Disastrous Floods. Crops Ruined
LONDON, Tuesday.—Most destructive floods have occurred in Austria, causing great injury to the crops. It is expected that little wheat will…
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Floods & storms, 1897
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Maitland District. Flood Prevention
A PUBLIC meeting of the residents of East Maitland was hold lust evening in the Mechanies' Institute to devise some means for protecting the town from being flooded by…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A great gale has swept over the British Isles and the adjacent seas. Many shipwrecks have already been reported, as well as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Sunday. Heavy Rain
Heavy rain fell to-day, over half an inch being recorded at the Observatory. BACING. The principal eventat the Morphettville…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wonders of Astronomical Photography. Lecture by Mr. Walter Gale
THE lecture last night entitled, "The Wonders of Astronomical Photography," delivered by Mr. Walter F. Gale, F.R.A.S., proved one of the most successful and…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Reuter has received a cable, stating that a cyclone has passed over Mesagne, near Brindisi, and Santa Oria, and Medioval,…
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We may expect that before long (remarks a London contemporary) the weather will be under the control of the Meteorological Office, for Mr. Edison baa already taken the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CABLEGRAMS. Destructive Thunderstorms Several Persons Killed
LONDON, Thursday.—A great thunderstorm passed over London to-day. Several persons were killed during the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ravenscourt. a Stormy Experience. Cyclone off Tasmania
THE barque Ravenscourt, which arrived here yesterday morning from Simon's Town, had in common with other vessels recently coming east a most perilous experience. The barque…
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A POLITICAL calm rests upon the city to-day. Members of the Legislative Assembly are apparently undergoing a reaction after the excitement connected with the Budget, and…
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LONDON, Thursday.—A terrific cyclone has passed over the Philippine Islands. The Island of Leyte was devastated, and there was immense…
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DURING the 1893 floods the portion of the embackment along the Hunter River at East Maitland, which was then completed, was washed away, and the question of…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A destructive cyclone has passed over Chittagong, in the Bengal Presidency, India. Half the town was destroyed, and…
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The R.M.S. China, which cleared Sydney Heads at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, experienced fine weather as far as Gabo Island, at which stage the wind, which had been gradually freshening from the west, partook…
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UNDER the auspices of the Newcastle School of Arts, Mr. W. F. Gale, F.R.A.S., delivered a lecture at the Masonic Hall last evening on "Comets and Meteors," the lecture being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. the Storm
Friday night's storm extended well inland and did extensive damage. The whole of the telegraph and telephone system was interrupted, and for a time wiring along the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Wragge's Storms
Ever since Mr. Wragge took the meteorology of Australia into his special keeping, there has been much more weather than there used to be. If things go on much…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Gale. Serious Damage to Shipping
LONDON, Monday.—A [?] were north-west gale has swept o[?] the British ad Irish coasts. Much damages has been done to shipping…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The storm which swept over England yesterday caused great damn ge along the coasts to shipping and by buildings…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—In consequence of the flooding of the Thames, 7000 soldiers had to be employed in rescuing quantities of stores and in saving…
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