A Southerly Gale
Through a strong southerly gale early this morning small craft in the harbour suf-fered. One yacht was washed up on the beach at Manly…
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Floods & storms, 1917
259 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 13
Thursday, January 11. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P M.). Hotel Sanitary Conveniences
John Baptiste Beisler, licensee of the Sportsman's Arms Hotel. pleaded guilty to a charge of not keeping the sanitary conveniences of the hotel in a sanitary condition…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, January 8. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Chinaman Charged with Opium Smoking
Sam War, alias Jimmy 'Ah You, 60, appeared on a charge of smoking opium. Mr. J. H. F. Waller, who appeared for defendant, asked for a remand. The police…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fitzroy River in Flood
The postmaster at Brisbane, Captain Forrester, has received a telegram from the harbour-master at Rockhampton, stating the Fitzroy River is in heavy flood. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Havoc Wrought by the Flood
The Minister for Education arrived at Capella and went on to Clermont by trolly. Altogether, about 24 persons went through on trollies. At Little Ebor considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Held Up. Record Flood at Richmond. Richmond (Q.)
It has been raining here for the past week, and there has been a recorded fall of fourteen Inches. Flinders River is in flood—the biggest flood on record. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Clermont Flood. Many People Swept Away. Terrifying Scenes. Great Loss of Life. Clermont (O.), Jan. 4
Immediately following upon the Christmas holidays with appaling suddenness the town of Clermont met with a disaster compared with which previous troubles were the veriest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood in the Rhine. London
Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent, states that the Rhine has risen 23 feet at Cologne, and much damage has been caused by floods…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →West Maitland Police Court. Monday, January 15. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Drunkenness
A female, who has been before the court previously, was fined 5/ for being drunk in High-street on Saturday evening. Constable Best explained the circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm at Bulladelah
At 5.30 on Thursday afternoon last a wind and hall storm broke over bullahdelah. The River View Hotel balcony was taken bodily up and thrown over the hotel into the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm in the Islands. Damage at Madang
Sonator Pearce, Minister for Defence, stated yesterday that news had been received from Brigadier-General S. A. Pethebridge, Administrator of Rabaul,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, January 18. (Before Mr. C.H. Gale. P.m.) Failing to Register
Peter Schwartz., 44, was charged with committing a breach of the War Precautions Act in that he failed to register. Sgt. Murray stated that defendant had told…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Macedonia Floods and Snowstorms
Paris, Tuesday.—A French communique states:—Bad weather has caused numerous floods, and there have been heavy- snowstorms in the Lake Prespa…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Queensland Floods
A cyclonic storm passed over Normanton, Queensland, on, Sunday morning, and lasted about three-quarters of a hour. There was a heavy.downpour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bullahdelah. the Big Storm
At 5.30 o'clock on Thursday afternoon a wind and hail storm broke over our little town, doing considerable damage to property, cattle and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A New Deluge Tablet
It is reported from the Smithsonian Museum that there has been found among the museum's large store of [?]llated Mesopotamian texts a small tablet containing an account of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm Warnings for Herders of Sheep
During the past spring the Weather Bureau established a special storm-warning service for the sheep ranges in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, to enable the owners of some 2,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm in the Islands. Damage at Madang
Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, stated yesterday that news had been received from Brigadier-General S. A. Pethebridge. Administrator of Rabaul…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Licensing Court. (Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., J. W., Birkenhead and Elias Bowden, L.Ms.)
James Owers, for whom Mr. H. M. Cohen appeared applied for the renewal of the license of the Carrington Hotel, West Maitland. Applicant said that since the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Police Court. Thursday, January 18. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.m.) Failing to Register
Peter Schwartz, 44, was charged with committing a breach of the War Precautions Act in that he failed to register. Sgt. Murray stated that defendant had told…
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