Heavy Floods
The floods at Castlemaine extend for many miles, and the district presents a picture of great desolation. At Vaughn the Chinese camp, Kith the exception of…
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17 stories in New England's papers
Intercolonial. Adelaide, Thursday. Terrible Cyclone
A CYCLONE struck Mount Ive station in the far North, levelling several buildings, and killing John Gates, one of the hands…
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Extensive damage was caused by the fierce gale that raged throughout the English coast yesterday. The wall of a factory at Bolton collapsed, and buried two…
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The Grimsby fishing fleet have been almost wholly destroyed by a storm which swept over the eastern coast of England. Seventy lives were lost…
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A disastrous flood has occurred in the West of England; Taunton, Bristol, and Exeter have been inundated, and the railway lines and bridges washed away…
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The damage done by floods all over South Australia, has been very extensive. Hundreds of cattle have been drowned. At Two Wells, the wife and daughter of…
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A disastrous cyclone has occurred in the Eastern States of America. Barnum's celebrated Mammoth Show was partially wrecked, and 25 men were blown off the…
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The township of Ivanhoe, in the Balranald district is nearly all under water, three feet of water being in the main street…
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The damage done by the late floods at Parramatta, will probably cost the Government £20,000 for replacing the bridge and repairs to the neglected freshwater…
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With reference to the floods in America, hundreds of lives have been lost in districts other than that of Johnstown and the Conemagh River, where wholesale…
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The Queen has sent a message sympathising with the American people in the Johnstown flood calamity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Telegraphic News. (Through Greville's Company.) New South Wales. Sydney, Monday Evening. Great Floods
HEAVY floods have occurred in the Albury district. The River Murray is nearly 13ft. above summer level and the plains between Tintaidra and Welaregong, 2½…
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AN exceptionally heavy rise has taken place in the river at Albury, which is now 13ft. 11in. over summer level. This is a rise of over 12in. in the past twenty-four…
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THE biggest flood for years occurred this morning, and is within two and a half feet of the highest on record, and the water is still rising. From the bridge to the…
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THE Meteorological Observer at Brisbane has received the following information:—A fearful gale and hailstorm was experienced to the north of Nanango on…
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A TERRIFIC thunderstorm passed over Wel-lington on Monday afternoon. The rain fell in torrents and the lightning was very vivid. Three men, with a horse and…
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A TERRIFIC hailstorm passed over Grafton on Sunday afternoon from South Grafton, round the west side of Grafton, across Carr's Island, and up towards the…
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