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The storm of last week will long be remembered here. During Thursday, Friday, and Saturday an eastorly gale blew with terrific violence, accompanied with an incessant downpour of rain, which resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The inundation has, happily, passed over without any very serious consequences,'and the river is now falling to its ordinary level. The rainfall from Grafton downwards was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RAYMOND TERRACE, Monday.--A public meeting of the residents of the Lower Hunter was held here this afternoon to consider what action might be taken in view of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Almost a calm throughout the colony prevailed yesterday. Northwards along the New South Wales Coast, from Sydney to the borders of Queensland, the wind was so light as to be scarcely deserving the name…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →One fatality is reported in connection with the late floods. A selector named Thomas Webster, residing at the junction of Oakey Creek and the Stanley River, was drowned whilst trying to escape from the roof of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The river is now falling, and business and traffic are being again resumed. Many losses are reported in various directions, but nothing serious. The bridges and roads have stood the strain well, though portions of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Yesterday there was a return of stormy weather. During the forenoon the weather became unsettled, with frequent sharp showers of rain, which proved to be the precursor of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The weather, which again became threatening yesterday afternoon, culminated in another heavy gale, which rapidly came up the coast, reaching this port shortly after dusk, and blew with great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Captain S. Mercer Smith (says the Brisbane Courier) reports as follows concerning the voyage of the Earimbla:- [?]Left sydney at [?] p.m. on the 17th instant then a moderate south-c[?]st gale blowing, accompanied by a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.—The residents of Raymond Terrace, apparently alarmed at the action of the people of Maitland in trying to take steps to prevent floods, have held a public…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The weather is fine. An easterly wind shower fell yesterday. Steamers are unable to cross out, being bar-bound some time. Dairymen must suffer, as they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain descended in torrents during last night, doing considerable damage in all parts of the district. In Blane- street, between tho A.A. Co.'s bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--The residents of Raymond Terrace, apparently alarmed at the action of the people of Maitland in trying to take steps to prevent floods, have held a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GRAFTON, Thursday.--At the meeting of the Borough Council last night a resolution was carried urging upon the member for the district to make application for a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The latter part of last week and the beginning of this week heavy rains; and severe winds were experienced, especially along the northern coast. On Tuesday the weather became fine and calm…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A more violent storm than that of Thursday night has seldom or never been experienced here. A visit yesterday to some of the low-lying lands around the city revealed the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A very heavy rainstorm occurred at Gilmore yesterday afternoon. The sound of the descending rain was heard for miles, and the water rushed down the hill in foaming torrents. No rain fell at the same time…
Continued on Trove, page 196 →Messrs. J. and A. Brown's well-known Newcastle tugs steamer Stormcock was out in Thursday night's gale. Her weather qualities are pretty often tested, and her reputation in a stiff blow is not of yesterday. She reports:—Left Newcastle at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The storm at Newcastle abated during the night, but showers were frequent. The Hunter River is more swollen from the tributaries below Maitland than above…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A PUBLIC meeting of the residents of the Lowes Hunter was held at Raymond Terrace on Monday. The object was to consider what action might be taken in view of the movement at West…
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