The Coming Storm
The storm is coming along the sky. The birds fly low and the mother hon Turns in her toes and clucks and hurries; The leaves skip by in little flurries…
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Floods & storms, 1909
261 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 14
Small Debts Court. Thursday, February 11th. (Before Mr G. H. Gale, P.M.)
Morrison's Stores v. J. Stevens, claim for 13/6, goods sold and deliveredMr Shaw appeared for plaintiff. Defendant explained that he had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Thursday, February 11th. (Before Mr G. H. Gale, P.M.) Travelling Without a Ticket
Archibald Gemer pleaded guilty to travelling in a train from Branxton to Singleton without paving his fare. The defendant, who had been in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Europe. Towns Under Water. London, Feb. 6
Extraordinary floods have occurred in Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, and Tyrol, owing to sudden melting of the snows. Whole towns are under water. Railways in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather. Heavy Storm at Singleton
The weather on Sunday was warm and oppressive, and although the night was clear and starlit, electrical disturbances towards the south-west denoted an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone at Nemingha. Tamworth
A terrific cyclene passed over Nemingha, in the Tamworth district, yesterday, tearing up giant forest tress, unroofing houses and playing havoc generally. Sheets of iron from wrecked roofs were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Heavy Storm at Singleton
A heavy thunderstorm occurred in Singleton on Thursday morning. The rain fell in great volume and gutters were soon running strongly. On the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensing Court. Thursday, February 18th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.)
A transfer of a colonial wine license at Rix's Creek was granted from William John Butler to Lewis John Gilder. A transfer of a billiard license for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Thursday, February 18th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale. P.M.). Railway Cases
Lewis Harris pleaded guilty to travelling, from West Maitland to Singleton without paying his fare, and was fined 10/-, or six hours' imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →storms in Queensland. Man and Horse Struck Dead
At Cunnamulla there was a heavy storm on Friday night. Torrents of rain fell, and the wind blew with cyclonic force. The interior of houses were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Germany
[?]ty thousand acres of country in the [?]eys of the Elbe and the Havel, North [?] any are still inundated, and eighty [?]s and villages are under water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court. Thursday February 25th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Stealing a Coat
Thomas Ross, an old man, was charged with stealing at Singleton on February 24th a coat, valued at 25/-, the property of Arthur Alford…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Storm at Milton
A terrific rainstorm passed over Milton district on Friday night, 750 points being registered up to Saturday morning. Extensive damage was done to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. Severe Storm Near Goulburn
A very severe thunderstorm occurred on Monday night between 6 and 7, chiefly on the west and south of Goulburn. South of the city the rain was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Storm in Victoria
Exceptionally severe thunderstorms have occurred in the north-eastern parts of Victoria, particularly in the Wangaratta and Beechworth districts. At…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Children's Court. Thursday, March 4th (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Larceny
Thomas Hyde, a State boy, 15 years of age, was charged with stealing at Glen Maynard, near Merannie, on February 21st, 1909, a chestnut gelding, saddle,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Court. Thursday, March 4th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.). Indecent Language
Edward Ball pleaded guilty to using indecent language in the bar of the Royal in the on the night of February 1st, and was fined £1 and 6/- costs of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The "Ninety-Three" Flood
Yesterday, March 10th, was the 16th aniversary of the great Hood of 1936, when the Hunter rose to a height of Sort. Gin. In Singleton, the highest point…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Licensing Court. Thursday, March 11th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.)
An application for a billiard license, in connection with new premises in Johnstreet, was granted to Dunean Charles Barton…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Small Debts Court. Thursday, March 11th. (Before Mr C. H. Gale, P.M.)
Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd., v. James Swift.âClaim for £5/19/9, goods sold. Mr Shaw, for plaintiff, stated that £1 had been paid off the account…
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