Flood Mitigation
Information has been received by Mr. J. Gillies, M.P., to the effect that the Minister will probably enter into the consideration of Mr. E. Price's report of a scheme of flood…
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Floods & storms, 1897
86 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 5
Maitland District. Flood Mitigation
INFORMATION obtained with reference to Mr. E. Price's scheme of flood mitigation for the Hunter Valley bears out in every respect the outline and particulars published many months…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mississippi in Flood. 6000 Persons Homeless. Appeal for Help
LONDON, Wednesday.—The recent flood in the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee, United States, extended for a width of 40 miles, did…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mississippi in Flood. Congress Votes Relief Funds
LONDON, Thursday.—The Congress of the United States has assigned 200,000 dollars for the relief of the 6000 people who have been rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mississippi Valley Floods. Government Aid to the Victims
LONDON, Sunday.— The United States Government is supplying food to 60,000 persons who have been rendered destitute by the recent floods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A German Liner in a Gale
Advices to hand state that soon after the steamer Bayern left the Channel it came on to blow a strong north-west wind, bitterly cold, and accompanied by driving rain and there was such a rough sea that it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gale in the City
Notwithstanding the severity of the gale, there was little or no damage done in the city. Usually, whenever there is an exceptionally heavy downpour of rain, those…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southerly Gale. Heavy Weather on the Coast. a Barque in Distress
DURING the early hours of yesterday a strong south-cast gale was raging, with frequent squalls and torrents of blinding rain, and when morning broke the sea as far…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Struggle on the Maluna Pass. Attempt to Storm the Turkish Position. the Attack Repulsed. Great Loss to the Greeks. Efficiency of Turkish Artillery
LONDON, Friday.—On Wednesday the Greeks fortified Kritiri, the last summit of the Maluna Pass left in their possession, the Turks on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Disastrous Floods in New Zealand. Sad Loss of Life. Appeal for Help
THE following cable was received by the Mayor of Newcastle on Saturday from Mr. G. H. Swan, the Mayor of Napier, N.Z., respecting the results of the disastrous floods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods at Napier
The terrible floods at Hawke's Bay began by the River Tutaekuri Ngururoro bursting its banks on the 16th of April, flooding the low parts of Napier to a depth of several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Westralia in a Gale
A report from Melbourne states that the Huddart-Parker new steamship Westralia, which arrived from Sydney on Monday night on clearing Sydney Heads encountered the full force of an exceptionally heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Brisbane, Wednesday. the Floods in New Zealand
At the instance of the Mayor of Brisbane a meeting was held this morning to consider an appeal from New Zealand for the sufferers by the recent floods in the Hawke's Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hunter River Floods. Important Report. Sydney, Thursday Night
THE position of this matter now is that the inspector for the Works Department has handed to the Minister for Works a very valuable comprehensive report upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Hunter River Floods Report. Sent on to the Mines Department. Sydney
THE report of Mr. Price, C.E., upon a scheme for the mitigation of floods in the Hunter River has been forwarded by the Minister for Works to the Mines Department, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cyclonic Storm
To show the cyclonic nature of the recent storm off the New Zealand coast, Captain Martin, of the schooner Waiapu, has given some information that should be of special interest to nautical men. [?]he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament. Thursday, 27Th May, 1897. Legislative Assembly. Mr. Rice's Report on the Hunter River Floods. Amending the Licensing Act. the Federation Debate. Sydney, Thursday. the Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m
Mr. J. C. L. FITZPATRICK asked the Secretary for Works:—1. When does he propose to make public the text of the papers submitted to him in connection with Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Break-up of the Drought. Heavy Gales on the Coast
THE weather conditions prevailing yesterday were exceedingly boisterous. Between 5 and 6 a.m. a heavy storm passed over the district, the violence of the wind being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend. Storm Water
For the first, time since the construction of the storm-water channel to Iron Bark Creek, a fair opportunity has been given of testing the carrying capacity of the drain, and so…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Easterly Gale. Wrecks on the Coast. Four Newcastle Traders Ashore
THE easterly gale which raged during Monday night occasioned a series of shipping disasters, four well-known traders to this port having been blown ashore. Fortunately…
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