Terrible Gales
During a heavy gale in the Irish Sea four coasting vessels were wrecked and the majority of the crews drowned…
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Floods & storms, 1895
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Gales and Wrecks
The steamer Abydos was wrecked off the coast of the Isle of Man during the late terrible gales which passed over the British Isles. Twenty of those on board were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Prevention in the Clarence
Mr. W. Archibald, of Palmer's Channel, who suggested some time ago to the Government a scheme by which the Clarence Valley might be eared from the effects of floods, has been making…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Terrible Colliery Accident. a Pit Flooded 100 Men Entemined. [By Cable.] London, Monday
A SHOCKING colliery disaster has occurred at Hanley in Staffordshire, England. A rush of water happened while a number of miners were at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News. SYDNEY, Monday. Heavy floods prevail in the north
The overland wire at port Darwin is interrupted, but communication will probably be restored to-night. The public works committee are…
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What may be fairly described as s flood in the Hunter, though fortunately a serious overflow so far has not occurred into Maitland, has swept over the beautiful valley of the Hunter, and once more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather. a Heavy Rainfall. Fears of a Flood
THE wather has been more or less rainy since Saturday, a good deal more than was pleasent on Monday night. From Saturday at 9 a.m. till 9 a.m…
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When we went to press yesterday afternoon the river, which had been slowly rising all day, had attained a height of 31 feet 6 inches by the gauge at the Belmore Bridge. The latest news from…
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The Chief Secretary replied yesterday to an application for relief of the sufferers by flood at West Maitland to the Mayor (Mr. H. Crothers) as follows:—"In view of representations made by Mr…
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The Williams River district has again been visited by a devastating flood. For over a week rain fell incessantly, and on Tuesday morning the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest News. Terrible Floods at Taree. Taree
The weather cleared up yesterday after a week's steady downpour. On Monday night a fearful gale took place and it rained in torrents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in the Hunter. Crops Destroyed and Farmers Almost Irretrievably Ruined. Water in High Street
Referring to the floods, the "Mercury" of Wednesday says :—When we went to press last evening, the weather in Maitland…
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What may be fairly described as a flood in the Hunter, though fortunately a serious overflow so far has not occurred into Maitland, has swept over the beautiful valley of the Hunter, and once more…
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The Chief Secretary replied on Thursday to an application for relief of the sufferers by flood at West Maitland to the Mayor (Mr. H. Crothers) as follows:—"In view of representations made by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in the Hunter. Alarm in Maitland. Stoppage of Railway Traffic. Washaways at Tarro. Landslip at Awaba Accidents and Fatalities. [By Our Own Reporter.]
NEXT in magnitude to the Rood of March, 1893, that which is only really subsiding as these words are being written holds the record…
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castle from the Paterson on Thursday afternoon. Captain Portfield, who is in charge, brought word that the flood waters had caused destruction and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The singletofn Argus. Saturday,january 26Th,1895. the Flood
WHAT cam now be happily called the recent flood should teach a couple of valuable lessons. The first is that whenever the course of a river is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lesson of the Flood
TAKING it for granted that such an inundation as that of March, 1893, is one of those gigantic natural phenomena with which no power at the disposal of man can effectually…
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SIR,—In the minds of many inhabitants of the Valley of the Hunter, floods and Providence are associated: the floods make us think of Providence. Last week, in the Mercury, we were reminded of the…
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It is said that the floods in this district are oven more disastrous than was at first anticipated. The whole of the potato crop has been ruined, whilst…
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