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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
241 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 13
The locally-owned barque Iris returned to the harbour yesterday from Townsville, after a very smart round voyage. On her run hence to Cleveland Bay the vessel fell in with boisterous weather, during…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE have received the following communication, which speaks for itself, and hope that the expectations of Messrs. W. Winn and Co. will be fully realised, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE unfortunate residents of South-eastern Queensland, if they were in a singing mood, could very appropriately give voice to the wail, "Heigh-ho the wind and the rain !"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two floods in one week is a blow not easily surmounted, yet such has occurred on the Clarence, where an extraordinary yield of maize was expected from the upper part of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our correspondent wired last evening from Paterson, "Over one inch of rain fell to-day. There is every appearance of more. At 4 p.m. the river is rising."…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the recent rise in the Hunter, and particularly the Williams River, some of the settlers must have lost, not only pumpkins and other farm produce, but numbers of live…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE heavy rain which fell on Monday caused a very strong fresh in the Williams, Paterson, and Hunter rivers yesterday. The Paterson River steamer Berlinda, when coming down…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Sir GEORGE DIBBS, in reply to Mr. RAE, said it was a fact that the Medical…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE have received the following subscriptions to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Queensland floods:— £ s d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CAPTAIN MILLER, of the steamer Favourite, which came down the river from Clarence-town yesterday, brings word that though a strong fresh is still coursing down, the river…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Several cases of imposition have been discovered in connection with relief matters, and a woman was yesterday sentenced to three months for obtaining flood relief under also…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE flood water in the Hunter, Williams, and Paterson Rivers has now subsided, and with the exception of a strong fresh coursing down, the rivers are in their ordinary state. There…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE have received the following subscriptions to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Queensland floods:— £ s d…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THIS morning the case of settlers on the Richmond who have been reduced to destitution by the recent floods was brought under the notice of the Premier by Mr. Perry, M.P…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE have received the following subscriptions to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Queensland floods:— £ s d…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →YESTERDAY'S income to the fund for the relief of the flood sufferers was £500, bringing the total up to £6000. In addition to this, large parcels of clothing are coming to hand, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday,—Disastrous floods are reported from Poland. Numerous villages have been submerged, and great distress prevails in consequence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—Sir James F. Garrick, the Agent-General for Queensland, has twice cabled to his Government asking to be supplied with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman Moore) has received a requisition, signed by numerous ratepayers, requesting him to convene a public meeting for the purpose of taking into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DURING the recent floods in the Hunter and its tributaries the residents of Mosquito Island suffered great inconvenience owing to the strong current of fresh water which swept…
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