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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
64 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 4
Yesterday afternoon, while the people in the city were broiling under the oppressive heat, the residents of the hillside suburb of Mitcham were treated to a storm of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A thunderstorm near Cobar on Saturday caused the railway line to be flooded, and in two places the line was washed away. The mail train was delayed in its running…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At last we have been cheered with a few good storms, but they have been very partial in character, and the run has fallen in strips and patches…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MANY people are of opinion that it is dangerous to use telephones during a thunderstorm. Mr. H. W. Jenvey, chief electrical engineer of the Postal Department, states…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Buller has seized, as already cabled, the "bridge" over the Tugela River at Potgieters, north of Zwarte Kop. The bridge, it is now explained,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Saturday the Glammwrrwy pit, near Llanelly, was flooded, and some 50 men had a narrow escape (says a Welsh exchange). Two other miners were imprisoned, and one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The R.M.S. Mariposa, which arrived here to-day from San Francisco, brings news that New York barely escaped a severe financial panic recently owing to a drain on its specie…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A correspondent at Delagoa Bay reports that the Boers are sending huge quantities of timber and sandbags to dam the Klip River, so as to flood the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →With reference to the abandoning of Spion Kop on Wednesday night last, it has been ascertained that Colonel Thorneycroft, who succeeded Colonel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Boer scheme for flooding Ladysmith by means of the Klip River is regarded by the British who know, the coantry as impracticable, though 1300…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →JUST at the change of shifts of Friday afternoon (says the Eldorado correspondent of the Argus) residents were surprised to hear that another accident had occurred at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Exceptionally heavy rains are falling in many parts of Victoria. In some of the country districts floods are feared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A telegram from Barcaldine states that a cyclone has visited the town. The rain gauge indicated a fall of 2in., which, however, is no criterion of the fall of water, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Imperial Dushmen's camp at Langwarrin was flooded out yesterday, and was transferred to Flemington Wor Later in the day many of the horses were laid up with colds…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fred Dein, in company with two other men, were working yesterday at the 120ft. level In the Solitary mine, Wattle Flat, Bathurst, when the mine was suddenly flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy rain is falling in Sydney and appearances point to a lengthy coatinuance. The public schools patriotic demonstration has been postponed for a week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Royal Tar, bound from Kalpara to Melbourne, was caught in a heavy gale some miles west of Kalpara. The deck cargo during the storm broke adrift and had to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Turon River h[?]- been flooded, llin. of rain having fallen there on Saturday. All the mails have been delayed and great damage has been done…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai is at present 27t. above summer level, fall the low-lying lands close to the river are flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy rain is still falling in Sydney and in the coastal districts, with southerly gales and heavy, treacherous seas along the coast. Kiama and Wollongong aro flying "stand…
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