Disastrous Floods
WE are indebted to members of the Government' for the following copies of telegrams received by Ministers yesterday:— GOULBURN…
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Most Disastrous Floods in the Hunter. the River Thirty-four Feet High at Maitland. Reported Loss of Several Lives. Fearful Destruction of Property. 1000 Head of Sheep Drowned. [From Our Special Reporter.] Newcastle, Monday evening, April 25
SUDDENLY and unexpectedly I am again called upon, in the exercise of my duty as your special representative in this district, to record the occurrence of a high and disastrous flood in the valley of the Hunter, extending this time from…
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At present I have very little additional intelligence concerning the flood beyond that which I forwarded by the Morpeth, steamer, yesterday. Here in Newcastle we only get two public telegrams a day, and all communication by…
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Considerable difficulty has been experienced in obtaining reliable intelligence as to the non-arrival of the Southern mails, and many rumours of an extraordinary and alarming character were current as to the…
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We are happy to say that the services of the three boats despatched from Sydney by the 5 p.m. train, yesterday, were only called into requisition once, when they went about three miles down the river, and rescued a family of seven persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland.—the Floods. Wednesday, 8 p.m
The river has fallen six feet five inches since one a.m. Monday; it is now thirty feet one inch above low-water mark. The back-water has fallen four inches…
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ON Thursday evening, says the Western Post of Tuesday, heavy rain set in, continuing throughout the night and the next day. Lawson's Creek rote rapidly; Mr. Mann, the Government surveyor, having to shift his camp suddenly from…
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On Tuesday there was the highest flood ever witnessed in Goulburn. Up to the present, says the Goulburn Herald, the flood of 1864 has been the highest known in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Flood on the Hawkesbury. [From Our Windsor Correspondent.] Wednesday Noon
We had seareely congratulated ourselves upon another fortunate escape yesterday, with the weather keeping fine and the water receding with all reasonable speed, before our joy was turned into dismay and re[?]wed fear. On…
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THE Mudgee district bus also suffered from one of those floods which have proved so destructive in various parts of this colony. The West[?]srn Post of Tuesday says:—We have no news yet to hand from outside districts, the…
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We are indebted to the Postmaster-General (the Hon. D. Egan) for the following information:— WINDSOR, 9 A.M. Weather raining, tremendous flood. Water rose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Telegraphic Intelligence. [From Our Correspondents.] West Maitland.—the Floods. Wednesday, 2 p.m
The river has fallen four feet six inches, but the current is still running very rapidly. The Government embakment is quite safe, but every other embankment has gone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood in the Hunter. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Newcastle, Wednesday, April 27
AT present I have very little additional intelligence concerning the flood beyond that which I forwarded by the Morpeth, steamer, yesterday. Here in Newcastle we only get two public telegrams a day, and all communication by…
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The Southern mail train due at Redfern at nine yesterday morning, had not arrived at one p.m. A special train was despatched by the Minister for Works to ascertain the cause of detention, and the…
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BUT yesterday and the alluvial flats on both sides of the Macquarie were covered with abundant herbage, and by many kitchen gardens belonging for the most part, to Chinamen. Now the whole are completely subm[?]ed. The murmurs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flood at Goulburn. (From the Goulburn Herald of Wednesday.)
YESTERDAY there was the highest flood ever witnessed in Goulburn. Up to the present the flood of 1864 had been the highest known in this district. The watars then rose to the level of the Fitzroy bridge. In 1860 they trickled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flood in the Hunter District. [From the Newcastle Chronicle of yesterday.)
AS stated in our latest telegram from West Maitland, in our last issue, the river, on Monday evening, about 11 o'clock, broke over all the embankments within the municipal boundaries of that town, and created the greatest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Country News. More Disastrous Floods. Goulburn
On Tuesday there was the highest flood ever witnessed in Goulburn. Up to the present, says the Goulburn Herald, the flood of 1864 has been the highest known in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flood at Musclebrook
The accounts from this place are deplorable in the extreme. Scores of families have lost everything. Mr. T. S. Hall, of Dartbrook. Mr. L. P. Doyle, Mr. T. White, and Mr. Bowman are said to be the greatest sufferers by the calamity. Mr…
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