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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms
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Praffic and telegraphic communication has been interrupted by floods in Western Nevada, which are attributed to cloud burst. Several railway washaways have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A cloudburst caused the freshet in the Brugg Creek to overflow its bunks, drowning Mrs. John Powell and her three children. The crops in the Huntington region…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Yes, we are fairly in for it this time, and we've worse to come, sir, as the water gets away from the upper reaches. Should any more rain fall, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Violent thunderstorms and cloud bursts have taken place in various parts, which seriously affected the harvest. 'A number of cattle grazing at Daventry, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent storms have done much damage to many villages in South-eastern France, and Sciaux-Ville-Longe, in the department of Isere, was entirely destroyed by an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous floods are occurring in the Midlands. The formers of Yorkshire are abandoning their hay and allowing the villagers to fetch it for their pigsties…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An appalling cyclonic storm passed over Grenfell yesterday afternoon. The wind tore at a fearful pace up George-street, leaving destruction in its track. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The present is the wettest August within living memory. Severe floods have taken place in Wales, and several children have been drowned in the Rhondda Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams sent from. Norwich on Monday arrived last night, stating that it gas rained unceasingly for seventten hours. Therefore several feet of water are in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A terrific cyclone, immediately followed by hail and rain, burst upon the town of Grenfell on Monday evening last, and in a few minutes sheets…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods everywhere have receded mid the railways are re-opening. A relief fund has been opened at Norwich, Colmans the mustard mamufactures, contributing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The water is abating at Norwich Business is in a state of chaos, and eight thousand people are homeless. While rescuing a woman and two children from a window…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN appalling cyclone storm passed over Grenfell on Monday afternoon. The wind tore at a terriffic pace up George-street, leaving destruction in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An appalling cyclonic storm passed over Grenfell yesterday afternoon. The wind tore at a fearful pace up George-street, leaving destruction in its track. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The present month has been the most rainy August experienced in Great Britain within the memory of any one now living. Severe floods have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Though early in the year for thunderstorms, one passed over Lismore yesterday afternoon. It gathered in the south, and travelled towards the north, finally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inrush of water from old workings flooded a colliery at Aberdare. Three hundred men were below at the time, and had narrow and sensational escapes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The damage to the city of Norwich is estimated at £100,000. Trees were infested by rats taking refuge from the floods. The water is receding and the flood gauge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A number of unsale buildings were pulled down at Norwich. A hundred buildings in all have been condemned as unfit for habitation. Queen Alexandra has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Norwich fund amounts to thirteen thousand pounds sterling. The President of the Chamber of Commerce estimates the loss of tradesmen as two hundred thousand…
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