Disastrous Floods. Melbourne
Extensive floods have occurred at Numurkab, doing a large amount of damage to property, and sweeping away bridges and culverts. A large number of fruit gardens…
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15 stories in Illawarra's papers
A Terrible Cyclone. London, January 10
A cyclone at Pittsburgh, United States, has prostrated a number of buildings, killing seventeen persons and injuring eighty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Terrific Storm. Heavy Rain and Gales of Wind. the Turbulent, Majestic Ocean. Rail, Steam, and Telegraphic Communication Interrupted. Egeson's Prognostications Realized
With the change of weather that occurred on Friday last, we have had a strong gale and a heavy fall of rain. Early on Friday the wind sprang up and blew with force throughout the…
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Towards noon on Tuesday the gale that had blown with such unrelenting fury through the night and day preceding began to show signs of expended rage, and the aerial welkin calmed…
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IN to-day's issue we publish an account of the devastation wrought in the metropolis by the storm which raged from the latter end, of last week till early on Wednesday…
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Portion of Petersham skating rink 100f destroyed. Stanmore paddock a lake. Post Office at Fivedock flooded. A subsidence of ground at Burwood. Cook's River…
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FOR the last three days and nights there has been a steady downpour of rain. Two landslips have been reported—one between Awaba and Morrisett, on the Northern line,…
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A number of gentlemen (included amongst whom were Messrs. Blackston, C. J. Hosking, and Pettit) who visited Sydney from Wollongong for the sake of having a jollification in the…
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Terrible floods have taken place in the United States, extending over a vast area of country, aud resulting in enormous loss of life. Heavy and continuous rains occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tremendous Floods in America. London, June 3
Later details from the scene of the disaster in the Pittsburgh district stated that the residents of Johnstown received timely warning that the reservoir was unsafe, and were further told that…
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Authentic statistics give the late population of the area of country affected by the recent inundations in and around Johnstown as 55,000. Registry offices have been opened for the purpose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Storm in Hongkong. Estimated Loss of 50 Lives
THE steamer Menmuir, which arrived here to-day, brings news of a terrible storm experienced throughout Hongkong on May 29. The very heavy rain,…
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ON Thursday there was a return of stormy weather. During the forenoon weather became unsettled, with frequent sharp showers of rain, which proved to…
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About 11 o'clock yesterday a sudden and disagreeable change occurred in the weather. The early morning was warm but pleasant till about tho hour when the change took place, when a…
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A TERRIFIC gale which swept over the south and west of England in the small hours of Monday morning, October 6, (says the Spectator), has strewn the coast with…
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