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The shipping in port had a lively time during the gale. The fierce squalls caused several vessels to drag their anchors, and tugs were sent out during the day to assist the ships in securing a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When the steamer Gabo, of Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Sons' line, came into port yesterday from Melbourne, she reported having sighted the P. and O. liner Australia just to the southward of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The police authorities received a telegram from Raymond Terrace at midnight, making an urgent appeal for assistance by the immediate despatch of boats. Sub-inspector Hinds and Senior-sergeant…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Great excitement pre[?]ls here amongst the residents, who are moving in [?]quence of the th[?]ned [?]ood. Later…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The river has overflowed its banks. People on the low lands are moving. The creeks and gullies are in flood. A great flood is a[?]ticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Russell last night reported:—"Nepean: Flood at Camden is some feet over the handrails of the bridge, and is still rising. The [?]nter River at Maitland is 20ft. at 7 p.m. and rising."…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The river here is in flood. All the low [?] about Miller's Forest, Nelson's Plains, Eskdale, Alynwick, and Osterley are submerged. The farmers are shifting their stock to higher ground…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Portus, traffic manager of the Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company, Limited, at Morpeth yesterday, at 3 p.m., reported to the Sydney traffic manager, Mr. G. Todd:—"River at Sing[?]ton, 27ft.,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →There is a high flood here. The river is [?] and rising rapidly. The residents in the lower part of the town have been compelled to remove. The lowlands are submerged. The Upper Paterson and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reports from the country yesterday show that the rain is general, and in some places they have had a little too much of it; rivers and creeks flooding fiat and low lands, wherever the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There is a slight break in the weather this morning, but there appears to be more rain about. The whole of the country between Hexham and Wallsend is under water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hunter River was running very High yesterday, and a flood was feared by residents along the banks. Some anxiety was felt in Sydney, and the Telegraph Department bad special…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The continued rain has increased the volume of water on the flats around Tramvale and the southern side of Marrickville-road to such an extent that near Chapel-street and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--A report has been received by Sub-inspector Fowler, stating that a man was washed out of his trap on the road from Taro to Hexham this evening, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. W. Howard Smith and Sons' steamer Tyrian, which arrived last evening, met the full force of the gale on the run from Brisbane. She picked up the storm off Crowdy Heads, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →After making Cape Maria Van Diemen, on [?] voyage from Sydney the Waihora met a terrible "blo[?]" A mountainous sea was raised by the violence of an easterly gale, and as both wind and sea were [?]head, the Waihora…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The police authorities, in response to an urgent request from Raymond Terrace, despatched two boats this morning to render any assistance that might be required by the flooded-out residents. A…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Seventeen hundred and seventy points of rain fell during the past 14 days. Five inches fell on Wednesday and Thursday last. Heavy gales, surpassing in fury the Maitland gale of last year, were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Royal Tar, barque, which arrived at Wellington from Newcastle to-day, experienced heavy gales on the passage. A good deal of damage was done to her deck-fittings, and two of the crew received…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →With the return to south-west winds and moderating seas, the attention of people naturally turned to the shipping, and they asked if there had been any wrecks. So far as known, there are none. There…
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