A Racecourse Flooded
The Wallsend Jockey Club racecourse is under water, the embankment being completely covered, and, under the circumstances, the Amateur race meeting on…
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Floods & storms, 1889
156 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 8
At Adamstown. Floods and Damage
Adamstown has received her share of the rain that has fallen during the past few days. On Saturday and Sunday nights the rain came down incessantly in torrents, almost…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Great Flood at Marrickville. Many Houses Submerged. 150 Residents Rescued. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night
Marrickville, as usual, has received the full force of the tempestuous weather, and yesterday matters culminated in that populous suburb being flooded, the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Morpeth. a Great Flood Expected
The storm on Sunday, which was the worst known here for a number of years past, did great damage to the roofs of a number of houses. The School of Arts lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hunter River Floods. Alarm in West Maitland
THE excessive rainfall that has been experienced in the Hunter River district, in common with all parts of the colony, yesterday gave rise to great anxiety in the city, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Political Gossip. the Deluge
by which is meant the rain and not the parliamentary talk, having come to an end, we have time to think of something else. Yet it is remarkable that before the deluge came…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Results of the Storm. Considerable Damage to Property
THE reports of the destruction of property by the recent storm continue to come in, and show that the rain has been pretty general over the colony. In many places the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Flood in the Hunter. the Inundation at Maitland. Tremendous Destruction of Property. Anxiety and Distress. Accounts by Our Own Reporters. The Flood of 1820
THE flooded condition of the Hunter River at the present time, owing to the unprecedented rainfall which has taken place all over the watershed area of the river, in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Last Great Flood
Since the last-named year the river has approached the flood-limit, but has not overflowed to any dangerous extent. The inundation was accompanied by loss of life, one of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Flood of 1889. Maitland as seen Yesterday
What will in future time be known as the great flood of 1889 will probably be chiefly remembered by its extent and by the rapidity with which the river rose. On Monday it…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Flood at Singleton. "I'm Afoat! I'm Afloat!" Brave Rescue of Nine Persons. SINGLETON, Wednesday Night
The interruption in the telegraphic communication last night compelled the official to inform me that there was no chance of it going through. It was sent by rail, but…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Storm. Prepare
People throughout the whole of the colony would do well to be prepared for further floods, for Mr. Russell says that all the rain has not yet fallen. The late south-east…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The S.s. "Burwah" in the Late Storm
Captain Ellis reports: Left the wharf, Brisbane, at 12.30 p.m. on the 25th inst., passed Smoky Cape at noon on May 26 and arrived at the wharf, Sydney, at 3 a.m. on the 29th, having experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sand-drift. Effects of the Storm. What the Government Should Do
THE late storm has played great havoc with the work going on under Mr. Czerwonka for the purpose of preventing the sand from drifting off the beach on to the resumed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods at Lithgow. Many Mountain Roads Blocked
LITHGOW, Thursday.—District reports from every quarter indicate the phenomenal nature of the fall, and the highest previous flood levels have in nearly all cases been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Floods at Windsor. Surrounded by a Sea of Water. A Scene of Desolation. Rescue Work by Brigade Boats
WINDSOR, Thursday.—The water had last night receded to within 3ft of the railway viaduct and the Fitzroy Bridge railings, and all was covered by 8 or 10ft. South Creek…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flood at Morpeth. the Town Escapes Injury. Phœnix Park under Water
The little township of Morpeth, although situated on the banks of the Hunter River, has been well nigh forgotten in the excitement caused by the inundation of West…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Maitland After the Flood. a Sad Scene of Desolation. Hundreds of People Homeless. a Young Woman Drowned
AT half-past 4 on Wednesday the population of Maitland were somewhat relieved of the terrible anxiety of the previous 48 hours, by noticing a halt in the advancing waters of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Cranes and the Floods
One effect of the late stormy weather was experienced at the dyke, where a quantity of the stone banking has been washed down. This has caused two of the hydraulic cranes,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Floods. Serious Landslips. Damage and Destruction. The Waters Subside
WEST MAITLAND, Friday Night.—Now that the water has in a degree subsided, some estimate may be formed of the immense damage done. Great rifts are made in the…
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