Tornado and Floods. Four Hundred Lives Lost
Six weeks ago a cable massage stated that the bursting of a reservoir at Pinetown, near Durban, had been the cause of the drowning of 400 coolies. This was but a…
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Floods & storms, 1905
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Cyclone in a Bottle
Would you like to see in miniature an illustration of a ship foundering in mid-ocean when struck by a cyclone? If so, try the following amusing experiment…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Very Latest. London, Monday afternoon. Floods in India
The rain of rain is causing anxiety in regard to the crops in the Punjaub, India. The monsoonal rainfall was practically confined to Gujert and the Kallywar…
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The much discussed and difficult question of flood mitigation in the Hunter, which was revived some time ago by the Mayor of Morpeth (Alderman James M'Carthy), when a conference was held, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters to the Editor. Hunter Flood Mitigation
Sir,—It is with some diffidence that one endeavours to discuss a s[?] of such vast national importance, embracing as it does the communities, "the whole body police," of the Hunter, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wednesday, August 23, 1905. Flood Mitigation and Water Conservation
THE quotation of how to deal with the flood waters, such as have from time immemorial periodically enriched the fertile valley of the Hunter, so that they may do the least damage…
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The question of how to deal with the flood waters, such as have from time immemorial periodically enriched the fertile valley of the Hunter, so that they may do the least damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Flood Mitigation. Conference at Morpeth
The much discussed and difficult question of flood mitigation in the Hunter, which was revived some time ago by the Mayor of Morpeth (Alderman James M'Carthy), when a conference was held, and the…
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Great damage has been occasioned by floods in Ireland, Nearly 3½ inches of rain fell in Dublin in 24 hours…
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A tremendous sea was running along the coast this morning. The yacht Fairlee which arrived last night from Hobart, was driven ashore on the beach at Manly heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Thunderstorm. Hotel Struck by Lightning
During a heavy thunderstorm at Sydney on Saturday night, Moore Park Hotel was struck in three places. The licenses, Mrs L. M. Kent, her sister…
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Great floods have occurred at Shanghai Whole villages were demolished and hundreds drowned in the Woo-sung and Putting districts…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Immigration, Irrigation, Conservation of Water, and the Mitigation of Floods. (To the Editor of the Chronicle.)
Sir,—I think it is crael on the part of any Government in this "Great South Land" to induce immigration from any part of Europe until such time as they have irrigation on a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms in the States
Violent storms have occurred in the United States, causing the wreck of a number of vessels on Lake Superior, and the death by drowning of 39 seamen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Scone Police Court. Thursday, September 7, 05' Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M. Cr[?]elty to Animals Case
IN the above Court, yesterday, Frederick William Bakewell, William John Bakewell, Henry Neville Abbott, and Patrick Daley were charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Deluge of 1916. the Roller Sect Building an Ark
The Roller Sect belong to the United States of America—the home of many religious cranks These people predict the end of the world by flood in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in India
[?] tracts of land in the Punjab [?] of British India have been flooded. [?] of cattle have been drowned, and [?] stores destroyed. Immense…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storm Signals on the Coast
In connection with the recent wreck of the schooner Jones Brothers, and the consequent sad loss of life, reference is made to the discontinuance of the display of storm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scone Police Court. Thursday, September 21, '05. Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.
IN the above Court, yesterday morning, Augustine Jas. McCue was charged with, on the morning of the 19th inst., at the Scone Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Mitigation
With the view of further considering flood mitigation in the Hunter River, a conference of representatives of the Maitland district and the Lower Hunter was held in the Council Chamber, Mospeth, on…
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