They Saw the Flood
THEY formed a party which went up from Newcastle to Maitland to see the flood. The journey up was spent in cheerful and improving discourse, with dissertations on…
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Floods & storms, 1889
156 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 8
The Maitland Floods. The Landslips' Condition
WEST Maitland has not yet recovered from the recent floods. The streets and houses are still in a most uncomfortable condition, and, though the water has subsided from the…
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Extensive and destructive floods are also reported to have occurred in the States of Maryland and Virginia. At many places the mortality was great and the amount of…
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DURING the late heavy floods at Maitland, an incident of a pathetic and interesting nature occurred during the removal of a family from one of the submerged dwellings. The water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CABLEGRAMS. The Floods in America. Many Towns Submerged. 1100 Bodies Recovered
LONDON, Saturday.—Further particulars are to hand of the terrible floods which have taken place in the United States, extending over a vast area of country, and resulting in…
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THE serious landslips which have occurred in various parts of the river's banks have awakened the Government into immediate action. On Sunday morning gangs of men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[Reuter's Telegrams.] The Floods in America. Terrible Loss of Life. Great Destruction of Property
NEW YORK, Sunday.—Latest particulars regarding the floods in Maryland and Virginia state that from eight thousand to ten thousand persons have perished, and…
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HAVE passed away, and mud and heavy pieces of timber now only remain to mark the course the waters took through cultivated areas. We escaped much more luckily…
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DURING the late heavy floods at Maitland, an incident of a pathetic and interesting nature occurred during the removal of a family from one of the submerged dwellings. The water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods at Johnstown. Two Thousand Bodies Unburied. the Air Tainted. Pestilence Feared
NEW YORK, Monday.—Latest news from Johnstown states that the floods are abating. The debris which was carried against the principal bridge of the town, and afterwards caught…
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LONDON, Monday.—Later reports state that it is probable 25,000 persons were drowned by the bursting of the reservoir, and 800 burned at the subsequent fire at Johnstown…
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DURING the late heavy floods at Maitland, an incident of a pathetic and interesting nature occurred during the removal of a family from one of the submerged dwellings. The water…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Floods in Maitland. Prevention From Future Floods. Miss Fleming's Body Recovered
A PUBLIC meeting of the inhabitants of Maitland and district was held in the Masonic Hall on Tuesday evening. The Mayor of West Maitland, Mr. John Gillies,…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—In addition to other damage caused by the floods in the United States, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal for twenty miles and the Coburn and Lewisburg…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—It is proposed to fire the debris accumulated at Johnstown, United States, by the recent terrible floods, in order to destroy the bodies which lie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Floods. Damage at Morpeth. The Canal Scheme
THERE have been several serious landslips near Morpeth since the flood subsided, and a bridge on the road from Morpeth to Large has been completely wrecked. In regard to…
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DURING the late heavy floods at Maitland, an incident of a pathetic and interesting nature occurred during the removal of family from one of the submerged dwellings. The water…
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LONDON, Monday.—Her Majesty the Queen has forwarded to President Harrison risen a message of sympathy with the American people, in the terrible calamity…
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A RESIDENT of West Maitland, Mr. Frank R. Fry has made a proposal which he believes will be the best method of preventing a repetition of the recent floods at Maitland…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The Government of the United States have voted 100,000 dollars to be expended on samtation works rendered necessary at Johnstown, in Pennyslvania, by…
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