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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1899

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Heavy Rain in the Metropolis

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 3

Rain has been falling in torrents since an early hour this morning, and a heavy South-east gale is blowing. Fine weather prevails inland…

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[?]inimsing Flood Damaga

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 2

Some time ago the eminent engineer, Mr C.Napier Bell, was commissioned by the Government to report upon the schemes [?]had been prepaired with the object of…

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Prevention of Floods at the Hunter River

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 3

THE Minister for Works has received a report from Mr. C. Napier Bell, the engineer who was requested to report upon the prevention of floods in the…

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River [?] in Flood

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 4

DURING Tuesday and Wednedsday there was a rapid rise in the Murray at Albury, and the in the steam has broken away from the banks in many places…

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A Great Thunderstorm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 June 1899 · page 3

During a great thunderstorm which spread over the greater portion of England, the quarters of the Australian Lancers at Aldershot were flooded, and the men were compelled to seek refuge in the…

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N.S.W Lacesrs in a Storm. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 5

Heavy thunderstorms occurred at Aldershet, and the tents of the N.S.W. Lancere were flooded. The occupants had to take refuge in the barracks…

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River Murray in Flood

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 1

DURING Tuesday and Wednesday there was a rapid rise in the Murray at Albury, and the stream has broken away from the banks in many places,…

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Prevention of Floods in the Hunter River

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 3

The Minister of Works has received a report from Mr. C. Napier Bell, the engineer who was requested to report upon the prevention of floods in the Hunter River district, in which he gives…

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A Coming Deluge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 July 1899 · page 2

It would be inconvenient to say the least (says the London Daily Mail), if London were some day soon, to find itself at the bottom of several…

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Terrible Floods in Texas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 7 July 1899 · page 3

Appalling floods have occurred in Texas, United States. A tract of country 500 miles long and 50 miles wide is submerged. The Brazos Valley has been completely swept by the floods and is now a…

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Poetry. Storm and Sunshine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 9

Mist upon the mountains, and mist on [?] plain, But ever sunlight gleaming in the silvery drops of rain…

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News by Cable Appalling Floods in [?] LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 5

Telegrams from New York report that appalling Goods occurred in the State of Texas. Territory 500 miles long and 50 miles wide is submerged…

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Floods in Texas

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 July 1899 · page 3

A thousand persons have sought refuge from the floods on mounds and other high spots in Texas, where they are huddled with live stock and reptiles. Many negroes have died owing to having been…

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Heavy Rain. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 3

IT was raining almost all over the colony this morning. Nearly four and a halt inches has fallen at Araluen daring the last 24 hours…

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Horrors of the Texas Deluge. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 2

A thousand victims of the floods in Brazes Valley, Texas, have taken refuge on mounds, where they are huddled together with a vast…

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Telegraphic News. The Weather. Great Rainfall and Floods. Sydney

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 2

TEN inches of rain have fallen at Richmond during 48 hours. The creeks are all bankers, and the mails are blocked…

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The Bolwarra Flood Boat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 July 1899 · page 4

Our Large correspondent writes: The showery weather of late has evidently aroused a feeling of interest in the above boat. After three attempts at holding a meeting—the weather on the nights…

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A Terrific Storm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 4

JUNE 12 was a terrible night for New Richmond, the beautiful little village being almost wiped out of existence by one of the most severe cyclones that…

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Terrible Floods in Texas

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 15

Appalling floods have occurred in Texas, United States. A tract of country 500 miles long and 50 miles wide is submerged. The Brazos Valley has been completely swept by the floods aud is now a…

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A Steamer in a Storm. Forty-three Horses Lost. Terrible Scene in the Well Deck

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 July 1899 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday afternoon.—The German steamer Augsburg arrived in Moreton Bay last night, and anchored at the ber, en route for Singapore and…

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