Another Great Flood. the Hunter River District. the Most Disastrous Ever Known. Six Persons Drowned. Portions of Maitland Under Water. Five Feet Deep in Some Streets. the River 39 Feet High. Flooded Out in Newcastle and Suburbs. Residents Rescued by Boats. Railway Traffic Stopped. a Brig Wrecked and a Steamer Ashore
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 5
WEST MAITLAND, Thursday, 2 p.m.--One of the most terrible and disastrous floods, accompanied by storms of wind and ruin, that has visited us for years occurred last…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Thursday, 10.40 p.m--About 8 o'clock lo-night two guns, denoting that a vessel was in distress, were fired from Signal bill. The lifeboat put out, and also a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Sensational Reports From the Flooded Districts. the Southerly Gale on the Coast. a Sydney-owned Vessel Lost. Reported Stranding of a Steamer
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 5
During Wednesday night the wind increased and blew furiously until daybreak, when it moderated. The rainfall locally was light, and yesterday proved comparatively fine…
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The Australian Star · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 3
Despite the heavy gales of the past two days there have been no wrecks to record along the coast line. News was received by cable on Wednesday that the fine little Honolulu-owned…
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The Australian Star · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 5
About a quarter to 12 yesterday news was received here of the total loss of the brig Hebe, bound from Sydney to Newcastle. The vessel cleared the Sydney Heads…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 4
The Rockton brings news from the New Hebrides that the French cutter Gladiator and the schooner Admiral Pullan were lost in the hurricane on January 15. Two…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 4
In connection with the wreck of the Hawaiian barque Lady Lampson at Palmyra Island, news of which was published in The Daily Telegraph yesterday, we learn that the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 5
AUCKLAND, Thursday.--Further wreckage from the barque Cowanburn has been found five miles north of Mokan River. The wreckage includes a quantity of cabin…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Thursday, 5.40 p.m.--Shortly before noon intelligence readied Newcastle from Stockton that the brig Hebe had become a total wreck on the north…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 5
About 1 o'clock news came of the wreek of the brig Hebe on the north beach, about four miles from Stockton. Captain Thomas Wilson reports leaving Sydney for the port on Saturday in ballast, but was…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 8
Yesterday the Captain Cook was out for an "engineer's trial," amd is reported to have acquitted herself very well. With and against tide the measured mile was done at a speed of about 12 knots…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 11
LONDON, March 1.—The United States Senate has decided not to hold an executive session with the view of dealing with the question of the annexation of Hawaii…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Friday, 10.50 p.m. -- The stranded steamer Federal still remains on the sandbank inside the Stockton breakwater, having been driven a few yards…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 5
RAYMOND TERRACE, Friday, 7.35 p.m. -- The flood in 4ft. higher than wa[?] over known before. Every farmer for miles around is flooded out, and all the business…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Stranding of the Steamer Federal. the Rocket Apparatus Brought Into Use. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 9
It has been ascertained that the steamer stranded on the Stockton sandbank is the Federal, Captain M'Donald, but last night the tug Bungaree could not get near her. The captain and crew would not…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 9
The brig Hebe has completely gone to pieces. It is behaved that she was insured in the South British Company…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 5
AUCKLAND, Friday. -- No further wreckage from the barque Gowanburn has been found since yesterday. The steamer Waitara has returned from her search along the coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale and Flood. Damage at Newcastle. Mishaps to Shipping. The Stranded Steamer Federal. Railway Traffic Blocked. Singleton Surrounded. Mail Arrangements. Ash Island Submerged--Food for Raymond Terrace--Destruction of Property In the Hunter Valley--Heroism of Constables. NEWCASTLE
The Australian Star · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 5
In all parts of the city and district are apparent signs of the extreme violeuce of the late gala, in roofless houses, leveled trees and telegraph posts, broken…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Sunday Night.--There is very little fresh to report in regard to the steamer Federal. She has shifted further into the beach some 250ft. since Thursday night. No…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 6
NAMBUCCA HEADS, Sunday.--The steamer Rosedale had a narrow escape of being swamped on the bar yesterday. She had been aground on the Spit, and a strong fresh…
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