Great Storm
A terrific gale raged for several hours yesterday along the greater portion of the Irish coast. Many coasting vessels were wrecked. No…
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Floods & storms, 1888
48 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 3
Great Flood in China
Intelligence has been received to the effect that a great overflow of the Hoang-ho, or Yellow River, in China, has taken place, inundating a large…
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The River Danube has rapidly risen through a sudden thaw, and some alarming floods have taken place…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. Auckland, Thursday. Terrible Gale. a Train Blown Over an Embankment
Gales of exceptional severity have been experienced at Wellington. A train, travelling along the Wellington-Masterton line, was blown over an…
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Four thousand workmen who were engaged in building a breakwater at the mouth of the River Hoang-Ho, in China, have been engulfed by the late…
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The "blizzard," or storm of wind and snow which caused such destruction of life and property in the Western States of America, completely…
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The late floods in China have left two millions of inhabitants utterly destitute…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New York, Monday. Disastrous Cyclone in Illinois
A severe cyclone swept over the State of Illinois and wrecked the township of Mount Vernon. About 29 persons were killed…
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Intelligence has been received here from New York to the effect that the settlement of Mount Vernon, in the State of Illinois, was visited by a…
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As the shades of night were falling over Newcastle last night heavy inky-black clouds, foreboding a coming storm, were seen gathering over the city. The weather was very…
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COOKTOWN, Saturday.—The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Warrego arrived here to-day, several days late. On the passage she met the full force of the recent heavy weather on the Queensland coast in…
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Terrible gales raged on Sunday last in different parts of England and along the coast. The extent of the damage has not yet been, ascertained;…
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Further floods are reported from Hungary, entailing great loss of property. Some villages have been almost completely destroyed, and in…
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Disastrous floods have occurred in Germany, by the overflow of the Rivers Elbe and Oder. A vast territory is inundated, and the loss of…
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Terrible inundations have taken place in the Elbe district. The ice burst the banks of the river. One hundred villages are submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BUCHAREST, Wednesday. a Calm After a Storm
No further disturbances have taken place since those previously reported. Quiet has been restored…
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Further floods have occurred in Germany through the overflow of the Vistula River. The surrounding country is inundated, and seventy…
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Through the floods in East Prussia 30,000 persons have been rendered homeless. The losses are estimated at a hundred million marks. Ten…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BUDA-P[?]T, Saturday. Floods in [?]Ungary
Disastrous floods [?]fires have occurred in Hungary, [?] greatness of property and re[?] a large number of person hon[?]less…
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The floods which have caused vast destruction of property and loss of life in Germany, are now subsiding…
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