The Kyarra in Gales
The A.U.S.N. Company 's steamer Kyarra, which arrived at Sydney from West Australia on Saturday, encountered the full force of the recent gales in the Great Australian…
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Floods & storms, 1905
72 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 4
Tocumwal Flooded. Tocumwal
The bulk of the water which caused the heavy floods in the Albury district last week reached Tocumwal last night. The river rose rapidly, and at 6 p.m. the…
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While a British brig was gliding smoothly along before a good breeze in the South Pacific, some seventeen years ago, a flock of small birds, about the…
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The weather in Newcastle yesterday was exceedingly boisterous. From early morning until late at night there was a strong south-south-west gale blowing,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gale in Sydney. Sydney
The danger signal was hoisted at Middle Head and at the flagstaff, Sydney, this afternoon, as an indication that a heavy sea was running between the Heads. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tighe's Hill. the Storm Water Channel
Work which urgently needs doing is the cleaning out of the storm-water channel, which has silted up very much. The banks in the Islington Park are also being…
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The barquentine Frank Guy, which put into Brisbane on Saturday last in distress, had a most trying experience during the voyage from New Zealand. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Flood Mitigation
A conference of delegates from various parts of the Lower Hunter was held in the council chamber, Morpeth, last evening. Alderman James M'Carthy, Mayor…
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The efforts being put forward by the people of Maitland, Morpeth, and the surrounding districts to secure a proper scheme of flood mitigation are…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Great damage has been done by floods in Ireland. Nearly 3½ inches of rain fell in Dublin in 24 hours…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Great foods are reported from Shanghai, China. Villages were demolished, and hundreds drowned in the Wusung and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dandenong Gale
Yesterday was the 28th anniversary of the wreck, of the steamer Dandenong on the southern coast of New South Wales. The steamer was bound from Melbourne to…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Large tracts of land in the Punjab district of British India have been flooded. Thousands of cattle have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Signals at Newcastle
The recent loss of the schooner Jones Brothers brought about considerable discussion in local shipping circles regarding the discontinuance of hoisting storm…
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A conference of Lower .Hunter representatives met at Morpeth on Saturday evening, to consider the question of flood mitigation. The Mayor of Morpeth,…
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A conference was held at the Chamber of Commerce last evening to discuss the flood mitigation proposals of the delegates who recently met the Chamber in Newcastle…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The town of Malmesburg, in Cape Colony, has been visited by a destructive cyclone. The centre of the town was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer in a Gale
The Union Company's steamer Mararoa was severely handled by the elements during the passage from Sydney to Wellington. The vessel sailed from Sydney at 6 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sonneberg in a Storm
The German Australia line steamer Sonneberg had a stirring experience in the Southern Ocean on the 22nd and 23rd of last month She was assailed almost without…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plattsburg. Storm-water Channel
After repeated representations from the municipal authorities and the Government Health Officer, the Works Department has again made a commencement to remove…
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