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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
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NEW YORK, Monday.—Further details received from Pennsylvania, report that a flood swept away the oil tanks at Titusville. The oil quickly became ignited, and spread in all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MADRID, Monday.—During the thunderstorm which passed over a large district of Spain yesterday, two churches were struck by lightning while service was being held,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The "Wigwam" erected for the meeting of the National Democratic Convention at Chicago has been totally destroyed by a cyclone. Seven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wairarapa mot the full force of the bad weather on the New Zealand coast reported recently. A Wellington account of her trip says:— "The Wairarapa, about whose safely some anxiety…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The town of Galwa, in the State of Illinois, has been demolished by a cyclone. Twenty persona were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the thunderstorm at Moonta a number of lads who were playing football on the park lands were stunned by lightning. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Captain M'Kenzie, of the brigantine Stanley, which arrived at Wellington from Wollongong on June 8, reports having met with a southerly gale when off Stephen's Island. The wind blew…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A violent storm passed over Melbourne to-day, with terrific wind, and caused considerable damage to property. DEPUTATION FROM THE MARINE BOARD…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE steamer Beeswing arrived from Newcastle this morning after a very tempestuous passage. She had to lie to and take shelter several times. The Guthrie, from Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The schooner Zeno, now owned in Auckland, returned to the harbour yesterday from Auckland, after a quick run of 12 days. The trip has been a boisterous one from start to finish, and in one gale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—A telegram from New York states that Chicago and a portion of the suburbs are flooded through the malice of rival property owners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE schooner W. F. Witzemann arrived in Hobson's Bay on Saturday morning, after a thrilling experience. She is a four-masted schooner, of 450 tons, Capital Johnson, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—A terrible disaster is reported from the United States. A pleasure boat at Peoria, while proceeding with a large number of excursionists, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE wet weather of Wednesday culminated in an almost unprecedentedly violent thunderstorm, which burst over the city and district with tremendous fury between 3 and 5 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE town of Cunnamulla was wrecked to-day by a cyclone. Buildings wore demolished, and immense damage done. [Cunnamulla is an important township on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—Eastern news received via San Francisco gives particulars of the disastrous hurricane which was experienced at Tokushina in Japan some time ago…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Six miners were recently drowned at the pit belonging to Messrs. Haigh, colliery proprietors, Dewsbury, through an inrush of water from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON Friday morning reports of heavy weather along the coast indicated the probability of a storm in Sydney, but few people were prepared for the very heavy weather which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the heavy gale experienced on Saturday at Sydney, the Osprey, a steamer belonging to the N.S. Ferry Company, was sunk alongside the Milson's Point wharf. A lighter, with (s) tones of baliast aboard,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MOST serious flood took place at Dubbo during Sunday and the night. Although timely warning had been received from Bathurst, Orange, and…
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