The Great Storms
Further details have been received of the disablement in the Atlantic of the Cunard steamer Pavonia. For twenty days the Pavonia was adrift in the Atlantic and experienced terrific weather…
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Floods & storms, 1899
240 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 12
The Atlantic Storms
The Hamburg-American Packet Company's steamer Bulgaria, which was last seen in a sinking condition in the Atlantic with sixty-five persons remaining on board, has arrived safely at the Azores…
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In the Assembly on Thursday night, the Premier, in reply to Mr Price, said that if it should be found desirable Mr Napier Bell, who was about to report on the…
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The following is from the official report of last Thursday's proceedings in the Assembly:—Mr. Price: I desire to ask the Colonial Treasurer Mr. Price: whether he will carry out the promise he made on…
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After several days threatening, a terrific thunderstorm passed over the town this afternoon. While it lasted it raged with extraordinary violence, the rain descending as from a water-spout. Buildings…
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On two occasions on Tuesday a thunderstorm passed over. Singleton, but only sufficient rain fell to lay the dust. In some parts of the district, however, the…
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After a day of suffocating heat a thunderstorm of unprecedented violence passed over Dungog on Tuesday afternoon. It struck the town from…
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In the Hunter district of New South Wale, the Hawkesbury River rises at times to flood height; then the settlers of the district and the inhabitants of the townships on the line of the waters stiffen…
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THE thunderstorm winch passed over this town on Tuesday afternoon last caused considerable destruction in other places, as well as providing a…
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Writing from England under the heading "The Poor Sailor Man," Louis Becke says in a contemporary:—Twice since the New Year has the South Coast of England from the North Foreland to the…
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A storm that occurred here on Tuesday afternoon was one of the most remarkable ever experienced here and in various respects is without parallel in local history. For several days the heat had been intense,…
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The following is from the official report of last proceedings in the Assembly on February 26:—Mr. Price: I desire to ask the Colonial Treasurer whether he will carry out the promise he made on…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Maitland Flood. an Incident of Years Ago. How a Lover Met His Death
In the Hunter district of New South Wales, the River rises at times to flood beight; then the settlers of the district and the inhabitants of the…
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A TEERIBLY heavy thunderstorm passed over the Bathurst district on Sunday evening. It came on".'very, suddenly. At Kelso the rain fell iv…
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IN the Hunter district of New South Wales, the river rises at times to flood height then the settlers of the district and the inhabitants of the…
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The Melbourne Age refers to the outcry with regard to the federal capital an a storm in a Sydney teapot, which is not likely to unsettle the serenity of anybody outside the immediate area of the local…
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A remarkably heavy thunderstorm is reported to have passed over Bathurst on Sunday evening last. The storm came on very suddenly, and at Kelso the rain is reported…
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There has been a recurrence of disastrous storms throughout the United Stales. – In the eastern States great damage…
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THE steamer Warrego arrived on Wednesday at Cooktown from Thurs-[*] day Island, and reports that the schooner Tarawa was ashore on the…
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A fierce storm occurred at Buenos Ayrea. 300,000 tons of wheat" were destroyed…
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