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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
156 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 8
A swath two blocks wide and two miles long was cut through the city. The storn's violence was all within this area, which was levelled. Marvellous…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A terrific electric storm struck Chicago to-day. The lightning struck 12 houses. Floods of rain invaded the basements. The storm has relieved the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A great earthslide has started in the Culebra out of the Panama Canal, flooding the cut. It is likely that if another earth movement happens there will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Abnormal weather continues in the Eastern States. Many persons have been killed by lightning, and there are continuous electrical storms…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy rain has fallen along the Hunter Valley. The river is in flood, having reached a height last night of 23ft. 6in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →After having made a gallant fight against Sunday's gales. the drodge W. T. Appleton, bound from Rotterdam to Melbourne, put. into Sydney Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the severe gales along the coast of New South Wales last week the shipping had a severe buffeting, and some sensational experiences have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gales of considerable fury swept the coast yesterday, continuing this morning. The storms were attended by very heavy rain squalls and high seas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A dramatic story of a storm comes from the West Virginia town of Dunbar. A clerk working in the quarries two…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rain continues in Sydney this morning. The Hawkesbury River is in flood. The water reached its highest point at Richmond Bridge, where it was 27ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Traffic and telegraphic communication hus been interrupted by floods in Western Nevada. This is attributed to heavy rainfalls. Several railway…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A heavy fall of rain caused the flooding of Bragg Creek, drowning Mrs. John Powell and her three children. The crops in the Huntington region are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain Hicks Murray, late of the Gordon Highlanders, after wounding his wife and killing his children, and also killing a woman and a third child,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable advices from Alaska announce that a glacier burst in the Miles Lake district, causing the Copper River to rise 12ft. in a few hours. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The floods have severed railway communication with Norwich. The express was hold up yesterday at King's Lynn. Other trains are at a standstill, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The excessive rains have caused disastrous floods in the Midlands. The farmers in Yorkshire are abandoning their hay and allowing village[?]s to use…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Telegrams from Norwich sent on Monday arrived last night stating that rain had fallen incessantly for 17 hours, and there were several feet of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Norwich, where the Australian, cricketers are at present, to play a match against an Eleven of England, resembles an island city owing to the floods. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The floods everywhere are receding, and the railways are reopening. A relief fund has been opened at Norwich. The firm of Colman's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The water is abating at Norwich, but business remains in a chaotic state. There are 8000 people homeless. While a woman and two children were being…
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