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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
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In the Assembly to-night, the Minister for Works gave notice of a motion for to-morrow, to refer the Hunter Valley flood mitigation scheme to the Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This is the subject of an instructive paper in the "Quarterly Review." The writer occupies himself, as he says, only with the "main items in the dinner menu—…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LONDON, Sunday.—Heavy rains have fallen in the Bengal Presidency. At Calcutta 35 inches fell in four days Hundreds of miles of country are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. The COLONIAL TREASURER, in answer to Mr. Chanter, said that if the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It should be kept in mind, says "The Gem," that the two most dangerous places during, a thunderstorm in the country are the open fields and under a tree. We seem…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Saturday.—Details of the fighting at Ventersburg show that the enemy held a position on a wooded kopje, which was partly surrounded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Monday.—General Smith-Dorrien, with two columns, made a night march from Belfast in a deluge of rain, and surprised a laager at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We have had the most furious gales during the last week. Telegraph wires are down all over the colony, and the telephone system is in a state of chaos. Fences and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A cyclone broke over Rockhampton this evening doing much damage to several buildings and unroofing many. The Catholic Cathedral was struck by lightning, and big…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ernest Aurelius Upward was the chief official in charge of the Government forests of Baluchistan. Now the said "forests" had about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A most welcome downpour of rain took place here on Thursday evening, which proved a great boon to many residents, who have been without water for a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A note in the "Electrician" refers to a curious effect produced by severe thunder-stores upon the glow lamps on the circuits of the Calcutta Electric Supply Co…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →When it rains in Sydney, as a rule—it rains. Yesterday is came down eats-and-dogs, and macintoshes and umbrellas were about as useful as mosquito curtains. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Navigation Department authorities are enforcing the provisions of the new Navigation Bill and any breach of the Act on the part of shipmasters, or those…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Monday.—Serious floods have occurred in the valley of the Tiber, Italy. In crossing a bridge over the flooded river in Rome, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A severe thunderstorm broke over the city yesterday just about dark. The storm, which was heralded by exceptionally vivid lightening and heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A violent thunderstorm broke over Maitland yesterday evening at about 6 o'clock. It came up from the south, and was preceded by dense masses of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Tuesday.—During the recent westerly gales in Great Britain 22 fishermen from the Shetland Islands were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—A great gale has passed over the Outer Hebrides, to the north-west of Scotland, much damage being done on the island of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—The gales raging around the coast are the worst which have been experienced in Great Britain for years. A large number of…
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