Arresting a Cyclone
WHEN Nathaniel Todd appeared in the dock at the Police Court to-day to answer charge of ind[?]cent language and [?] he looked like a man who had recently been…
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Floods & storms, 1901
65 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 4
Heavy Rains in South Australia. High Tide at Port Adelaide. Lowlying Parts Flooded. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
Heavy rain was experienced over the agricultural areas yesterday, at a most opportune time. Good rain also fell over the city district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Storm at Wilcannia. SYDNEY
Mr. [?], Government Astronomer, received the following wire last night from Wilcannia:—" A gale was experienced here to-day. The sand and dust, like a solid wall,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood at Port Adelaide. Damage to the State. Some of the [?].. Globe Timber Yard Affect. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Tuesday Afternoon
Men had to be engaged on Sunday end Monday to rai[?] the present embankment along the Port river flood Queenstown to Portland, but the [?] title last night again…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Gales in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
The coasting steamer Jessie Darling dragged her anchor and was driven ashore at Smoky Bay, on the west coast, during the [?]ales on Sunday. The vessel is now lying…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Storms on the Coast. Further Gales Predicted. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Subscription lists have been opened at Ballina on behalf the widows and children ot the [?] of the Protector wreck. None of the bodies have yet been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms on the New South Wales Coast. The Gales Abaling. [By Telegraph.] [?], Tuesday Afternoon
The gales along the New South Wales coast are abating. The body of a man about 15 years of age, supposed to be one of the crew of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The East. Floods on the Yang-tsze-kiang. Four Thousand Drowned. [R[?] Message.] London
A Standard correspondent reports that an in[?]tion h[?]s taken place in the Y[?]ng-t[?]ze-kia[?] Vall[?]y, in China, and that 4000 Chinese ha[?]e been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Violent Thunderstorm in London. LONDON, Friday Afternoon
A violent thunderstorm, which lasted for sereral hours, stopped traffic in London to-day and flooded the and reground railway from Westminster Hall…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Flood in America. Houses Carried Bodily Away. [?] Choked With Wreckage
Reuter's New York correspondent telegraphed on June 25:- The advices from the flooded district of West Virginia are [?] very incomplete, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Flood on the Yellow River. Immense Destruction. LONDON
The Yellow River, in Shantung province, in China, is in flood. The waters have run over both banks of the river and have caused immense destraction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A River in Flood. [By Telegraph] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon
As a result of the rains the River Gwyair is in flood and a bridge has been carried away…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The East. Floods on the Yang-tsze-kiang. Great Havoc Caused. France and the Quelpart Riots. [Reuter's Message.] London
Serious floods have occurred on the Yang-tsze-kiang, in Chins, causing havoc to life and property, and foreshadowing intense distress…
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From the few reports to hand from the country it if evident that there have been some severe storms. The Sydney line was interrupted but evening and till a late hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Experiences in a Storm. MELBOURNE
A terrific storm was experienced at Nathalia on Saturday. Hage trees were uprooted and carried half a mile away. Thomas Pollard, while out riding, was blown over with his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The East. Floods on the Yang-tsze-kiang. Ten Million People Homeless. [R[?]uter's Message] London
Harrowing reports have been received of the damage cansed in China by the Yaug-tsas-kiang floods. Over 10,000,000 people have been rendered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Great Thunderstorm. a Town Partly Wrecked. Methodist Church Blown Down. [By Telegraph,] Brisbane
A wind and thunderst[?] rm passed over Eidsvold on Saturday and nearly every building in the township was damaged. The Methodist Church was brown down, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Experience at Sea. Storm off Cape Borda. Narrow Escape of a Steamer. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon
A terrible experience befel the steamer City of Lincoln, which was sighted at the Semaphore at daylight to-day, flying distress signals…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Storm on the River
THE storm that threstened in Broten Hill early this afternoon broke on the Darling, and the telegraph line is interrupted between Wilcannia and Men'ndie…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Thunderstorm in Melbourne. Nearly Two Inches of Rain in an Hour. Many of the Suburbs Flooded. Trains and Trams Stopped. [By T[?].] Melbourne
Melbourne had a record thunderstorm yesterday. Between 9 o'clock in the morning and 9 o'clcck at night there was registered the heaviest fall of rain ever…
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