The Recent Floods. on the Manning
As one sits down to write on Monday, a day beautiful and spring-like, it is a joy to see all Nature “smiling and gay,” as the poet expresses it…
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Floods & storms, 1893
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Floods in Other Districts. Sydney
The heavy rains which fell on Wednesday night have affected the railway lines in several places. On the Northern line a slip took place near the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods on the Manning. Damage to the Corn Crops. Taree
Flood weather has again visited us, having commenced on Tuesday morning by a sharp shower, followed about 11 p.m. by a thunderstorm, with a…
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The floods at Bega last week washed away eight bridges. The damage to roads and fences is [?]6000. Heavy rain deluged the town and its surroundings, the rising…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods on the Macquarie. Water in the Main Street at Warren. Warren
The Macquarie is in flood. In Warren the water is in the main street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Floods on the Hunter. Loss of Life. Enormous Damage to Property. Sydney
Another disastrous flood has visited the Hunter River district. It has already caused much rain and suffering, hundreds of people having been rendered homeless…
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37 feet were registered at Bellbrook on Tuesday, March 11th, 1890, and the rainfall there for nine days was 16 inches. At Kempsey the waters rose to about 8ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods on the Macleay. a Phenomenal Rainfall the Highest Rise Since 1875. Houses Inundated. People Rescued in Boats. Enormous Damage to Property. Extensive Slips on the Armidale Road. Farms Partly Washed Away. the State of Clybucca and Seven Oaks. Eventful Passage of Burrawong the Impending Distress. Prompt Action of the Municipal Authorities. a Public Meeting Called. Full Details
OLD residents have to carry their memories back to 1875 to recall a more disastrous flood than that which swept over Kempsey and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Floods. Delayed Messages
The following messages should have been received by us on Monday were it not for the interruption of telegraphic communication:—…
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A representative, who had taken his passage in the Anna Maria from Morpeth, was enabled to proceed a portion of the way to East Maitland in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Ay A. H. & I Association. [?]Ely Attended Meeting [?]Cting Statements As to Flood Damage. [?] Show to Be Held. [?] Nation of the President
[?]iderable interest attached to the [?]dings in connection with the [?]g of the committee of the [?] day A. H. and I. Association…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Notes
THE Mayor (Ald. Gilfillan) has received a donation of £10 from Messrs. Dixon & Co., the well known tobacco manufacturers, to aid in relieving the distress caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Late Flood. Impending Distress. Public Meeting on Thursday Last. Large and Representative Attendance. a Relief Committee Formed. the Government Asked for a Grant of £5000
THE meeting called by the Mayor of Kempsey, in compliance with a requisition received by him, "for the purpose of urging on the Government the immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. the Distress Through the Flood. To the Editor
SIR,--While doubtless just now every individual in the community has pressing anxieties of his own to engage his attention and absorb his sympathy, still the position…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Cuttings. To the Editor
SIR,--I pen these few lines with the hope of directing public opinion into the swamps, and when there to consider a project which I believe will prove of immense benefit to this…
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SIR,--In the leading article of your issue of March 15, are certain references to the failure of communication from Bellbrook during the recent floods. No one can read…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Insurance Against Flood Damage
The proposal, first mooted some years ago, to form a society for the insuring of crops etc., against damage by floods…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Studying Storms
In the year 1821 a severe storm prevailed along the eastern coast, which for many years was known as the ‘great September gale.’ It held that title until September,…
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ON Friday last the Mayor (Mr. J. Gilfillan) received an additional sum of £200 from the New South Wales Flood Relief Fund, for distribution in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lines Written During a Flood
Hark to the billows thundering on the shore, The seabird’s wailing cry; the pouring rain Alas, in many a home bright hopes are o’er,! For many months of weary labor vain…
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