Storm in Sydney. an Exciting Experience. Sydney
The weather this morning was very hot, but shortly after two o'clock a strong southerly sprang up, the effect of which was severely felt in the harbour. About…
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Floods & storms, 1903
115 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 6
Our Brisbane Letter. Brisbane, April 2. Floods in the North
During the past week news has been received from various places in the north of the State of heavy rains, of floods, and of washaways. At Mackay the downpour…
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LODNON, Friday.—Great floods have occurred in the State of Mississippi, United States. The damage to the cotton plantations is estimated…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Snow fell yesterday at Paris, Lille, Lyons, and St. Etienne[?]. A great storm occurred at…
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LONDON, Monday.—The "Daily Express" states that incalculable loss has been occasioned in the Bordeaux district in France by bitterly cold…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The gale did fearful have to the German Emperor's Palaco at Potsdam. Many trees trees were planted in…
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A violent thunderstorm passed over Maitland last evening, between half-past six and half-past seven. Heavy rain fell for nearly an hour, and the drains in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood at Cootamundra. Several Deaths Reported. Sydney
Intelligence has been received that a great flood has occurred at Cootamundra, the river Murrumbidgee having overflowed. The water is three feet high on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Floods. Cootamundra Inundated Great Damage to Property. Cootamundra
The damage done to the town and district of Cootamundra by the heavy flood which has occurred hero is computed at £5000. Last night the flooding of the gas…
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The Railway Commissioners received word to-day that a heavy downpour of rain in the Condobolin district had flooded the railway line, and had necessitated a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cootamundra Storm. Latest Advices. Sydney
Later advices from Cootamundra show that the cycione which visited the town during the early hours of Saturday morning proved more disastrous than was at…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—There have been disastrous floods in Turkestan, and the water on the oasis of Merv is 18 feet deep. Many fatalities have…
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Exceptionally heavy weather prevailed along the coast of the State yesterday and last night, and was regarded by old seafaring men as being as severe as that as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The "Maitland" Gale. Foundering of the Merksworth
On the 7th May, 1898, the crew of the steam collier Macksworth, which vessel foundered near Morna Point, had equally terrible experiences to a boat, This was…
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Up to the present nothing fresh has transpired in connection with the wreck of the steamer Oakland, nor has anything been done to verify the statement…
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During the early hours of Monday morning the weather, which on Sunday night had been very threatening, developed into a strong south-east gale, accompanied by…
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LONDON, Monday.—The floods in Kansas have occasioned great loss of life and property. Burning lumber afloat in the Kansas River set fire to…
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Yesterday morning the weather conditions showed a great improvement on those of the preceding day, and towards afternoon fine weather prevailed. Along…
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LONDON, Thursday.—During a terriffic storm which swept suddenly along the coast of Chili, the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer…
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Fine weather conditions now prevail along the coast, and at nearly all the stations north and south smooth seas and light winds were reported yesterday. The…
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