2nd Edition The World Gale on the English Coast. LONDON, Thursday night
A great gale on the English coast last night caused the channel service to be suspended…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1898
44 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 3
Cyclone at Thargomindah
A violent storm of wind and rain occurred at Thargomindah on Wednesday night, when considerable damage was caused to a number of buildings. At Leahy's bulk store the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Queensland. Brisbane Partly Submerged. Brisbane
The water has now flowed into the streets in the low lying parts of the city on both sides of the river. At 9.30 to-day the flood was within 3 feet of the flood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods at Murrurundi. Murrurundi
After a week of excessively hot weather, rain set in on Saturday with a thunderstorm and continued until yesterday at 10 o'clock. The river was in high flood, being on a level…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fatal Gale. Wreck of the Amy. Bight Lives Lost. Other Wrecks Reported. Sydney
During the hurricane yesterday evening the brig Amy, coal ladon from Wollongong to Sydney, foundered on Thirroul Beach, two miles north of Bulli…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mail Interruptions. Coach Traffic Stopped. Serious Floods. Sydney
A camber of telegrams, announcing delay in the mails in all parts of the colony, were received at the General Post Office to-day. Windsor reported that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in the Country. Mail Interruptions. Serious Destruction Ok Property. Sydney
Mails from several centres of the North, South and West of Sydney are still overdue owing to the floods. It is reported from many places that no lives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Flood Incident. Wilcannia
A sensational affair is reported in connection with the floods at Momba station. Two boys, who happened to be in the bush, were overtaken by the flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Floods. SYDNEY, Wednesday night
A telegram from Camden this afternoon states that the Nepean flood waters have subsided sufficiently to allow a temporary fixing of the line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sunday's Storm. Three Vessels Wrecked. the Cataract Dam Burst
From the reports of our own correspondents we learn that a good deal of damage was done by Sunday's storm in the mountains, but the injury in Sydney, on the Southern coast, and in other parts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm at Wellington. WELLINGTON
A most violent storm passed over the town yesterday evening, causing a great amount of damage to property. About three o'clock the rain commenced, and within an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snow Storms in Canada. LONDON, Wednesday night
Snow storms in the province of Montreal, Canada, have suspended the railway traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Victim of the Floods. BOURKE
A man named Robert Hinds, whilst attempting to cross a creek swollen by recent rains at Barrangun, was swept away and drowned. Tho body was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Violent Storm in Mebourne. Streets Flooded and Traffic Blocked, Melbourne
A terrific storm broke over the city shortly before 1 o'clock to-day and lasted half an hour, during which rain, accompanied by heavy winds, prevailed, with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm in the Baltic. Ten Fisherman Drowned. London, Sunday night
During a terrific storm at Memel, a Prussian seaport ont he baltic, a number of fishing vessels were driven ashore and 10 fishermen were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone on the African Coast. Great Loss of Life. London
A cyclone has devastated the Comoro group of islands. Many of the inhabitants were killed. The Comoro Group belongs to France…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flashlights Floods are reported from Queensland
At the Newtown Court on Monday, William Cocksedge (44), a bootmaker, was convicted of using indecent language in the hearing of persons passing in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Colliery Accident. a Mine Flooded. London
The Muldhouseburn colliery, at Muirkirk, has been flooded, and many of the miners entombed. Sixteen of the men were rescued after being imprisoned for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After the Storm
The wind increased in fury. Gust after gust struck angrily against the window of the room in which Hetty Maynard sat trembling. It was a night to make the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ireland and England. a Thunderstorm Coming. London
At a banquet given by the Irish Nationalists at London last night to celebrate S. Patrick's Day Mr. John Dillon presided. He said that the peace now prevailing was the…
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