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498 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 25
After the lapse of one winter only, the valley of the Hunter is again the scene of a most disastrous flood which, at the time I write, bids fair to equal, if not surpass in height, the dreadful visitation of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The height of water at Maitland bridge last night was 27 feet 8 inches; at Pitnacree, 19 feet over high water mark, or only 2 feet under the flood of 1867. The river did not rise from 5 o'clock to 7.30 this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Communication complete. No damage to line. One of the saloon passengers of the You Yangs, from Sydney, named Goyden, died on board during the passage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The river at Singleton had slightly receded on Tuesday, from a fresh on the previous day, but during Tuesday night it again rose, and continued to rise slowly until shortly after noon on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland, Friday, March 11. Shortly after the despatch of my parcel this morning, I made a flying trip to Morpeth, with a view to ascertain, by personal observation, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE is now, unfortunately, a flood of great magnitude in the Hunter, and the sad scenes whioh are part of the bistory of post years are being repeated, if not to so great an extint as on previous occasions, still suffioiently so to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WEST MAITLAND, Thursday Evening, 9 p.m. After the lapse of one winter only, the valley of the Hunter is again the scene of a most disastrous flood which, at the time I write, bids [?] to equal,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After my last letter was despatched the rain continued to fall, both here and at Singleton, for some hours. Here, at Maitland, it fell in perfect torrents all day long, and up to about 9 o'clock in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →RESUMING our account of the progress of the flood at the point where it ceased in our last issue, we have to record a temporary subsidence of the waters in the river, and a subsequent rise of some feet. Daring the night of Friday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After my last letter was despatched the rain continued to fall, both here and at Singleton, for some hours. Here, at Maitland, it fell in perfect torrents all day long, and up to about 9 o'clock in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following further particulars, which we abridge from the Examiner, are to hand this morning:— It appears that the area visited by the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queensland Times reports much injury to the crops, and the Nogoora cotton plantation completely under water. Normanby and Redbank Plains were also submerged, and Warwick Creek was like a sea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following further particulars, which we abridge from the Examiner, are to hand this morning:— It appears that the area visited by the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IT is our painful duty to record the visitation of a most disastrous flood in our district, and which unfortunately gives indications of being oven more calamitous than that of 1864. The rapidity with which the river has risen, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We regret to have to announce that the floods in the Hunter district have again assumed a very threatening aspect. The prospects of a cessation of rain, though promising a few days since, have not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The West Coast gold-fields have been more or less flooded. The Grey River Argus of the 22nd February says:— "The river came down on Sunday in higher flood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The river has risen ten feet above the usual level, and is rising at the rate of four inches an hour. QUEANBEYAN. Friday Evening…
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