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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms
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AN extraordinary downpour caused a complete suspension of pedestrian traffic in Elizabeth-street to-day. The water ran over the footpaths, and was a foot deep in the centre of the street…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The wind increased in fury. Gust after gust struck angrily against the window of the room in which Hetty Maynard sat trembling. It was a night to make thee stoutest quail and Hetty wis only a lone girl…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →EXCEPTIONALLY stormy weather is being experienced on the coast and throughout Great Britain. A heavy fall of snow in many cases blocked the railway trains…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous floods have occurred in the States of Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The rising waters stopped the traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Friday last a meeting of colliery experts was held in the ambulance tout, at the Dudley mine, presided over by Mr. Alexander Brown, M.L.C., to consider what action would be taken with regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →TERRIBLE floods have occurred in the States of Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The rising waters stopped the traffic on the railways and work in the factories…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London, March 27.—Terrific weather has prevailed in the English Channel and the North Sea. Forty-five fishermen have been drowned off…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The weather in Sydney is rough again, raining and blowing a southerly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A VERY heavy storm of rain with high wind commenced here yesterday afternoon. At times the rain fell in sheets, flooding the low-lying land, and penetrating houses and other buildings. The late…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Friday last heavy rain set in, accompanied with a gale of wind, blowing at hurricane force, and thunder and lightning. During the day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →DURING the past week we have been visited with one of the severest hurricanes I ever saw. The rain storms were simply blinding. The river rose pretty high, doing immense damage to the crops. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The s.s. John Gollan was driven ashore last night in the river. She is in no immediate danger. The schooner Isabella, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LAST night's south-east gale was the most severe and disastrous experienced at Harrington for years, known by the oldest identities. Henry scudding rain and a mountainous sea were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The steamer Maitland bound from Newcastle to Sydney is supposed to have founded during the gale on Thursday night, a few miles off Broken Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THERE was a terrific south-east gale blowing here last night, with rain. The sea and bar are very rough. The s.s. Jobn Gollan slipped her chain, and went…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Argus went to press last week during the height of one of the most disastrous, gales that has been experienced for many years past. The wind…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE s.s. Manning left Taree for Harrington about 1.30 p.m. on Wednesday, taking with her the necessary appliances for re-launching the ohn Gollan…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →HEAVY RAIN.—A cloudy, dirty looking morning on Sunday preceded a sort of undetermined day. However, rain kept off till the night, when it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As we stated in our last issue, the predictions for a big flood, were unfortunately realised on Wednesday last. The river continued to rise at Wingham…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →HEAVY rain sot in during Sunday night, and continued almost without cessation until Tuesday night —5 inches and 68 points having fallen up to 9 a.m. on Wednesday. At times the rain descended in…
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