Terrific Storm on the Coast. Worst Seas for 20 Tears
On Monday and Tuesday last, and again on Wednesday, the coast of N.S.W. was swept by the heavist sea? experienced for the past 20 years. The waves were fully…
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Floods & storms, 1912
216 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 6 of 11
Gales on the Coast
On Tuesday morning the sea ran mountains high at the Ballina entrance (reports the "Times"). It is described as the worst since the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Great Storm. Worst for Many Years. Safety of Overdue Steamers
Apparently the gale, which has raged along the coast since Saturday night, but is now almost abated, has been the most severe since that one which is identified in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Storm. From 12 TO 1½ Knots. Never Such a Roll in the Bay. Experience of Teh Burringbar. Sydney
The steamer Burringbar made Port Jackson yesterday. When he vessel crossed the Richmond River on Saturday the bar was smooth and the sea calm. She started off…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Water Everywhere. the S.S. Kyogle in the Storm. Cut Off From the Stewards. Wave Mountains Fore and Aft. Later
Mr. J. Spencer, a member of the firm of Gerard and Co., storekeepers, Grafton, who was a passenger by the Kyogle, says that the Saturday night was calm and fine…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Storm. Storm-tossed Nerong. Eight Days on Coastal Trip. Sensational Story of Struggle. Sydney
The steamer Nerong arrived from Bellinger River this morning, having taken eight days to complete the trip, which usually occupies 36 hours. The captain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Urgent Signals. Driven to Sea by the Gale. Barque Runs Short of Provisions. Sydney
The steamer Saint Louis, from New Caledonia, spoke to the barque Brunel, bound from Valparaiso to Newcastle, on Wednesday last. The Brunel was flying urgent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Storm. in Distress. Big Seas Prevent Aid. Overdue Scow Reported Safe. Sydney
The steamer, Star of India, when [?] teen miles off South Solitary island yesterday morning, sighted the overdue scow Curlew flying signals of distress. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Storm. Wbkckaoe Washed Up. Is It the Missing Ketch? Sydney
The Secretary of the Department of Navigation has received a wire from Harrington this afternoon stating, that a portion of the sitie of a vessel constructed of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Late Storm. Scow Safe. Sailors Seriously Injured. Sydney
The scow Curlew reached Trial Bay last night. The captain reported the vessel fell in with heavy weather, during which all the removable gear was washed overboard,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Gales on the Coast. Sydney
From Gabo Island to Camden Haven rough, seas and gales are raging. The ketch Alfred Fenning is still barbound at Manning Heads, where she has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Feared. Sydney
Heavy rains are falling in the Hawkesbury district. The river is rising rapidly. and a flood is feared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cloudburst in America. Miles of Territory Flooded. Pennsylvania
One hundred persons were compolled to flee for their lives when a cloudburst flooded miles of territory in this district. Many residences and business places are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Storm
What is described as the worst passage made along the North Coast fell to the lot of the steamer Nerong, which arrived at Sydney last…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrible Floods. Miners Drowned Like Rats. Women Endeavour to Save Them. Union Town (Pennsylvania)
There are sixty persons dead through floods in the small towns which were stricken owing to a reservoir bursting. The water flooded a mine, drowning 14 men…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Serious Floods. Hawkesbury Farmers Prepared. Sydney
Heavy rains in the Hawkesbury River district have caused serious floods, and many farms are submerged. Stock has been removed to the highlands, and everything is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest Telegrams. Toll of the Gale. Sydney
Another ship's hatch was washed ashore at Bronte Beach last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms and Floods. the Hawkesbury Subsiding. Sydney
Returns from the Hawkesbury River show that the [?]oods have done great damage. The water was at its highest on Saturday night, but began to subside yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Richmond Streets Flooded. a Big Bill for Damage. Sydney
Several streets are flooded in the lowlying parts of Richmond, Many cottages were invaded, and a number of people packed up their furniture and sought safety…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fear of Floods
Swelled by the continual downpour of rain the Hawkesbury River at Windsor on Monday was in flood. All the low-lying places were…
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