Annie Hill in a Gale
The schooner Annie Hill put back to Lyttelton the other day to repair damages to her head gear sustained in a heavy north-east gale. The Annie Hill is an Auckland-built vessel, and was recently…
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Floods & storms, 1891
121 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 7
The Political Situation. Calm Before the Storm. Candidates Preparing. The Labour Party. SYDNEY
THERE is just at present an unusual calmness regarding political matters. Candidates are busily preparing for the coming fray, and old members are burnishing up their political…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms in Austria
LONDON, Saturday.—Disastrous thunderstorms passed aver portions of Austria yesterday. In Vienna 12 people wore killed by the ravages of the storm. Many animals…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Saucy Jack in a Cyclone
The schooner Saucy Jack, from Dungeness, bound to Sydney with 200 tons of sugar, put into Brisbane last week in distress, having been very roughly handled in a cyclone. Captain Richards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Beecroft in a Gale. Sailor Lost. MELBOURNE
DURING the voyage of the ship Beecroft from Liverpool, the maintopsail yard broke in the centre, precipitating Peter Smith, an able seaman, into the water. A half gale was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →District News. Wallsend. FLOODS
DURING the extreme downpour of rain on Sunday the water on the flats rose higher than ever known. The residents of Nelson-street, from the bridge to near the Post…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Sea Islands Cruise. THE S.S. Archer's Trading. Severe Storm. Mission Houses and Crops Destroyed. Wreckage Washed Ashore
AFTER a successful trading cruise, extending to three months, amongst the numerous islands in the South Seas, the steamer Archer arrived in port yesterday morning. She is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rivers in Flood. a Serious Outlook. SYDNEY
REPORTS have been received of serious floods in the Murrumbidgee districts. At Yass the river is as high as it has ever been, and apparently the trouble is only beginning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ocean Gales. the Lady Bowen Arrives. Eventful Voyage. Sydney
THE Lady Bowen, a four-masted schooner of 640 tons, was towed into port this morning by the tug Commodore. The Lady Bowen was a few years back one of the fleet of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Schooner in a Gale. The Hector Dismasted. BRISBANE
THE schooner Hector arrived at Brisbane to-day, a dismasted hulk. After a long cruise, she was caught, on returning to Queensland, in one of the heavy gales which blew along…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods. Five Feet of Water in the Streets of Queanbeyan. SYDNEY
To-DAY is fine, and it appears as if the recent bad weather had broken. Floods are reported from several parts of the colony. At Queanbeyan an unprecedented rainfall…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Floods. Wagga Wagga Submerged. Losses at Yass. Sydney
GREAT distress, damage, and suffering have been caused in Wagga Wagga, on both sides of the Murrumbidge, owing to the ravages of the flood, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Fiend. Death and Disaster. SYDNEY
THE Murrumbidgee flood waters reached Narrandera last night, The rise was so sudden that several families had to be rescued in boats. To-day the flood is nearly as high…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wickham in Flood
THE ratepayers of the municipality of Wickham are a quiet, inoffensive, and eminently respectable community, who would sooner put up with untold hardships than make…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Fiend. Inland Sea. SYDNEY
THE river at Narrandera has fallen 6in since last report. The boats yesterday worked well, and saved a great many men and women. The railway men were very busy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Results of a Gale. Victorian Disasters. SYDNEY
THE heavy gale experienced along the New South Wales and Victoria coasts since yesterday morning has been disastrous on the Victorian has been disastrous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Floods. Phenomenal Fall
THE continuous rain which has fallen since about Friday at midnight has resulted in heavy floods, doing considerable damage. Owing to the high…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Floods. Movements for Relief. MELBOURNE
JOHN ROBERTS, the junior champion billiardist, promises to give a series of Thatches in aid of the sufferers by the flood. Performances will also be given in several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmanian Floods. Traffic Impeded. HOBART
GREAT floods are coming down South Esk, and have flooded the power portion of Launceston, but the water is not so high as it was two years ago. At Longford the water is up…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne's Flood. Melbourne
THE excitement with reference to the flood is nearly over. Strenuous efforts are being made to raise funds for the unfortunate sufferers, and subscriptions are pouring in…
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