The Nevertire Cyclone. Nevertire
THE full extent of the tornado can be more fully realised now, and it is estimated that damage in money value to the extent of £8,000 or £9000 was caused. Amongst the…
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Floods & storms, 1897
86 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 5
A Severe Storm. Considerable Damage. Sydney
THE storm in Sydney on Monday night did considerable damage. For about 10 minutes the wind blew at the rate of 71 miles an hour. A building of the Sydney Soap and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cyclone at Port Darwin. Serious Destruction of Property. Several Fatalities. Adelaide
THE Adelaide manager (Mr. B. W. Bernard) of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company received a message yesterday morning from Mr. A. J. Collier, the officer in charge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Brisbane, Monday. Heavy Rain
The Weather Bureau has received gratifying accounts of rainfall in the southern, central, and northern divisions of the colony. It seems to have been general throughout the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cyclone at Port Darwin Wide-Spread Destruction. Labour Badly Wanted. Adelaide
THE Railway Commissioner received a telegram from the resident engineer on the Palmerston and Pine Creek railway giving some particulars regarding the damage done…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Townsville, Tuesday. Heavy Rains.—threatened Floods
Heavy rains have fallen during the past few days, making 17¾in since the 7th inst. There was a strong fresh in the Ross River and Ross Creek, and the railway traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cyclone at Port Darwin. Area of the Destruction. Adelaide, Thursday Night
THE Postmaster-General has received the following telegram from the telegraph-master at Port Darwin :—" Native canoe arrived this morning with a letter from Point Charles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Australian in a Storm. The Chief Officer Drowned. Sydney, Thursday Night
A WIRE received from Melbourne this evening says that during the voyage of the steamer Australian from Newcastle to that port a terrific gale was experienced. A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cyclone at Port Darwin. Dispatch of Workmen. Adelaide
THE Treasurer received a telegram from the Government resident in the Northern Territory detailing the damage, done to the Government buildings at Port Darwin by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District. Flood Mitigation
IN conversation yesterday Mr. J. Gillies, M.P., pointed out that the report of Mr. Price, engineer to the Works Department, on the scheme of flood mitigation for the Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Severe Storms in Great Britain. Several Trains Buried in Snow. Many Deaths Caused by Cold
LONDON, Sunday. — Severe gales, accompanied by blinding snowstorms, are raging over the British Isles. In many places the snow has drifted to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Gales at Napier
Further details are to hand with regard to the gale which was experienced at Napier on Saturday, and go to show that it was the worst experienced there for a long time past. Tropical rain fell, and an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Planet Mars. Observations by Mr. W. F. Gale, of Newcastle
OF all the planets, astronomers look upon Mars as being the most interesting owing to its similitude to our own globe. From its position and motions in space this planet and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Thames in Flood. Serious Damage
LONDON, Monday.—Floods have occurred in the Thames Valley. Large areas in the eastern and south midland counties are submerged. The floods…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand. Auckland, Monday. Floods in Hawke S Bay District
Very heavy rain and floods have occurred in the Hawke's Bay District…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Warship in a Gale
THE storm experienced by the flagship Orlando on her passage from Hobart to Wellington is described as the heaviest experienced by that vessel during the two years of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Gale in the English Channel. Many Wrecks. Great Damage to Property
LONDON, Thursday.—A heavy gale has been blowing across the English Channel, causing many wrecks and seriously delaying the despatch of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Operations at Dover Flooding of a Mine. Eight Men Drowned
LONDON, Monday.—A disastrous colliery accident is reported from Dover. A mine suddenly became flooded, and eight unfortunate men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disaster at Sea. Steamer Lost in a Gale. 100 Persons Drowned
LONDON, Thursday.—Another shipping disaster is reported from Ushant, on the north-west coast of France, the steamer Utrecht, belonging to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mississippi in Flood. Fifty Persons Drowned. Great Destruction
LONDON, Monday.—Serious floods have occurred in the Mississippi River Valley. At Memphis, Tennessee, the flood is 40 miles wide. Fifty persons…
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