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A terrific gale has been blowing all day, with violent rain squalls. The ketch Ino is wrecked on the North Shore; her crew, consisting of four men, wera saved by the lifeboat, which, in the absence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Early on Sunday morning the rough weather prevailing at this port during the last three or four weeks culminated in the heaviest southerly gale we have experienced for many years ; in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The continued wet weather which we have experienced here for the past three weoka culminated yesterday in a gale of terrific violence, by far the worst we have had for the past three years. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →The following extracts from n letter addressed to Mr. T. Garrett, M P., by a settler at Shoalhaven, have been handed tows for publication:â Pyree, March 23,1870…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When I last addressed you I had great hopes the worst had passed. I have now to tell you of a serious aud more calamitous disaster. The rain commenced the day after my last left me, and continued without intermission up to Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Up to the present my task in forwarding you reports respecting the progress of the floods in the Hunter has not been embittered by having to chronicle any fatal accidents. I could wish it had continued so to the end, but such…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE collate the following intelligence of the recent floods in the Hunter River District from the Maitland papers:— (From the Maitland Mercury, 17th March.)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ONCE more the disastrous floods in the north, and the fierce gales that have swept along the coast, form the prevailing topics of conversation. Those who,in Sydney, with a roof…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Morpeth, Friday evening, March 18. My worst anticipations have been realized, for we are now in the midst of one of the highest and most destructive floods that ever devastated the valley of…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →THESE massive gates were built for the purpose of damming hack the Hunter in times of flood from the low lands drained by Wallis Greek, which flows into the river between the towns of East and West Mait…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Along the coast of Queensland, as in New South wales the second flood was a very serious one. The Sir John Young, steamer, arrived at Maryborough from the Burnett, on the 13th March,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The long period of wet weather has culminated in a flood at Braidwood. On Sunday night a strong wind arose, and for a time it appeared as if the rain was going to be driven away, but on Monday morning the hopes which were raised the night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →I am sorry to record that our district has been visited by a very great flood, which has been the highest since the lamentable flood of 1860: It is ten years and one month since the fearful flood of 1860; memorable for the seeping…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A VERY sad accident occurred last Wednesday, resulting in the death of three men, by drowsing, on the bar of this river. It seems that a boat, belonging to the schooner Douglas, got away at ebb tide from the spit; the captains of the Douglas…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Saturday, the 26th instant, pursuant to notice, a meeting of the General Committee of the Flood Relief Fund of 1867 [was held in the hall of the Chamber of Commerce, at the Sydney Exchange, at noon. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—The frequency of floods, we may suppose, would lead to an investigation of causes and the adoption of precautionary measures: and something has been done in these respects…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HEAVY FLOOD AT BRAIDWOOD.—The long period of wet weather which we have had has culminated in a flood, as it was feared it would. On Sunday night (says the Dispatch) a strong wind arose, and for a time it appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MARCH 21.—Similar weather to that chronicled as having been experienced in other parts of the country has also visited this district. A violent S.S.W. gale, accompanied by a continuous and heavy downpour, has been…
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