The Norwich Floods
DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £100,000. The damage caused by the inundations at Norwich is estimated at £100,000. The water is now receding rapidly and the…
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A Goal Mine Flooded. Three Hundred Men in Danger
A serious mining disaster was narrowly averted yesterday at Aberdare, in Glamorganshire. An inrush of water from old workings flooded a colliery in which 300…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Dangers by Flood and Field. Grim Railway Disaster. Four Men Killed: Seven Injured. Pittsburg
A railway disaster involving the loss of several lives occurred yesterday near this city. Owing to a misunderstanding of orders a passenger train ran into a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ten Fishermen Drowned. Storms in Outer Hebrides. London
News has been received of the occurrence of severe storms in the Outer Hebrides (off the west coast of Scotland). Several fishing vessels foundered off the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in England. 8000 Homeless in Norwich. London, August 29
The floods that occurred in Norfolk are receding, and railway communication is being re-established. During Monday and Tuesday all the…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Reported Storm at Germanton
Word has been received in Albury of a tempest at Germanton on Thursday night. It is stated that a tent in which Mr. Phillip Lytton's Dramatic Company was appearing was blown over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cablegrams. (Per Reuter). Forty Thousand People Drowned. Dreadful Floods in China. Shanghai
Letters from the treaty port of Wenchow state that floods occurred on August 29, a proportion of which was due to tidal waves from the river Chunchow which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wind Storms
A severe wind storm--in fact, a cyclone--is reported to have swept the Redlands adn Balldale districts on Friday night or Saturday morning and…
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Tintaldra reported at noon yesterday a big flood in the river, which is still rising very quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Floods Expected. Rivers Rising Rapidly, Bonegilla
Following the recent rain, all the rivers and their anabranches are rising rapidly, and inundating much of the adjacent lowlying country. As an unusually large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Storm at Seymour
A terrific storm broke over Seymour and district on Monday afternoon, attaining its greatest velocity and force in the vicinity of Tallarook. Trees were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Floods. Several Persons Drowned. Loss of Stock and Damage to Property. Many Settlers in Danger. Rivers Overflow Their Banks. Murray River a Rushing Torrent. Wodonga Place Partly Under Water. Removing Stock for Safety. Slaughter of Rabbits and Tiger Snakes. a Glory As Well As a Sadness in the Scene
The early part of the year was, as far as his part of the Riverina is concerned, "distinguished" for perhaps the severest brought the district has passed through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Worst Floods in Victoria Since 1870
Torrents of rain accompanying the equinoctial gales of the past week, have caused practically every river in Victoria except the Yarra to overflow its banks and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods at Bonegilla. Flock of Sheep Marooned. Roads Under Water. Bonegilla
The Kiewa and Mitta rivers rose with alarming rapidity to-day, and are now in high flood. Stockowners, taken off their guard against such a rush of water, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Experience Near Wodonga. Buggy in a Gale
Between Wodonga and Albury there is one sheet of water. The houses in that locality are surrounded with water. A number of reports are coming to hand of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seymour Flooded. Terrifying Spectacle
The threatened inundation of Seymour from the overwash of the Goulburn came on Tuesday with alarming certainty. In the early morning, as early risers began to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods at Bonegilla. Young Man's Narrow Escape. Four Hundred Sheep Swept Away. Bonegilla
The Hood waters of the Murray, which rose with remarkable rapidity on Tuesday, attained their highest level to-day, which is barely as high as the record flood of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Floods. Thrilling Rescue Work. Mails and Traffic Delayed. Heavy Losses of Stock and Property. Vast Sheets of Water Between Albury and Wodonga. the Scene at Albury. Roaring River and Flooded Roads. Snakes Sail Down on Logs. Man Washed Off Horse
The Murray river rose a little further at Albury on Tuesday night after our report closed, but during yesterday receded, though not to the figure by which it had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain & Floods Loss of Life and Property. All Victorian Rivers Flooded. the Murray Over Its Banks
Residents of Albury were surprised on Monday by the intelligence that a big flood would probably occur. The first telegram of warning came from Tintaldra. This was…
Continued on Trove, page 46 →The Gale Comet. Will Shortly Be Visible
Mr. Walter F. Gale, F.R.A.S., who recently discovered the new comet, that he had observed the comet each evening since Sunday last week, except on…
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