Steamer Sutlej in a Gale
The P. and O. steamer Sutlej, which left the harbour at midday on Wednesday, experienced the full force of the southerly gale, and did not reach…
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Floods & storms, 1886
52 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 3
Great Floods in America
THE thaw and rain which followed the break up of the frost have resulted in floods and ice gorges in the neighbourbood of Boston surpassing anything…
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INTELLIGENCE has reached us by cable that a terrible cyclone has occurred in the State of Minnesota, U.S., whereby 67 lives were lost. An American…
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Among the vessels that had the misfortune to be caught in the storm which recently swept along this coast (says Tuesday's Sydney "Daily Telegraph"), was the Fulwood, a large and powerful…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Barquentine Sir John Franklin in a Gale
Says Saturday's Sydney "Daily Telegraph." The mate lost overboard. The barquentine Sir John Franklin, timber-laden from Now Zealand, which arrived in the harbour yesterday, fell in with a…
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THE violent gale which (says the Examiner) suddenly passed over Launceston about 3 a.m. on May 7, was productive of disastrous results to the small shipping of the port. The…
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Owing to heavy rains vast floods have occurred throughout the midland counties of England. Large tracts of country are under water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bapque Clifton in a Gale. Return to Port
The barque Clifton, Captain Banker, which left this port on Monday last for Dunedin with a cargo of coal, returned about 9 o'clock on Saturday morning and anchored in the stream. Many were the…
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STARTLING accounts have been received of the dangers undergone by some inhabitants in the flooded country around Charleville, where the Warrego River has overflowed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Brisbane, Tuesday. Heavy Floods in Queensland
Heavy floods have occurred near Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday. A Mine Flooded
News has come from Smeaton that a sudden burst of water has occurred in No. 1 Berry Mine, flooding the workings, and choking the pumps with…
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A severe gale has taken place at Albury, and the railway good-shed was partly destroyed…
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Serious floods have overtaken Dunedin, said to be the heaviest known during the past 20 years. A number of houses are flooded out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Tamworth, Saturday. Floods at Tamworth
HEAVY rain fell last night and to-day. The Peel River is a banker, and has broken over the low-lying land. Fears are entertained of a flood, and the…
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Heavy flonds are reported in many parts of the colony. The. Murrumbidgee is a banker…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RANGOON, Monday. Floods in Burmah
Great floods have visited Burmah. Fifty thousand inhabitants in Mandalay have been rendered homeless, and a large number drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CALCUTTA, Wednesday. Floods
News from Mandalay reports that a serious disaster has occurred there. The dam in the vicinity of the city having burst, the water overwhelmed…
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REFERRING to the recent disastrous floods in parts of the south island of New Zealand, a Dunedin correspondent, writing on August 26,…
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Destructive floods have occurred in the Tumut district. The town of Walgett, is partly submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. Auckland, Friday. Floods
Floods are announced in various parts of the colony. The water has been four feet deep in the streets of Blenheim…
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