To Minimise Floods. Suggestion by Mr. A. F. Hall
During the course of an interview last night with a representative if the "Newcastle Morning Herald," Mr. A. F. Hall, civil engineer and surveyor, gave…
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Floods & storms, 1913
166 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 9
The Hunter Flood. Checking the Damage. Waters Recede Slowly, Maitland
The flood waters are very slowly receding, the rate being one foot for each 24 hours, the narrow outlet through Wallis Creek and the floodgates being unequal to…
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Owners of different steamers are experiencing loss through the delays in waiting for Maitland coal, occasioned by the floods. It is estimated that the loss…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hunter Flood. Subsiding Slowly. Embankments Treacherous
The flood waters are receding at a very slow rate, and the cause of, this, slow movement of the great sea of water that occupies the lowlands was very…
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Sir,—I read in your issue of the 21st that the Pitnacree Bridge is in a dangerous state. The metropolitan newspapers say the same. The foreman of works of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hunter Flood. Records of Damages. East Maitland Threatened. Maitland
The story of damage and desolation throughout the flooded area is now being heard in all its grim detail, and each locality within the area has its own tale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London's Great Storm. Sensational Damage
The great storm which swept over London on March 22nd did an enormous amount of damage in the city, and the southern part of England,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farm and Produce. the Flooded Farms
The giant forces of Nature have been at work, and from the watershed of the Hunter River and its, tributaries there has some down a mighty torrent, which…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Letters to the Editor. Maitland Floods
Sir,—"Spectator" has found some humour and bad English in my interview with your representative, as published on Wednesday, but I still thank him for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hunter Flood. Railway Traffic Resumed. Repairing the Damages
Mr. John Davis, Director-General of Public Works, accompanied by other departmental engineers, will visit Maitland to-day arriving at 9 a.m., for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Notes
The weather in Maitland yesterday was showery, and some uneasiness was caused, especially, when news of a heavy fall at the head of the Mulbring during the night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hunter Flood. Engineers at Maitland. Evidence of Damage
The Director-General of Public Works, Mr. John Davis, accompanied by Mr. R. E. Jones, local Government engineer, visited Maitland on Saturday, as a result of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Allinga in a Gale
No harm was taken by the interstate steamer Allinga during her trying adventures in the recent gales whilst on a trip from Sydney to Melbourne. Captain Prov[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hunter Flood. Tarro Shire Damage
Mr. J. Ferry, engineer of the Tarro Shire Council, submitted at a meeting of the council yesterday a report of the damage done to the roads in the shire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Relief Fund. Concert in Newcastle
A concert promoted by Mr. Colin Christie in ald of the Maitland Flood Relief Find took place in the Lyceum Hall. Newcastle, last evening, but met with poor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District. Hunter Flood Relief
The Mayor, Alderman M'Lauchlin, presided over a largely-attended meeting of the Flood Relief Committee at the West Maitland Town Hall last evening. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maroro in a Gale
A cable message from Wellington states that the scow Maroro, which left. Newcastle, on the 3rd May for Nelson with a cargo of coal, has arrived at her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Willesden in a Gale. Sydney
A wireless message was received in Sydney to-day from the master of the steamer Willesden to the effect that the vessel was 420 miles east-south-east of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. It Was a Famous Crossing.—the Non-smoker's Lament.—the Chances for American Trade.—who Should Pay for the Sydney Bridge?—respecting Flood Waters.—are We Poor Farmers? Sydney
The Blue Mountains sometimes catch are in midsummer, and very fine is the sight—at night time. Just now they are on fire," and it is winter, but it is with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Easterly Gale. Many Steamers Sheltering. Sydney
Outside the Heads this morning there was a moderate easterly gale, with thick rain squalls and a rough sea. Three steamers preferred the shelter of Sydney…
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