Floods in the Hunter
THE remembrance of the recent flood in the Hunter River district is yet keen, and all who witnessed its disastrous effects must have had a just…
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Floods & storms, 1889
156 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 8
Extensive Floods in China. 6000 Persons Drownrd
LONDON, Wednesday.—News has just been received that the Kawantung River in China has overflowed its banks, and flooded a large tract of country. Six thousand Chinese were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Government Astronomer on the Storm
Mr. Russell, Government Astronomer, speaking of the recent heavy storm that has visited the northern coast, referred to it as being a very strange and unusual one. One…
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BRISBANE, Friday Night.—The weather is now fine, although rain is threatening. The river is in strong flood, and several of the wharves are completely submerged. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rains in the Clarence and Richmond Districts. Fears of a Disastrous Flood. Grounding of the Steamer Queen of the South
It has been showery at Kempsey during the last three days. On Monday 20 points fell, on Tuesday 24, and on Wednesday 101. It was raining hard on Thursday, and there…
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The following is a copy of a telegram received yesterday (Friday) by the Postmaster-General from South Grafton:—"Expect tremendous floods by to-morrow. River…
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WE were promised by the Government Astronomer, Mr. RUSSELL, some time ago, that the recent flood in the Hunter would be speedily followed by another and a more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter River Floods Prevention. The Proposed Canal. Raymond Terrace Residents Protest
A PUBLIC meeting of the residents of the Lower Hunter was held at Raymond Terrace on Monday, to consider what action might be taken in view of the movement at West…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland. Brisbane, Tuesday Night. Serious Floods.—a Selector Drowned
Thomas Webster, a selector residing at the junction of Oakey Creek and the Stanley River, was drowned on Saturday whilst trying to escape from the roof of his house,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At Clarencetown. The River Rising. A Large Flood Anticipated. CLARENCETOWN
It has been raining here incessantly since 11 o'clock last night. The river is rising, and a large flood is anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the Commonage. Extensive Damage. Houses Flooded. Furniture Floating About. Families in Danger
Our Adamstown correspondent, during a visit to the Commonage, called on several residents near where the Waratah railway crosses the Lambton-road, and found that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At Adamstown. Streets and Houses Flooded
The heavy rain that fell on Thursday night and Friday morning completely flooded the low-lying lands. At the west end of the township there was a perfect sheet of water…
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Messrs. Griffiths and Williams, lessees of the East Lambton Colliery, have been for some time past engaged in pumping the water from a shaft adjacent to their mine, and had…
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LONDON, Saturday.—News from China states that the Yellow River has burst its banks in the province of Shantung, and caused disastrous floods, which submerged an…
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RECENT American files give a terrible account of the catastrophe in the Conemaugh Valley which swept away the doomed inhabitants of Johnstown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flooding of the Co-operative Colliery. 540 Men Thrown Out of Employment. Work Stopped for a Week. The Wallsend Mine Also Affected
CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused at Plattsburg yesterday when it became known that the Co-operative Colliery had been flooded, and that consequently a large…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Schooner Eliza Allan in the Gale
The schooner Eliza Allan mot the full force of the recent heavy gale, and had to run for Moreton Bay for shelter. She left Trial Bay in company with the Lady of Lorne, which was wrecked with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Cyclone in Hungary. Immense Loss of Life
LONDON, Monday.—The southern portion of Hungary has been visited by a disastrous cyclone, which has caused serious loss of life and damage to property. Twenty-one mills,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Temporary Flooding of the Kawakawa Coal Mine. A New and Improved System of Pumping. (Bay of Islands Luminary.)
THE continuous rains which we have had now for upwards of thirty days, have told their tale in many places; and locally we have suffered very much indeed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →West Maitland. Prevention of Floods in the Hunter River
Mr. Gordon, the hydraulic engineer, who has been engaged to formulate some scheme for relieving the valley of the Hunter from the devastating effects of floods, and who has…
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