Storms in Europe. Scottish Trains Buried. London
The snow falls in Scotland have been very heavy, and the snowdrifts are from 10ft to 15ft deep. Many trains, including relief trains…
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Floods & storms, 1907
59 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 3
A Cyclone
The R.M.S. India arrived at Sydney yesterday from London. A very severe gale was encountered between Colombo and Fremantle. The disturbance, which had been indicated by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm in New Zealand. Auckland
Although great heat prevails in the southern part of the colony, and the cattle have been turned into the crops destroyed for harvesting, Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cooktown Cyclone. Great Damage Done. Brisbane
Mr. M'Conachie, the Acting Deputy Postmaster-General, this morning received a telegram from the postmaster at Cooktown, via Cairns. The telegram,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cooktown Cyclone. Brisbane
The Port Master, Captain Mackay, is endeavouring to charter a vessel at Cook-town, to proceed to Piper Island lightship, in search of the Government ketch Pilot,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner in a Gale
The schooner Stanley, which left Sydney on December 23 for Noumea, met with very heavy weather during the passage, On December 29, when in lat. 29.30 S., and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in the North Island
After a drought comes a flood. That often happens, and it has just happened here. Unfortunately, the flood has come where it was least wanted—in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ship in a Storm
During the passage of the American ship Alexander Gibson from Bellingham to Sydney, a rough time was experienced. A strong south-east gale broke over the…
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The tale of the damage done by the great storm on the Riviera in France, is a fearful one. The storm was the most disastrous experienced for a quarter of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. Wind Storms Versus Earthquakes
Which is the more severe, the more to be dreaded—a windstorm or an earthquake? A hasty answer would give the latter, and yet it is quite a question of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer in a Storm
The steamer South Australian, which arrived at Sydney from Levuka on Saturday, experienced rough weather on the voyage. On the morning of January 24…
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The ship Agnes Oswald, which arrived at Sydney from Salaverry on Friday for docking prior to coming to Newcastle to load coal for the West Coast,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods at Bona. Loss of Life. London
Great floods have occurred at Bona, a seaport in Algiers, on a bay of the Mediterranean Sea. A number of natives have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coming Comet. Interview with Mr. W. F. Gale
The announcement by cable that Professor Matteucet had declared that at the end of March the substance of the comet discovered by Marchetti will come into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping in the Storm
The steam tug Fearless, with the coasting schooner Auriga, coal laden, in tow, put out for Sydney at 5.50 a.m., and returned to port at a quarter past five in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Central Australia. Brisbane
A message has been received at Charleville to the effect that heavy rains have been experienced in Central Australia. Mr. Archdall, representative of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in the North
Of late very heavy rains have fallen over the greater portion of what is known as the Gulf country, causing floods which have completely disorganised the mail…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood of Fiction
The "Publishers' Circular" announces that 6985 new books were published in England in 1906, and 1618 new editions issued, so that the grand total for the year…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Storm at Marseilles. Shipping Disorganised. London
A violent mistral or north-easterly storm is raging at Marseilles, rendering the handling of cargo in the harbour extremely difficult…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in America. Great Damage Done. London
The floods in the United States are subsiding. The damage caused by the floods at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, is estimated…
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