The following is an extract from the 1887 Maitland Mercury article headed “Flood in the Hunter River: Serious loss of crops”.
We record with regret the occurrence of another flood in the Hunter, which has involved serious loss of property in the shape of growing crops. Though the flood has not been attended with such disastrous consequences as those with which we were so familiar in years past, there is a considerable area of land under water, and many farmers, notably those resident in the neighbourhood of Morpeth, have suffered great losses.
Full article available at Maitland Mercury, 10 Dec, 2010.
