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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
61 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 4
Higher floods have within the last two days, been experienced in Goulburn than has been the case since the years succeeding the great flood at Gundagai. On Wednesday last the sky bore [?] of a coming deluge and in the night the rain commenced to fall…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We have had another flood hero. It commenced raining about ten o'clock on Wednesday night and came down in torrents. The noise of the waters rushing down from the mountains sounded like the rearing of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A great destruction of property at the town of Paterson has been caused by the recent flood, and some of the inhabitants have good cause to remember the August flood for many a long day. On Thursday night the river rose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ever since the last flood (in July) a rumour has been in general circulation that some prophet whose name could not be ascertained had foretold another flood more disastrous than any which had been yet experienced. It was currently reported that this flood was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is an old saying that misfortune seldom [?] singly; and that truth has been verified in this [?] within the last month. Scarcely had the inhabitants in some measure recovered from the officers of the late…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A gentleman who arrived in town yesterday from the Hawkesbury district has furnished us with the following information:— On Sunday morning the floods were at the highest on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday evening a public meeting was held in the Court-house, East Maitland, to take into consideration the propriety of appointing a committee to watch over the interests of East Maitland with special reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Within the last few weeks Bathurst has been the scene of two of the heaviest flood is that have occurred for some years past. The first of these happened about three weeks since: the latter was [?] heights on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →You will hear with regret that we are visited with another flood probably of far greater magnitude than the two last that proved so destincetive to Maitland. It commenced raining here about 12 o'clock on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This last flood has been higher than any for the last twenty years, It commenced raining here on Thursday morning, and continued until Saturday. The waters were at the highest on Friday at 11 a.m. This flood rose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MUDGEE has again been visited by a flood, which in its consequents has been most disastrous, During the whole of Wednesday and Thursday last rain fell in torrents and towards the afternoon of the latter a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reading of late so many accounts of the disassters of the floods, &c., of Midland and its en[?]ons began to think we were surely favoured. We have had floods certainly but nothing serious: from the high situation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Weekes, by the permission of the Hon. Secretary for Lands and Public Works, rose, without notice, to ask that honourable member a question. The last flood at Maitland had carried away about 30 feet of what was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Want of space prevented us from publishing the following account in our last issue. THE FLOOD.—On the evening of the 18th the rain recommenced. The 19th was showery, with a rainy night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of this Committee was held at the School of Arts yesterday afternoon, Captain Russell in the chair. The Chairman stated the circumstances connected with the visit of the deputation appointed at a recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood Relief Committee met on Wednesday, in the School of Arts, to receive the answer from Government to the letter of the department lately appointed by the Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The motion of Mr. Weekes, for placing the sum of £3000 on the estimates for the purpose of affording relief to the sufferers by the late floods, was after a short debate negatived by a majority…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE sum of £1000 for the survey of the lands adjacent to the river Hunter was on Wednesday last, on the motion of Mr. Jones, placed on the supplementary estimates for 1857. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of the most violent storms which have visited this city for a very considerable period broke over it on Monday. During the early part of the day it was extremely close, the arm sphere was heavy and oppressive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A public meeting of the Flood Relief Committee was held on Monday afternoon, in the hall of the School of Arts, for the purpose of rendering a final report, and to obtain the sanction of the meeting for the reservation of…
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