Great Storm in Sydney. Heaviest Rainfall on Record
LAST Monday was a sweltering day in Sydney, and in the end it established a record for a tropical downpour in the city and suburbs. A few sharp showers preceded…
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Floods & storms, 1901
24 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
Severe Storm at Grafton
ON Tuesday, night about 7.30 Grafton was visited by a storm seldom before equalled in intensity. Although lasting only a few minutes, it did n large amount of damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hunter River Flood Relief Scheme
THE cost of the Hunter River flood relief scheme, as estimated by the Works Department, is £890,000 compiled as follows: Constracting training walls and coating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Victoria. Raiway Bridges Washed Away
MELBOURNE, Tuesday evening.—During Tuesday afternoon the rain-storm returned with redoubled violence, and for hours the downfall continued. Already the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Alarming Prediction. a Deluge Next December
ON one of the Babylonian tablets exhumed from the ancient city of Nineveh, and now in the British Museum, is an inscription of surprising interest and importance. It…
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SIR,—I enclose for publication in your columns a communication from the Public Works Department, as the above. I have been for years hammering at this through the Members, and having recently…
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SIR,—That Thos Casey is still coquetting with a certain constituency is evident from a perusal of his correspondence on the above in your issue of 21st instant. He was very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gale in Sydney Harbour
During Saturday night the wind increased to a gale, which was accompanied by heavy blinding rain, which was blown with hurricane force. This extended to the Northern seaboard on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The " Tomki " in the Gale
The Tomki which left Sydney on Saturday night had a rough paasage until passing Seal Rocks. After passing Port Macquarie the wind increased and there was a nasty heavy sea all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gale on the South Coast. Two Steamers Ashore
A telegram from Midura on Monday states that the steamer "Shannon" ran ashore and quickly filled. The passengers were with, difilculty saved, but it is feared the cargo has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Excelsior in the Gale. Blown 100 Miles Out to Sea
That regular trader the Excelsior, which was dueat Byron Bay on Friday morning, was not heard of since she left Coff's Harbour, and grave fears were entertained for her safety…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Disasters. the Past Week's Gale
FROM last Saturday up to yesterday very heavy weather was experienced all along the coast of N.S. Wales. In Sydney Harbor on Sunday night there was a violent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tuckian Flood Escape
THE notion taken by the members of the Coraki Municipal Council at the last meeting, in the direction of resuscitating the agitation for the carrying out of the Tuckian…
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A BILL T sanction the construction of certain works in connection with the Tuckian flood escape scheme, with the object of providing for the better…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dust Storms and Gales in the Interior
THE peculiar phenomena of a dense haze and dust in the atmosphere were observed in many places on Monday. Splendid rain fell at Buladelah on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Destructive Cyclone in Victoria. Immense Damage Done. Lives Lost
SYDNEY, Friday.âLast evening, shortly before 6 o'clock, Melbourne was visited by a terrific hailstorm, with a tropical downpour, which caused thousands of pounds worth of damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Telegrams. Tuckian Flood Escape Scheme. Passed Third Reading
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — The Tucki[?]n flood escape scheme Bill passed the third reading in the Legislative Assembly to-night, without division…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tuckian Flood Escape Works
MR. O'SULLIVAN on Tuesday moved the second reading of the Tuckian Flood Escape Scheme Bill. The proposal was recommended by the last Public Works Committee, and passed through…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Storms. Great Loss of Life and Property
A TERRIBLE storm passed over Melbourne last Thursday night, extending to the southern parts of N.S.W., and doing great damage at Deniliquin, Berrigan, and other border towns…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tuckian Flood Works
IN the Assembly last week Mr. O'Sullivan moved the second reading of the Tuckian Flood Escape Scheme Bill. The proposal was recommended by the last Public Works…
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