Terrific Storm in Iowa. Destruction of Five Towns
LONDON, Tuesday.—From New York at is reported that a tornado has swept over the State of Iowa, destroying five small towns, and killing 40 people…
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Floods & storms, 1896
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Fearful Cyclone in America. Terrible Devastation. Many Lives Lost
LONDON, Thursday.—Details of a terrible cyclone which has devastated St. Louis, are published in the New York journals. The…
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LONDON, Friday.—Fifteen hundred persons are estimated to have perished in St. Louis alone. Further details with regard to the cyclone in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Southerly Gale—the "Record" Sea Since 1893
As was generally anticipated, the south-westerly gale raged all along the southern coast on Sunday extended to Newcastle and the northern coastline. Yesterday, the wind…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General News. the Gale—more Bad Weather Feared
THE weather yesterday showed some improvement on that of the previous day, and the sea on the bar, although heavy and dangerous, had gone down considerably since…
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The Port Jackson S.S. Company's tug Irresistible was out in the recent bad weather, and had an exceptionably bad time of it. The steamer left Newcastle on Friday night for Sydney, and left the latter port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm-water Drainage at New Lambton. Sydney
MESSRS. EDDEN, Griffith, Watkins, and Thomson, to-day interviewed the Minister for Works, and urged an extension of the stormwater drainage through the east…
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The weather yesterday was clear and brilliant, a bracing westerly wind blowing during the greater part of the day. Along the northern coast the sea had moderated and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Taviuni in a Gale—a Record Passage
The Union Company's steamer Taviuni arrived at Auckland form Sydney and the Islands last week, after a record passage of 3 days 20 hours from Nukualofa. On the passage from Sydney to Suva the Taviuni…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter River Flood Mitigation. an Extensive Scheme. Proposed Canal to Port Stephens. Sydney
UPON the representations of Mr. R. A. Price, M.P., dealing with the proposal for the construction of a canal or by-wash between the junction of the Hunter and Williams Rivers…
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News has been received to the effect that the steamer Omba had put into Fremantle in distress. The Omba loaded at Port Pirie with sulphide ore, and sailed on May 13th for Hamburg. When she…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter River Floods. the Prevention Scheme. Proposed Canal. Inspection of the Route
IN connection with the proposal for the construction of a canal or bywash between the junction of the Hunter and Williams Rivera and Pipeclay Creek, Port Stephens, Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter River Flood Canal Scheme. a Tour of Inspection. Raymond Terrace
THE engineer in charge of the Hunter River flood scheme, Mr. E. B. Price, C.E., accompanied by Mr. R. H. D. White, M.L.C., B. Atkinson Price, M.P. for Gloucester,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Westerly Gale
The weather yesterday was, if anything, more boisterous than on Sunday, the wind blowing strongly from the north-west all day. In the harbour the strength of the breeze was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ocean Rover in a Gale
The trading schooner Ocean Rover, which was dismasted recently while on a voyage from New Zealand to Nomea, arrived at the latter port on June 4th. The storm which occasioned the disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. the Weather and Floods
The floods in the Bairnsdale district are now falling slowly, and alarm is being dissipated. The damage done proves not to have been as great as was anticipated. Intelligence…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Fearful Cyclone
It will be remembered that St. Louis, Mo., was made desolate, on the afternoon of May 27, by a cyclone and cloudburst, which killed hundreds of citizens, razed proud…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Australasian in a Gale
Heavy weather has been experienced along the Victorian coast and in Bass Straits during the past few days. Throughout Saturday and Sunday the wind blow with terrific force from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Mitigation Scheme
While in Sydney last week Mr. J. Gillies, M P., interviewed the Minister for Works on the subject of the report of Mr. E Price regarding the proposed scheme of flood…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Floods in Japan Immense Loss of Property. Over 3000 Houses Swept Away
LONDON, Thursday.—A cable states that recent floods in Japan have done an enormous amount of damage to property. At Toyama alone over 3000…
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