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It was a most remarkable experience that one encountered on the way from Newcastle to High-street Railway station at Maitland yesterday. A really remarkable one. For…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The flood in the Hunter and other northern rivers, caused by the recent heavy rains, was the worst experienced since 1893, and resulted in widespread…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain and floods have caused serious damage in the champagne region. Many vineyards have been devastated, and several villages are isolated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It is many years since there has been such an absolute "hold up" on the main northern or any other State line. It was not until Saturday that passengers from the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle is unable to supply the demand that is being made for coal. Steamers at the dyke to-day were delayed by the coal not arriving in sufficient quantities to keep…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SCENE BETWEEN RAYMOND TERRACE AND MORPETH…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARIS, Sunday Evening. -- Rain and floods have caused serious damage in the champagne region. Many vineyards have been devastated, villages have been isolated, and much stock…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WINGHAM, Monday. -- About nine inches of rain were registered from Sunday week to 9 a.m. on Thursday. When Mr. R. Meldrum, who is in charge of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Now that the flood waters are going down, after all it is not not disaster that they will leave behind them. The rains that have fallen over almost the whole of New…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Both Mr. Fisher and Mr. Hughes were flood-bound by the recent floods. -- News item. HUGHES: "I'm no firm believer in signs and omens, Andy, but as the flood is still rising it doesn't look too promising."…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →CROSSING THE HEADS DURING THE GALE. This picture was taken from a Manly steamer. The storm-tossed vessel is the cargo boat Narrabeen on her way from Manly to Sydney. Old harbour skippers declared that the storm on Wednesday last was the severest they had experienced for about 20 years. DEMOLITION OF THE DRESSING-SHEDS AT MANLY…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A cyclonic storm did a good deal of damage in the vicinity of Westport. At Seddonville a six-roomed cottage was destroyed, and several other buildings damaged at Charleston. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →WELLINGTON, N.Z., Tuesday.--The cyclonic storm did a good deal of damage on the west coast of South Island. At Seddonville a six-roomed cottage was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Cessnock Shire Engineer has made as inspection of damage at Oakhampton, and considers that it will require £1000 to repair the road…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A supplement to the current issue of the "Town and Country Journal" contains a series of splendid photographs of the scenes that accompanied the recent floods in N.S.W. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. Clement Wragge, the well-known meteorologist, supplies the following special forecast, dated from Broken Hill, May 20, 6 p.m. A big antarctic disturbance named Aeneas is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In connection with the floods in the Hunter River district, and the dislocation of railway traffic between Newcastle, West Maitland, and Muswellbrook, the Deputy Postmaster-General…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The town is rapidly recovering from the' effects of the flood, the waters of. which are slowly leaving the back streets of the town, though it is still three and four feet…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THE BLACK BRIDGE, NEAR SINGLETON STATION. The approaches to this bridge were washed away, and traffic north of Singleton was blocked for two days. A mass of debris 30 feet high was piled against the bridge, and two snakes were found alive in the tangle of wood. A huge tree, with a girth of 20ft, struck the bridge with terrific force, but, though it trembled, with the shock, the steel cylinders did not give way…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Belmore Bridge, West Maitland. On Friday morning the height of the river at this point was 36ft. It was then that water began to flow through several places in High-street. High-street, West Maitland…
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