Great Gale in the English Channel
LONDON, Thursday.—A furious gale is sweeping over the British Channel. The steamboat services are suspended…
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Floods & storms, 1898
140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 7
The Albany in a Gale
The steamer Albany had a rough experience off the West Australian coast recently. She was off Onslow, when a terrific cyclone act in. The captain put to sea, and from what the passengers state he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Brisbane, Sunday. Danger of Floods
There was steady rain, changing at times to a heavy downpour, in Brisbane and district during the past few days. The rain is apparently general from Rockhampton to…
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Advices from Brisbane state that during the whole of last week heavy rains fell. At Maryborough further heavy, rains fell on Saturday and Sunday, and all the low-lying…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Brisbane, Monday. Floods Apprehended
The rainfall at Brisbane moderated to-night. All consignees are removing cargo from the wharves as rapidly as possible in anticipation of a rise to-morrow. The river…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Queensland Hundreds Deserting Their Homes. Brisbane
THE flood in the Brisbane River continues to rise at the rate of a couple of inches per hour. All the wharves are now submerged several feet. All merchandise had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Queensland. South Brisbane Under Water. Hundreds of People Homeless. Brisbane
THE Brisbane River is now in high flood, and the water continues to rise slowly in the city, where it is expected to reach its highest point to-day. All night people in the low lying…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Queensland. Several Lives Lost. Brisbane
THE Brisbane River reached a height of about 19½ft last night, which is 1ft, below the 1890 flood. The water then began to gradually recede, and is now falling at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Queensland Floods. Loss of Life. the Water Receding. Brisbane
THE Brisbane River, after reaching a height of 19½ft, is now receding at the rate of several inches an hour. Railway services have been resumed, and occupants of flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Brisbane, Monday. the Floods
The recent floods in the Brisbane River have silted up the bar cuttings to the extent of four or five feet. The Chamber of Commerce has decided to summon a conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →History of Newcastle and the Northern District. (All Rights Reserved.) Number Xlviii. Great Storms and Floods in the Hunter
THE month of March, 1806, was remarkable for one of the greatest rainstorms and floods that had ever visited the Hunter River. The dreadful…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Adamstown. Flooded Roads
Alderman Kenny and the people residing on the south side side of Lambton-road, have just reason to complain of the accumulation of water in that locality during every heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gales at the Hawaiian Isles
News from the Hawaiian Islands states, that heavy gales swept round the group at the end of December, and played great havoc both afloat and ashore. The American barquentine Kitkitat was caught in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tokio Maru in a Gale
The Japan mail steamer Tokio Maru arrived at Townsvills on Saturday from Brisbane, and reported heavy weather on the voyage. She was have-to off Sandy Cape for 24 hours, the wind blowing with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Brisbane, Tuesday. Cyclone at Mackay
News has just been received of a cyclone at Mackay on Wednesday and Thursday last. Nearly every building was more or less damaged, and business was suspended for two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Franklin in a Cyclone
The Adelaide S.S. Company's steamer Franklin, which suffered severely during the bad weather on the Queensland coast some weeks ago, has had another rough experience in the cyclone which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Brisbane, Friday. the Cyclone at Mackay
Telegraphic communication with Mackay has been completely out off since Wednesday week in consequence of the damage to the lines through the cyclone. Files of Mackay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Union Company's Te Anau in a Gale
On her passage from Sydney to wellington the steamer Te Anau met the full force of the [?]utherly gale that recently swept the New Zealand coast. The Steamer's decks were constantly swash, and one big…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gale in Sydney. Sydney
The gale continued with unabated force on Sunday night and into the early hours of this morning. The wind came in dreadful gusts, which threatened to carry away…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Track of the Storm. Sydney
Captain Millard, M.P., in speaking to our representative to day on the subject of the deluge in the southern districts, gave a graphic description of the weather conditions…
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