Namoi River in Flood Narrabri
The Namoi River rose 2ft 6in last night, and overflowed its banks. At present it is 18ft above summer level, and rising. The Narrahri Creek is also well…
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Floods & storms, 1908
97 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 5
Balloon in a Gale
LONDON, Tuesday.—A snowstorm and a gale carried a balloon, with Lieutenant B. H. Barrington-Kennett, of the Grenadier Guards, and Mr…
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From time to time various nations hare had a tilt at Morocco. Somehow or other they never succeeded in establishing a footing of any importance. On the…
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The Howard Smith steamer Buninyong arrived at Sydney yesterday morning from Brisbane. Captain J. M. Snow reported having run into a gale from the westward,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in India. Great Loss of Life. London
Disastrous floods have occurred in Haiderabad and the Deccan, India, which have caused heavy loss of life. Fifteen inches of rain fell in 36…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in India. Elephants Recover Bodies. London
Although the Government at Haidarabad warned dwellers on the banks of the Musi to escape from the approaching flood, a thousand persons, chiefly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Indian Floods. Bravery of Women. London
Many heroic rescues of sufferers by the floods at Haldarabad are recorded. The nurses at the Victoria Zenana Hospital saved the patients, who are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Times
The State political turmoil having calmed down, we have this week been treated to scenes in church and feminine congresses, that if not unusual were at least…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Philippines. a Disastrous Storm. London
A storm in the Cagayan Valley, in the island of Luzon, the largest or the Philippines, on the 12th just., destroyed hundreds of houses…
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Later details concerning the disastrous storm by which the Cagazan Valley, in the Philippines, was swept on the 12th instant, show that during…
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On Sunday evening a very severe thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning flashes, burst over the city and suburbs, rain fell in torrents for over…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Newcastle Police Court. Monday, November 2. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Three men, appearing for the first time on charges of drunkenness, were each fined 5s, in default, to be imprisoned for six hours. Thomas Prinneville, 45,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, November 3. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness
Jessie Burns, 24, for having been drunk, was fined 10s, or three days. Two-first offenders were each fined 5s, or six hours, one 1s, or the rising, and one 5s or the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Wednesday, November 4. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
James M'Kee, 39, seaman, was fined 10s, in default 24 hours' imprisonment, and Nellie Trench, 53, machinist, 5s, In default six hours' imprisonment, for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Licensing Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.)
A transfer was granted of the license of the Globe Hotel, Merewether, from the estate of the late William Taylor to Elizabeth Taylor, the executrix…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Small Debts Court. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.)
Verdicts for, the amounts claimed, with costs of court, wore given in the following cases:—John. O'Grady, Ltd., v. Andrew Rennie, £2 13s 1d, for goods sold:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Thursday, November 5. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness, Etc
Five first offenders, charged with drunkenness, were each fined 6s, in default six hours' imprisonment. Henry Sefton, 35, seaman was fined 40s, in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court. Friday, November 6. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, D.S.M.) Drunkenness
Patrick Murphy, 42, fireman, was fined 20s, in default 14 days' imprisonment for drunkenness. Seamen's Cases…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Flood at Haidarabad
India has again been the victim of one of those ruthless excesses by which Nature occasionally reminds us of the futility of human effort to restrain her…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →London News. Penny Postage to United States.—lord Tweedmouth—resigns.—the King's Praise to Scottish Heroes.—the New Lord Mayor.—canadian Preference.—flood at Haidarabad.—the Wallabies. London, October 2. Penny Postage to United States
Both the British and American peoples are sincerely to be congratulated upon the reform which took effect on October 1st, 1908, a date which will be…
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