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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
157 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 8
Details of the floods and cyclone in the Central United States show that besides the 200 odd fatalities (drowning and burning) at North Topeka 50…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe gales continue to rage along tho coast, and all shipping has been paralysed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous floods have occurred in Kansas, America, causing enormous destruction of property. Burning lamber a float on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The heavy rains of the past few days have put portions of Armidale, on the Great Northern line, under water. Many of the residents have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The damage to property caused by the tornado in Gainsville, Georgia (U. S. A.), is estimated at, at least, 500,000 dollars. This damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A tornado swept Grinisville, Georgia, causing great destruction of property. Falling buildings killed 80 cotton operatives and injured 100…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great forest fires are raging in the Canadian maritime provinces, causing a vast amount of damage. Several towns are menaced by the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The bursting of the Sp[?]rtanburgh dam in South C[?]roline, U. S A, caused by a cloud-burst, drowned at least 50 of the operatives in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great forest fires are still raging in the North Atlantic S[?]tes of America, extending right to Washington. The fires can be observed 600 miles away…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A cable received to-day states that teh flooded River Mississippi at St. Louis is now falling, and that the [?] of St. Louis, for some days in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The latest news from the United States is that a group of towns on the east side of the Mississippi, north-east of St. Louis, is from 10 to 18 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great floods continue in the United States. The Congaree River, in South Carolina, is 13[?]. above the danger…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A cable received to-day states that the flooded River Miselesippi at St. Louis ia now falling, and that the city of St. Louis, for some days in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One result of the great floods in the States is that 10,000 people have been rendered homeless around St. Louis alone…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A group of cities on the east side of the Mississippi and north-east of St. Louis (America) are from 10 to 18 feet under water. Seven hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A cloud burst in O[?]gon (U S A) on Sunday flooded a creek, and a huge torrent of water swept through the village of Heppner, destroying a great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fresh attempts are, it is said, to be made in July to auction the Mokau estate, in New Zealand, already the subject of m[?]oh litigation: Truth, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A thunderstorm was experienced at Gund[?]gal on Wednesday night, the lightning was vivid and the rain fell in torrent[?] All the creeks were set running high…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy rain fall in Adelaide all yesterday, and this morning it is still coming down heavily. A meeting of the Distressed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Files by the San Francisco mail steamer, which arrived in Sydney on Friday, give graphic accounts of disasters by the recent floods, the result of which…
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