Flood Prevention
Lieut.-Colonel Nicholson, Member for Maitland. In his place in the Legislative Assembly, asked the Secretary for Public Works whether any scheme based upon reports of…
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Floods & storms, 1914
305 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 16
Cyclone
A disastrous cyclone, accompanied by a tidal wave, has been experienced in Madagascar, and several vessels were wrecked, and 16…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wollombi. Police Court. Before M. C. H. Gale, P.M.
Quite a stir was caused on the 10th inst., at the quiet little, villiage of "Wollombi, when several police court cases were disposed of by the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Terrible Gale. Moroccan Coast. Madrid, March 13
A terrific gale is reported to be [?] the African coast, and 17 vessels are [?] near Milellah, on the north coast of [?] Several warships are in great danger…
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The special correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," writing from Livingstone, on Dec. 13 says:— One hundred and thirty miles in six…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Record Floods in Queensland
The postmaster at Eulo (Queensland) states that the Paroo-river is flooded, the waters being higher than for twenty years It is also reported…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hurricane and Floods Great Loss of Life. London, March 15
Reuter's St. Petersburg correspondent reports that a hurricane in the Kuban province caused the Sen of Azoff to rise nine feet and inundate the towns of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floodboat Christening. East Maitland Water Brigade. "The W. B. Pryor."
An Interesting ceremony marking the progress made by the East Maitland Volunteer Water Brigade, brought together a number of prominent townsmen on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gales in Britain. Shipping Casualties. London, March 16
Violent gales are raging in the west and South of England and Ireland. One hundred houses have been unroofed in Queenstown. The Swedish barque Trifollum, coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales in Russia. Terrible Mortality. St. Petersburg
A [?] gale swept over the [?] district for ton hours on Friday night Waterspouts devastated six village in the Elsrtekartah Straft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Russia
London, Sunday.—A Reuter message from St. Petersburg states that a hurricane in Kuban Province caused the Sea of Azoff t rise 9ft. and inundate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gales Mortality in Russia. St. Petersburg
The victims of the storms in Russia number about 2000. One hundred and fifty boast were lost at Astrakhan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C.H. Gale P.M. and Elias Bowden and J.P. Birkenhead L.Ms.)
William Francis parker was granted a renewal of the license of the Heddon-Greta Hotel, subject to certain altertions in the sanitary conventions being made. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Raymond Terrace Police Court. Friday, 13Th March. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M., and Mr. G. H. Pepper, J.p.) Assault
George Walter Steinbeck was charged with unlawfully assaulting Waller Sutton at William Town on the nth February last. Messrs. R. A. Mackenzie and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain in Sydney. Streets Flooded
Exciting scenes were witnessed in Sydney late last night, following on the tremendous downpour of rain that, occurred shortly after 11 o'clock. Thousands of people— many of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Toll of a Storm
It is now estimated that the victims through the terrible storm which resulted in the flooding of the Kuban district of Russia total about two thousand. In Ast[?]akan 150…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gales in Russia. Terrible Mortality. St Petersburg
A fierce gale swept over the Kuban district for ten hours on Friday night. Waterspouts devastated six villages in the Eisrtokaratah Strait…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gales in Britain. Shipping Casualties. London, March 16
Violent gales are raging in the west and south of England and Ireland. One hundred houses have been unroofed in Queenstown. The Swedish barque Trifolium, coal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Terrible Gale. Moroccan Coast. Madrid, March 13
A terrific gale is reported to be raging on the African coast, and 17 vessels are ashore near Milellah, on the north coast of Morocco. Several warships are in great danger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cape to Cairo by Motor. Storm and Tempest. a Sea of Mud
The special correspondent, of the London "Daily Telegraph," writing from Livingtone, on Dec. 13 says:—One hundred, and thirty miles in six…
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