Cable Intelligence. Floods in Switzerland. Great Destruction. Hundreds Homeless
London, June 8.--Terrible floods have occurred at Vioron and in the Valley of the Morge, Switzerland. Many silk and paper factories were…
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Floods & storms, 1897
43 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 3
Violent Gale on the English Coast. London, June 17
A violent gale has passed over the Irish Sea and the west coast of England and Wales. Great damage has been done to shipping, and considerable loss of life is reported…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Floods in France. London, July 7
Disastrous floods have taken place in the south of France, resulting in much loss of life and great damage to property. The number of persons who are known to have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Land Tax Difficulty—A Storm in a Teacup
THE Attorney-General, Mr. J. Want, handed the following minute on the above matter to the press on Thursday :—" The plaintiff in this case sought to escape from the tax altogether ; in other words,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prevention of Flood Damage
SINGLETON, Wednesday.—A local resident has drafted a flood scheme to minimise the damage through the Hunter River floods. The minister for works, to whom it has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Floods in Germany. London, Aug. 1
Great floods have occurred in Silesia and South Germany. The severity of the visitation has not been equalled during the present century…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in Germany. London, Aug. 4
The floods in Silesia and Southern Germany have resulted in widespread disaster. Harrowing scenes have occurred in the flooded districts of Silesia and Saxony, where 200,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Austria. London, Aug. 10
Disastrous floods have occurred in Austria, causing great injury to the crops. It is expected that little wheat will be exported from Hungary this season…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods in Germany. Two Hundred Thousand Homeless. Enormous Damage
Terrible floods, unequalled during the present century, have occurred in Silesia and South Germany. The damage done amount to many millions of marks,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Cattle Steamer in a Storm
THE steamer Alagonia, which left Sydney recently for Western Australia, encountered frightful weather off Breaksea on the 12th instant. She was carrying on deck a mob of cattle and a lot of sheep, besides…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Austria
Disastrous floods have occurred in Austria causing great injury to the crops. It is expected Mint little wheat will be exported from Hungary this season…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale on the British Coast. London, Sept. 2
A great gale has swept over the British Isles and the adjacent seas. Many shipwrecks and disasters on land have been reported…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone in Italy. London, Sept. 23
A Renter's telegram states that a cyclone has passed over Mesagne, near Brindisi, and Sata Oria, and Medioval, Italy, causing great devastation. Many houses were wreaked. Fifty persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm in Melbourne
MELBOURNE, Friday.—A severe squall passed over the city and suburbs between 7 and 8 o'clock this evening, the wind whirling about in gusts and blowing about with great violence. The day had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm in Melbourne. Considerable Damage
Melbourne, Saturday.--Between 7 and 8 o'clock last evening, a severe wind and thunder storm passed over the city and suburbs. The day had been intensely close, and at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Victorian Cyclone
MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Minister for Lands, who last week visited Nhill, where it number of buildings were wrecked by the storm of the 19th instant, brought under the notice of the Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Gale in Britain. London, Nov. 29
A heavy north-westerly gale has been blowing along the British coasts. Much damage has been done to shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable News. Terrible Gales in England. Great Loss of Life. London, Nov. 30
Further particulars show that the gale was most disastrous. It did great damage all along the coast to shipping and buildings. The River Thames rose far above the ordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cable News. the Gale in the British Isles. London, Dec. 1
Many incidents of heroism in rescue work are reported to have taken place during the terrible gale which passed over the British Isles. Five artillery men in a small boat attempted to assist some of their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Storm. London, Dec. 6
During the late heavy gales 25 merchant vessels were wrecked in the vicinity of Naples…
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