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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
241 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 13
ON Saturday morning some of the Maitland residents who had been flood-bound in this city since Wednesday, determined to try and get to their homes by boat. They accordingly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE are glad to notice that action has been taken locally for the purpose of taking steps to assist the unfortunate sufferers by the calamitous foods now slowly subsiding. A…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE destructive floods of the past week, the damage caused by which we are now faintly beginning to realise, have again raised all the old…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday morning Ash Island was still deserted, and no signs of life were visible when the steamer Planet was coming down. The island was still completely under water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hunter River is rapidly assuming its normal level, and as the water leaves the district of Maitland the terrible destruction and destitution caused during the past three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Williams River from above Dungog to the junction of the Hunter River is experiencing the biggest flood that has ever been known. Dungog has been under water since…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE first thing to be done for the relief of the sufferers by the recent floods is to raise a fund for their benefit; the second, and certainly not the least important part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. BARTON, in reply to Mr. SCHEY, said it was not customary to give persons…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of the Queensland and Northern Rivers Flood Relief Committee was held at the City Municipal Council Chambers at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Mayor of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THREE was not a cloud in the sky over Maitland yesterday, and as the flood waters were rapidly disappearing, a great deal of work was accomplished in the way of cleaning the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE first great floods on the Hunter of which there is any record are those of 1819 and 1820. There are not many people alive who remember these occurrences. But 20…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE citizens of Newcastle, at the inaugural meeting for extending relief to the sufferers in the late floods, did their duty nobly, and, the total amount contributed in the room…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A well-attended meeting of the general committee, presided over by the Mayor, was hold at Mr. Lang's rooms last evening. The MAYOR reported the result of his visit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →INSPECTOR BRENNAN yesterday received instructions by telegram from the Colonial Secretary to supply the people of Raymond Terrace with 400 loaves of bread daily for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Hunter River has now assumed its normal level, and the great flood of March, 1893, is a thing of the past; but its effects still remain, and months must elapse before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE weather was again fine along the valley of the hunter yesterday, and thousands of settlers were engaged putting their houses in order. In the town of West Maitland the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Owing to the immense amount of sand brought down the river by the recent flood there has been deposited at the foot of Alderman Callen's ship repairing slip here a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SLIGHT showers fell yesterday all along the Valley of the Hunter, but towards night the weather cleared, and so far no appearance of a repetition of the recent disastrous flood can…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The executive committee met at the council chambers at 11 a.m. on Saturday, the Mayor presiding. The attendance was again a very large one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain Williams' steamer Centennial, which was so kindly placed at the disposal of the central committee, was brought into active service on Saturday morning, when Captain…
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