The Transvaal. Disastrous Storms. [By Cable]. London
A DISASTROUS storm has occurred in the Transvaal, South Africa. The rain fell in torrents for a time and several mines were flooded and a…
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Floods & storms, 1893
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Queensland Floods. English Subscriptions. LONDON, Mondy
BE fund raised in London towards [?] relief of the sufferers by the [?]land floods is £7OOO. Little [?] exacted to bo subscribed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queensland Floods. Local Relief Committee
A MEETING of the Committee of the above is announced in another column to be held at the Oddfellows' Hall, on Tuesday evening next at 8 p m., for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Remarkable Storm. (Argus.) Warragui
Warragul was last night visited by a thunderstorm of extraordinary severity. The previous three or four days had been excessively hot, the thermometer rising as high as 103deg. in the shade,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Relief Funds
THE treasurer (the Mayor, Dr. Scott) of the Scone fund for the relief of the sufferers by the floods in queensland, has received the following additional…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Clarence Floods—another Fund
The Mayor has received from the secretary of the Clarance Relief Fund a letter soliciting subscriptions towards the relief of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Traveller. Fresh Floods in China
Floating down the Peiho river, in tho stillness of midnight in the country, we were roused from sleep by the roar of water as of rapids perilously near at hand. Now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sworn to No Master, of No Sect Am I. Be Just and Fear Not. The Singleton Argus. Monday, March 13th, 1893. the Great Hunter Flood of 1893. Singleton Under Water For 48 Hours. Town' in Darkness for Four Nights. Devastation in the District. Houseless and Homeless. Maitland, Greta and Branxton. Loss of Life and Property. Railways and Telegraphs Blocked. No News for Four Days
What will, in future, be known as "The Groat Flood of 1893" has come and gone. It was not unanticipated, and yet it was not expected. While…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Flood of 1893 As Viewed from Baroona With Some Incidents Connected Therewith And Meditations Thereon
After 16 days of fine weather, terminating with a hot, close day, the first rain, a curious sort of all round storm, fell on Tuesday evening, 7th…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Floods Relief Fund. Entertainment on Thursday Night
ON Thursday night next, the local Dramatic Club will give an entertainment at the School of arts in aid of tin above fund. Since the occurrence of…
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AS scrap of hews come to hand from here and there, they only go to show that the floods with which this district and those to the south of us as far as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland and Singleton. Highest Floods on Record. Loss of Life, and Enormous Destruction of Property
THERE has all along been graze anxiety regarding the fate of Maitland, and the generally expressed opinion that that thriving city was domed last week to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood in the Lower Hunter. [By Telegraph.] (From our Correspondent.) Newcastle, Monday afternoon
There can be very little conception of the damage done around the city by recent floods. Water still remains in many places, though in others there is very little to be seen and nothing but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Member for West Maitland and the Flood
The member for West Maitland, Mr. John Gillies, was in Sydney, as has been stated above, till Saturday evening. He was, however, kept fully acquainted with the sad state of affairs in…
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Wo received yesterday from the Mayor of Newcastle the following telegram:—"I have called a public meeting on Tuesday evening here (Newcastle) for Hunter River flood relief."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flood at Greta and Branxton. (From our Greta Correspondent.)
The hot, sultry weather of the past few weeks has, at last, given place to heavy and continuous rainstorms, and this morning (Thursday) the town is half submerged. The change took place about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods Elsewhere. [By Telegraph From Greville's Co.] Sydney, Monday afternoon
There has been terrible destruction of property by floods. Macdonald River is very high; the surrounding farms are under water; great destruction of crops and stock. The water is slowly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flood at Singleton. [By Telegraph.] (From, our correspondent.) Monday, noon
We have just experienced a most disastrous flood, unprecedented in this district since its settlement by white men—about 70 years ago—,the flood having reached a height of 48 feet 3 inches, being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flood at Cassilis. [By Telegraph From Our Correspondent.] Cassilis
The greatest floods here ever known occurred on Wednesday night. Half the town was submerged; the water rose rapidly. It was impossible to save property. Families were rescued by wading…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flood at Lochinvar. (From our correspondent.)
The village of Lochinvar, as most people know, is too high for any flood to reach, it. It might safely be called Noah's Ark, the place of safety. At the same time all the farms on the river are under…
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