Storm King and her Captain
MR. JORGENSEN, the gentleman who constructed and navigated the small boat Storm King to Australia, has arrived in London, and is anxious to impress the merits of his…
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Floods & storms, 1891
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Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. Flood Money
Subscriptions for the relief of the sufferers by the flood are flowing in fast. V.R.C. The V.R.C. meeting will positively take…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclone in America. Fifty Killed
NEW YORK, Friday.—A terrible cyclone has occurred in Milwaukee. Many homes have been destroyed, nearly fifty workmen being killed in one building…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Melbourne Letter. MELBOURNE, Thursday. The Floods
ALTHOUGH there have been higher floods in Melbourne and suburbs on at least two previous occasions, in the years 1844 and 1863, never before…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thrilling Experience at Sea the Gulf Stream Battling a Storm. Melbourne
THE barque Gulf Stream, from London, reports very fierce gales after passing the Cape of Good Hope, lasting twelve days. On July 9th, heavy seas threatened to…
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A heavy north-west gale, which swept over Fremantle (W.A.) harbour on the 4th inst., played havoc with the shipping in port. The steam launch Alpha was stranded on the South Beach, and the…
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The Norwegian ship King Cenrick, timber laden, from Puget Sound, which arrived in Port Jackson on Friday, left Cape Flattery on May 20, and almost immediately afterwards had to contend…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood in India. Consternation in the North
LONDON, Wednesday.—Heavy floods have occurred in Northern India, and residents are flying for their lives…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Unprecedented heavy rains are falling in India, and the towns of Mahooda and Bhownugger are flooded. Three hundred persons have perished, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Floods. Townships Inundated. Melbourne
A VERY heavy rainfall is reported from the country, and there are great fears of another flood. There has been great damage in many places to the railways, and traffic has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods at Walhalla, Victoria. Death of Mr. W. Gordon
TELEGRAMS received in Newcastle yesterday state that the town of Walhalla, in Victoria, has been almost devastated by floods, and that Mr. William Ross Gordon, son of the Rev…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victorian Floods. a Territory Inundated. Gallant Rescues and Thrilling Experiences. MELBOURNE
THE Gippsland floods are reported to be very serious. In addition to six lives known to be lost, several persons are missing, and a large quantity of stock have been swept…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Wednesday, August 12. Legislative Assembly. a Loan, or Not a Loan. Free Education. The Sessional Orders. Hunter River Floods. Lands Act Amendment Bill. One Man One Vote. SYDNEY
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. QUESTIONS. Sir HENRY PARKES, in reply to Mr. SEE, said that a statement of money borrowed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter River Floods. Papers before Parliament. SYDNEY
THERE was laid on the table of the Hones a report of Mr. Darley, the Engineer-in-Chief for Harbours and Rivers, regarding the flood in the Hunter. Mr. Darley estimates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Prevention of Floods in the Hunter
THE question of mitigating floods, caused by swollen rivers, is a problem which all nations have had to solve from time immemorial. In some parts…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Far North Flooded. Station Manager Missing. ADELAIDE
STARTLING intelligence has just been received from the far north of South Australia. Lake Hope country is all under water, trough the flooding of the Cooper…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in England. Immense Damage Done in Two Counties
LONDON, Sunday.—Heavy floods occurred yesterday in Lancashire and Yorkshire, causing immense damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Easterly Gales.—ousuri's Last Voyage
The barque Ousuri, which was sold at this port some few months ago to a New Caledonian firm, to be converted into a hulk, had a very trying experience in her last voyage, hence to Noumea,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gowanburn From Capetown.—gales and Mountain Seas
The Gowanburn, a fine 2000-ton ship, of the four-masted order of merchantmen, made her acquaintance with this port on Saturday aternoon, when she arrived from Capetown. The vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Artificial Floods. a Triumph of Discovery
LONDON, Sunday.—The official experiments, made in Texas, for the production of rain by the explosion of dynamite in highly elevated balloons, have proved entirely…
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