Floods in the Hunter. The Prevention Proposals
A CONFERENCE was held at the office of the Public Works Department, Sydney, on Thursday morning, for the purpose of discussing the proposals of…
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Floods & storms, 1890
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Heavy Gale in Adelaide a Barque Driven Ashore. Yachts Sunk and Boats Damaged. ADELAIDE
DURING Thursday afternoon a heavy storm caused several disasters along the coast. It reached the climax at three this morning, when it blew a perfect hurricane. The…
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At midday yesterday a most violent storm of rain and hail, approaching hurricane force, was experienced. The like of it has not been experienced for many years. Much…
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DETAILS of the terrific cyclone which the passenger steamship Orinoca, of the Quebec line, recently encountered 200 miles north-west of Bermuda have just come to hand…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A disastrous storm has occurred along the coast of Norway, resulting in great loss of life, Seventy fishing smacks were wrecked in the Lofoden Fjord,…
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ABOUT 2 o'clock yesterday morning a heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by violent gusts of wind and sheets of rain, broke over the city. The lightning was remarkaby vivid…
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The storm last night did far greater damage than was anticipated. Several firms had their stock seriously damaged. In the track of the storm orchards and vineyards were…
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HERE is a specimen of the kind of civil war which the floods in China produced. At a distance of some thirty-five li to the north the villagers had thrown up a bank to…
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HAS ceased, the Macquarie-street Talking Establishment has put up its shutters, and the advent of the season of peace and good-will to all men in appropriately signalled by…
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LONDON Monday.—Reports from Buenos Ayres state that a disastrous flood has occurred in the city of Cordova, the capital of the department of that name, through the…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—A great storm has occurred off the coast of Newfoundland. Sixty fishing vessels foundered, with much loss of life…
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