Castaway by a Flood
THE Brisbane Courier says:--In a private letter just received in Brisbane is given the following account of the experience of James Fay, of the steam hopper barge Dugong, who was…
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13 stories in New England's papers
The Floods
OWING to the alarming reports of floods in numerous portions of the colony during the Present month a panic has nearly resulted as to the possible consequences of this general downpour of rain,…
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SOME idea of the enormous extent of the floods which have recently caused so much damage at Brisbane, may be gathered from the following calculation which appears in the Brisbane…
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THE scene of the present devastating flood is one associated in the minds of most people with sufferings brought about by causes of the very opposite character to superabundance of…
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THE Goondiwindi correspondent to the Brisbane Courier writes: -- Distressing reports of the sad losses sustained during the late flood are daily coming to hand. Welltown station heads the list with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods at Bourke. Sydney
THE embankment at Bourke has given way, and the water is in the town. Men are flying for their lives. SATURDAY, 9.40 a.m…
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THE water still continues lo rise, although very slowly in comparison with recent experiences. One inch a day is about the height generally recorded; but even this will make the time of the…
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THE meeting convened by the Mayor in aid of the Bourke Flood Relief Fund was attended by the Mayor (who occupied the chair) and a fairly large gathering of citizens…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Storm King
THE iron lifeboat in which the intrepid and adventurous Captain Jorgenson is now finding out his way to Australia was (says the Melbourne Argus, of Monday) fallen in with by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Arrival of the Storm King. Albany
THE Storm King lifeboat, which was sighted from Breaksea Island on Monday morning, did not reach the harbor till the evening, in consequence of the unusually light wind which prevailed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Why Thunder Storms Affect Milk
During electrical disturbances it seems that cream and milk are put into a condition to sour easily. The probable cause of this, the editor of the Cultivator (Albany) explains…
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AGREEABLY to the prediction of the latest weather prophet--not Egeson--who, our readers may recollect, foretold marked atmospheric disturbances to take, place on or about Friday bust, at about…
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MR. W. J. BAKER, of Wandsworth, recently described to us one of the most fearful of hail-storms we ever heard of, that took place at Wandsworth one day in the latter portion of last month. Were…
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