The Gale
SATURDAY morning broke with a very hezy appearance, and every indication of bad weather. No rain, however, of government fell nearly noon, and…
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Floods & storms, 1879
21 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 2
Telegrams. [Telegrams to Sydney Papers.] Great Flood at Inverell INVERELL
A tremendous flood took place in the Macintyre River last night, the highest known since 1872. At half-past 7 o'clock it had spread all over the low-lying lands, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Hungary. [San Francisco Bulletin, 17th March.]
A GREAT calamity has befallen Hungary. Owing to the heavy rain, the snow about the sources of the Theiss, and Morns, and along the course of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Gale on the Coast. Loss of the Schooner Margaret Chessel. the Master Drowned
IT is our sad duty to chronicle another shipping disaster, accompanied by loss of human life. The feeling of sadness is intensified by the thought that it could have been easily…
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THE weather, as we reported yesterday, changed quite suddenly On Thursday from being beautifully fine is the morning to rain in the afternoon. A light wind wine blowing…
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Pesth, April 18th.—Some hundred square miles of field are again submerged. The towns of Belaerend, Tanned and Guilavarasoy are threatened. The water at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Gale and the Shipping
YESTERDAY the strong S. and S.E. wind which had been blowing on the previous day increased to a gale which by evening had gained rather than abated in strength. Rain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Wife with Two Husbands a Domestic Story. Chapter Xxxvii. Taking by Storm
COUNT D'ALBRETTO was now shaken in every nerve—was, he told himself constantly pursued by a horrible fatality, but for which he would be able yet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale at New Zealand
From our files of the Cari[?] Press we clip:— Wellington, June 22—The Australian Sovereign, from Newcastle to Lyttelton, coal [?]ladee,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in the North. TAMWORTH
THE weather is now fine, but it has rained for several days past. The rivers in all directions are up, many bridges have been destroyed, and communication by vehicle is…
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THE heavy rains have caused a great deal of damage to the main road between Hamilton and New Lambton. We are informed that the road is covered with water, and portions…
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THE fears entertained throughout Thursday that the rain was not likely to cease for some time, were fully realised. Throughout the whole of that night the weather was equally,…
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ON Saturday, at 2 p.m., it was reported that the embankment at the Wallace Creek floodgates had given way, and the water was washing over the line between East and West…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Threatened Flood at Maitland
WE were favoured with the following telegram from a Maitland correspondent, at 9.10 last night:—"The river is 26 feet high, and it is still raining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further Flood Alarms
It is still pouring. Telegrams from most of the country districts announce a rapid rising of the crocks, and indications of floods. At the Hawkesbury, at one period of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damage to the Line by Floods
WE learn from official quarters that in consequence of the heavy rains which have been falling almost without intermission for the past day or two, that a couple of washes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in the Lower Hunter. (Communicated.)
As this district is now being subjected to what I will call the No. 2 flood of 1879, a few remarks upon these vesitations as they affect the general well-being may be found…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[From the Sydney Papers.] Destructive Floods at Adelong and Tumut. ADELONG
We have had a great flood and loss of life consequent on 48 hours' rain—the heaviest ever known here. Two bridges have been washed away at. Grahamstown, and one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disasters.—late Gale
The schooner 'Prima Donna,' which put in here yesterday left Port Mackay on the 12th instant for Melbourne with a cargo of sugar. Northerly winds and fine weather were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destructive Wind Storm in Sydney
A fierce gust of wind, about noon to-day, blew off the galvanized iron roof of the polling-booth on Flagstaff Hill. Sheets of iron dropped in the midst of a crowd of…
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