"Cyclone" Thompson. San Francisco, Feb. 22
"Cyclone" Thompson sails on March 24 for Australia. He hopes to force McGoorty to engage in a match with him, and will afterwards said for Europe to meet Carpentier, if…
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Floods & storms, 1914
305 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 16
Drought Breaking. Deluge at Parkes
Rain fell at Parkes on Tuesday, and in an hour and 20 minutes 173 points were registered, if was still rainine on Tuesday night. The low-lying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbrook Letter. Flood Mitigation
Mr. M. Dawson, in his paper on "The Security of the Hunter Valley," has again drawn attention to a most important subject, but of apparently such magnitude…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belmore Bridge Flood Gauge
Further representatives have been made to the Department of Public Works by Major Nicholson, M.L.A., with regard to placing the flood guage for the Belmore…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Cyclone"thompson. San Francisco, Feb. 22
"Cyclone" Thompson sails on March 24 for Australia. He hopes to force McGoorty to engage in a match with him, and will afterwards sail for Europe to meet Carpentier, if…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Remarkable Rainstorm. South Californian Deluge. Los Angeles, Feb. 20
A tropical downpour of rain turned the streets of many Southern Californian towns into racing millstreams. Eight inches of rain fell in 3 hours, and the storm proved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Coalmines. Heavy Rain
There was an exceptionally heavy fall of rain at Kurri at an early hour this morning. The fall was of short duration, but it was sufficient to overflow the creeks and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Falling Fireballs. Storm at Glebe. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
During a storm at The Glebe last, night, a huge fireball fell in the street and bowled along the thorough. fare for some distance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm at Bowraville. Lighting Wrecks a Home
Mrs. C. O. Watt, wife of a dairyman, had a wonderfully narrow escape from being killed during a severe storm, which visited Bowraville on Monday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Flooded Mine. Brussels
The mine at Sirepy, at which 350 were working, has become flooded. Nine were killed and the rest made good their escape…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Flooded. Nine Men Drowned. (By Cable.) London
While 350 miners were working in a co?liary at Brussels, the workings, were suddenly flooded Nine men were drowned."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gale at Sea
A Phenomenal gale was recently experienced on the Australian court, but the property were all kept in good heart by bag served with a cup of milkmaid coffee…
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A terrific storm passed over the city early this morning, rain falling at the rate of 260 points an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Court. Tuesday, March 3, 1914. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)
John Cognet was charged with a broach of tho Defence Act by neglecting to notify change of address. Fined 10s, costs of court 3s, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Prevention
In the Assembly on Thursday, [?], Colonel Nicholson, member for Maitland, asked the Secretary of Public Works.— Whether any scheme based upon reports of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain in Sydney. Sydney
It rained heavily throughout the night and carly this morning, but it has now cleared again…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm at Bowraville. Lightning Wrecks a Home
Mrs. C. C. Watt, wife of a dairyman, had a wonderfully narrow escape from being killed during a severe storm, which visited Bowraville on Monday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Torrential Rain. City Streets Flooded. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Torrential rains fell in the city early this morning. The streets were converted into miniature rivers, rain falling at the rate of 260 points in an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone at Madagascar. Paris
A cyclone at Madagascar, on March [?] caused several wrocks, and a lidal [?] which drowned sixteen inhabitants…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Licensing Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. and Mr. Elias Bowden. L.M)
A renewal of the license of the Aberdare Hotel,Weston, was graned to James Hipwell. The assessment was fixed at £208, license fee £30…
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