Steamer in a Gale. a Sheaking Spectacle at Sea
THE steamer Moresby had a terrible experience between Sydney and New Britain, on her [?]land cruise. The captain says It was the roughest…
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Floods & storms, 1900
105 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 6
The Safest Place in a Thunderstorm
As a general rule, avoid sheltering under trees when overtaken by a thunderstorm out in the country. Rather put up with a drenching than run the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Transvaal War. British Still Advances. Flight of [?]Oers. a Cyclone at Mafeking. Reported Death of Commandant De Wet. London, Aug. 31
President Ki[?]ger and all the Transvaal offices have reached N[?]pruit, on the Delngoa line, 66 miles east of [?]. It is reported at Delagoa Bay that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Safest Place in a Thunderstorm
As a general rule, avoid sheltering under trees when overtaken by a thunderstorm out in the country. Rather put up with a drenching than run the risk of being struck by lightning. But…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor. Walls Creek and the Floodgates
SIR—I who to endorse your wise suggestion made in the column of the Mercury a few days ago with reference to the closing of the floodgates or keeping back the water for the large number of stock a the approaching summer. The idea…
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Acting on representations made by Mr J. Gillies, M.P. the Minister for Works has arranged to lay on the lable of the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday next, for…
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ThE Minister of Works gave notice in the Legislative Assembly last night of a motion to refer the question of prevention of floods in the river Hunter to the Public Works Committee for consideration…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Friday, September 21, 1900. Hunter Flood Mitigation
MR. O'SULIVAN has taken the first step towards placing before the Public Works Committee a scheme for practically dealing with the question of mitigating floods in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter River Flood Prevention
The Minister of Works gave notice in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night of a motion to refer the question of prevention of floods in the river Hunter to the Public Works Committee for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter to the Editor. Flood Mitigation
SIR,—The report of Mr. Deane on the above subject published in your last night's issue in a ginring evidence of his incapacity to deal with the subject, For it shows that he is not even conversant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter River Floods. Schemes for Their Mitigation. Improving the Lower End of the River
IN connection with this subject Mr Deane, the Engineer-in-Chief for Public Works, in a report, says that the whole question of flood prevention…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Bengal. London. Sept. 23
Heavy rains have fallen in Bengal. At Calcutta 35in fell in four days. Hundreds of miles of country are flooded thousands of people are horneles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Floods in India. LONDON
Thirty five inches of rain fell during foar days in Caleutta. Hundreds of mies of river was flooded, and thoumads people are quito homeless…
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While we are looking forward to the long-delayed submission to the Public Works Committee of a scheme for mitigating floods in the Hunter, we may turn with interest to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Bengal
Heavy rains have fallen in Bengal, India. At Calcutta 35 inches tell in four days. Hundreds of miles of country are flooded, and thousands of people have been rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tuckian Flood Escape
LATELY, we gave the outline of a scheme reported on by the public works Committee, designed to relieve the town of Lismore and other towns and settlements on the Richamond…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Galveston Disaster. Darkness, Floods, and Tempest. An Overwhelming Calamity
THE R.M.S. Occana brought mails to September 14.Up to that day no comprehensive account had been received of the terrible disaster which overwhelmed Galveston…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tuckian Flood Escape
Lately we gave the outline of a scheme reported on by the Public. Works Committee, designed to relieve the town of Lismore and other towns find settlements on the Richmond…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Hunter Flood Mitigation
In the Assembly on Thursday night the Minister for Works, in reply to Mr Price, said he was only waiting for some additional particulars before referring the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Mountain Storm
I LIKE to see the storm-clouds meet, After the day's first dawning. I like the winds that are wild and fleet, And a thunderstorm in the morning…
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