Flood Relief Fund
A LARGELY-SIGNED requisition has been presented to the Mayor of Newcastle, in which he is asked to convene a public meeting with the object of inaugurating a relief fund for…
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Floods & storms, 1893
241 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 13
Queensland Flood Relief Fund
WE have received the following subscriptions to the fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Queensland floods:—Amounts previously acknowledged £11 s10 d0…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Floods at Grafton. a Scheme of Assistance. GRAFTON
AT a public meeting at Grafton it was decided that in consequence of the late disastrous floods on the Clarence River and the widespread distress occasioned thereby, to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Late Queensland Floods Brisbane
A REPRESENTATIVE of the Ipswich Advocate after a visit to Woogaroo Asylum, states that he found that institution in a dreadful condition. The whole of the roads, he declares,…
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THE committee formed in London for the purpose of collecting donations in aid of the relief of sufferers by the recent Queensland floods has cabled another £2000 to Brisbane,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Storm in South Africa. Property Considerably Damaged. Heavy Losses
LONDON, Monday.—Telegrams to hand report that a disastrous storm has been experienced in the Transvaal, South Africa. Rain fell in torrents…
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LONDON, Monday.—The Queensland Flood Relief Fund now amounts to £7000. A little more is expected to be received…
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The following river reports were received at 9 a.m. yesterday :—At Brewarrina the river was 27ft 4in, and falling. The Barwon was 38ft 8in, and rising. The Namoi, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Barque Gazelle.—heavy Gale
The little barque Gezelle, under command of Captain Peterson, reached the harbour during Tuesday night from Lyttelton, with a cargo of produce. On the 23rd ultimo, in Cook Strait, the vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Storm at Bega. Sydney and Suburbs Visited. SYDNEY
The Minister for Works has received at message from the officer of the department stationed at Bega, notifying him of the phenomenal rainfall which has taken place in that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Along the Coast. Heavy Gales and Mountainous Seas
During yesterday the weather along the coast of New South Wales from Ballina to Gabo was very boisterous. Heavy gales from the south-east to the south-west raged during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unprecedented Weather. Furious Gale in the City. Suburbs Flooded. People Rescued by Boats
DURING the past, 48 hours this district has been visited by one of the most terrible storms on record, and, fortunately, at the time of writing there is every appearance of…
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PEOPLE at a distance unacquainted with the peculiarities of the Australian climate are often puzzled to know whether this country suffers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Suburbs. Flood in the Gasworks
At six o'clock yesterday word was received by Inspector Brennan that the flood waters were imperilling the lives of the residents living in the low-lying lands at New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scene at Wallsend. The Mine Flooded
At Wallsend the principal damage to property is along Irvine-street, where, notwithstanding the additional culvert just completed at the inter section of the Newcastle-road,…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The Drapers Company of London has subscribed 100 guineas to the Queensland Floods Relief Fund. A further sum of £1000 will be cabled to Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood in the Hunter. West Maitland Inundated. Four Persons Drowned. Rain Falling Again
As a consequence of the heavy rains which have for the past 48 hours fallen along the entire watershed of the Hunter River and its tributaries a most disastrous flood is at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Flood of Disaster
ALTHOUGH the weather yesterday was fair, the condition of the Hunter River plainly told something regarding the extent of the calamity caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods. Subsidence in the Suburbs. People Returned to Their Homes. Maitland Under Water. Raymond Terrace Inundated. People Homeless and Starving. Railway and Telegraph Lines Blocked
So far as the immediate district of Newcastle is concerned, the weather cleared on Thursday evening, and beyond a slight shower yesterday morning, no rain has…
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THE terrible flood of the present year in the Hunter River Valley has eclipsed, in the extent of the damage caused by it, its numerous…
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