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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
241 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 13
As a result of the insanitary condition of Maitland, caused by the disastrous flood, the dread disease, typhoid, has made its appearance among the inhabitants. When the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No fresh cases of typhoid wore reported in West Maitland yesterday, and so far no deaths have occurred. As the streets and houses are now almost restored to a state of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—Hundreds of farms in the State of Nebraska have been destroyed owing to the overflow of the La Platte River…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN our Thursday's issue we advocated the advisableness of approaching the Government for the purpose of obtaining a grant in aid of the money and goods now being raised in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE lamentable flood in the Hunter River valley, from which the district is now so severely suffering, has been called unprecedented. Doubtless, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Minister for Works to-day had a consultation with Mr. Darley, the engineer-in-chief of the Harbours and Rivers Department, and Mr. Hickson, the engineer-in-chief of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The executive committee assembled at the council chambers at the usual hour this morning, a large attendance being again recorded, with the addition of Mr. A. Gardiner as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IT would be well for New South Wales in general, and the Hunter River Valley in particular, if the attention now being directed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE outbreak of typhoid in the Maitland district is not extending, and fortunately no deaths have yet occurred. It has been denied that the disease has made its appearance mo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The customary meeting of the executive committee was held yesterday morning at the council chambers, Mrs. W. B. Sharp in the chair and a very full attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE calamity with which your district has been lately visited we in Brisbane are too well acquainted. This immense body of rain—which our…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FORTUNATELY the weather yesterday was generally fine along the valley of the Hunter. At Singleton the sky was threatening, but no rain fell. The stoppage of the railway traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The executive committee assembled at the usual hour at the council chambers, the chair being taken by Mr. D. J. M'Lean. The ordinary routine was gone through,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEW YORK, Friday.—A terrible and destructive cyclone has occurred in the State of Mississippi, several towns having been destroyed. The damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Weather was fine yesterday along the valley of the Hunter River, and the numerous creeks around Singleton have once again assumed their normal level. The Paterson…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the flood in Maitland a little girl about 2 years of age was found on the roof of a house in Maitland. The dwelling had been almost submerged, and how the poor little…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The usual meeting of the executive committee was held at the council chambers yesterday. The Mayor was in the chair, with a full attendance of members…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Further particulars are to hand of the disastrous hurricane at Exmouth Gulf (W.A.) The schooners Ivy, Flowerdale, Dawn, Harriet, Annesree, and Cutty Sark were in very heavy seas, but rode out the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of the general committee was held at the Central Depot on Saturday, at 11 o'clock. The attendance was numerous, and the Mayor occupied the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FINE weather still prevails in the Northern district, and the rivers are now at their usual level. The water in the harbour has lost that muddy colour, and is once more clear—…
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