesting return, from our own files of the heights of floods in the Hunter from the earliest records available to the present year…
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Additional telegraphic reports from the country, this morning, show the fearful effects of dust storms and the drought…
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THE Chief Secretary has courteously sent us a copy of the official report of the interview of a deputation in May last with the Minister of Public Works respecting Hunter…
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