The Hunter River Floods
A good number of shop-keepers lifted Goods from the floor, or low shelves, in case the town was flooded. In this way you find rubbish stock slightly damaged…
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Floods & storms, 1899
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This Hunter River Floods
A good number of shop-keepers lifted Goods from the floor, or low shelves, in case the town Was flooded. In this way you find rubbish stock slightly damaged…
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We are indebted to the Hen. J. N. Brunker, late Chief Secretary, for the following copy of Mr. D[?]ley's minute on Mr. Napier Bell's proposals to deal with floods in the Hunter. At Mr. Brunker's…
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The annual meeting of the Pitnacree Flood Boat Committee was held at the residence of Mr. J. Porter, Pitnacree Bridge, on Tuesday evening, the 12th instant. There was a full…
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We are indebted to the Hen. J. N. Brunker, late Chief Secretary, for the following copy of Mr. Darley's minute on Mr. Napier Bell's proposals to deal with floods in the Hunter. At Mr. Brunker's…
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A good number of shop-keepers lifted Goods from the floor, or low shelves, in case the town was flooded. In this way you find rubbish stock slightly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter River Floods. Scheme for their Mitigation. Departmental Minutes Thereon
A COPY of the minute by Mr C. W. Darley, engineear-in-Chief for Public Works, in reference to mr Napier Bell's Proposals for mitigating floods…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Kunier River Floods
A goood member of shop-keepers lifted Goods from the floor, or low shelves, in case the town was floaded. In this way yon find rubbish stock slightly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to the Editor. Maitland Flood Prevention
SIR,—As a possible solution of the apparently insoluble problem of protecting Maitland and the country between it and the against the ravages of floods, may I submit the cutting of a canal from…
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The expected has happened, says our daily issue. Mr. Darley, Engineer-in-Chief for Public Works, damns with faint praise Mr. Napier Bell's proposals for mitigating floods…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Thunderstorm
The first thunderstorm of the season passed ever this district on Sunday last. The lighting at times was very vi[?]id, and the thunder heavy, although not much rain fell…
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Colonel Pennycuick, R.E., who has been engaged by the Queensland Government to report upon the prevention of floods in the Brisbane Rives, is a passenger for Brisbane by the Orient Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Latest Cable News. the Indian Floods
A missionary, Mr. Lees, with six children at Darjeeling in Hindostan, remained on their knees and prayed until they were overwhelmed by flood waters. One child was rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grafton. a Steamer in a Gale
The steamer Wyoming, from Newcastle to Grafton, which arrived yesterday, reports a perilous experience during the heavy easterly gale which raged on Thursday and Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Great Storm
November has for ages been popularly credited with being the most stormy month of the year on the coasts of North-Western Europe. To our Saxon forefathers it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Barrier Dust Storm
A FEARFUL, dust storm raged at Broken Hill on Wednesday. The wind rose higher as the day advanced, and shrieked and blustered through…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Protection from Floods at East Maitland
At the meeting of the East Maitland Borough Council on Wednesday evening last a communication was read from Mr. John Gillies, M.P., acknowledging Council's letter of the 15th ultimo in reference to the suggested embankment…
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At the last meeting of the Progress [?] reference was made to the delay in the matter of a flood refuge for the district. The following communication proves that Messrs. Bennett and Gillies…
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In the Assembly last Tuesday night, Mr Brunter gave notice of his intention to move on Tuesday- "That the official parts of several qaalified professional…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Where Not to be in a Thunderstorm
During a thunderstorm, it is pointed cut, the inhabitants of houses should not remain in the kitchen or other room where a fire is burning in the grate, as the…
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