Taken at the Flood. Chapter Liii.secret at the Grave
“We are agreed as to terms; then !” said Lady Perriam. “Perfectly, my dear madam,” replied Mr. Ledlamb. “Nothing could be more liberal…
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20 stories in Murray's papers
Taken at the Flood. Chapter Iv. Mr. Bain Is Worsted
Mr. Bain mounted his horse Pepper—a sleek, deep-chested animal, which he kept for the saddle—and rode forth gaily—or as gaily as so young a widower might ride with the eye…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taken at the Flood. Chapter Lviii. Shadrack Rain Loses the Scent
Mr. Bain arrived at Antwerp the day after that meeting between Lady Perriam and her lover. He had been detained at Ostend for some hours—arriving in the early summer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taken at the Flood. Chapter Ix. “Just Impediment.”
It was the morning appointed for Sylvia second marriage—that union which was to be the blessed fulfilment of all her girlish dreams which was to bring her nothing but happiness…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taken at the Flood. Chapter Ixii Who Said "Let Death Come Now [?]‘ Tis Right to Die!”
Mr. Carew took his daughter back Carriage sorely disturbed in mind, and in profoundest foundest darkness of spirit as to the cause of this disturbance. The incumbent accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taken at the Flood. Chapter Lxv. “It Is the Tale Which Anory Conscience Tells."
Edmund Standen put the roll of paper in his breast-pocket, and took his leave of the sick woman, wondering at the mother’s unselfishness, which even on a death-bed made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Taken at the Flood. Chapter Lxvi. (Continued.) Sir Aubrey’s Beturn
Perriam was looking its fairest in the glow of an autumnal sunset when Sir Aubrey returned to that peaceful abode of his forefathers. Sir Aubrey, where name had been inscribed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saturday’s Storm
THE welcome rain that visited us on Saturday last seems to have come to other places as a violent thunderstorm. In Melbourne the thunder and lightning was accompanied by a heavy fall of rain,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melancholy Result of Saturday’s Storm
A melancholy accident happened at Chewton on Saturday afternoon. The Mount Alexander Mail relates that Mrs. Cooper, wife of Mr. George Cooper, a well-known contractor, had been in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Story of the Flood Older Than That of Moses
Among the marshes formed by the ancient canals of the Euphrates was the city of Erech, mentioned in Genesis x. 10, called Orchoe by Prolemy, and at present known in Warka. It was founded by Ninrol, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Storms and Floods in Europe. London, March 20
Nearly all the railways north of the river Tay are more or less blocked by snow. The Caledonian line is covered with snow 20ft deep. Near Aberdeen twelve trains are snowed in. At one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Storm in Illinois. Chicago, March 28
The greatest snowfall of the season overtook this region last night and to-day, and now the snow lies probably [?], deep on a level. Reports from as far south as Cairo speak of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Dykes Swept Away by the Floods. London, March 25
The Daily Telegraph’s Paris special reports that the dykes protecting Herzozon bush, in Holland, have been swept away by the floods. Railway bridges and roads are destroyed, and the town is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood in the Clarence District
It is our sod and melancholy task to have to record this week the most disastrous flood, accompanied by loss of life and destruction of property, which has ever visited the Clarence River district…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Flood on the Clarence River
The following telegram appeared in the S.M. Herald:—On the 15th instant there was a heavy south-east gale, with rain. Early on Sunday marning the river rose rapidly. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific Gale on the Coast
THE steamship City of Melbourne, on the passage from Sydney to Melbourne, encountered one of the most terrible gales that has visited the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Gales at Sydney. Sydney
The weather yesterday was very stormy and cold, with a strong southerly wind, but last night it blew a terrific gale, with heavy rain. The ships Greta and Tweed, which were lying…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The City Op Melbourne in a Gale. Nine Racehorses Killed. Sydney
The City of Melbourne, crammed with passengers and having on board eleven racehorses, comprising the flower of the Victorian studs, left Sydney at midnight on Saturday. On Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Recent Floods in England
The heavy rain which has fallen during the past month has extended over a great part of the country, and serious destruction by floods is already reported. An…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Storm at Hay. Hay
A terrible storm of wind and dust visited the town to-day. It came from the north-west, commencing at daylight, and reached its height at 12 noon. Great damage was done to property…
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