Heavy Rain
Heavy rain fell at Cobar on Saturday evening. Two washaways occurred on the railway…
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Floods & storms, 1900
30 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 2
Violent Storm. Railway Washaways. Near Meryula. Mail Train Delayed. a Terrific Shower
The thunderstorm that passed near Cobar on Saturday last was of that patchy nature so characteristic of the west. A splendid shower passed near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal. Heavy Artillery Fire Heard. The Boers' Loss at Ladysmith. The Boers Storm a Hill. They are Repulsed. They Fall over one Another in Trying to Escape from the Bayonets. Maorilanders to the Front. They Behave Gallantly. More Troops from England. Dundonald's Lite Guards Completely surprise the Boers. The Tugela Crossed. General Warren Moving Forward Quickly. Smallpox amongst the Boers. Bravery of Australian Captains. Further Particulars of the Attack on Ladysmith. The Gordons, Manchester and Devonshires Hurl the Enemy Down Hill. Severest Defeat of the Campaign. Australians in Trouble. Five Killed, One Wounded, and Eight Captured. (By Cable.) London, January 17
It is reported that heavy artillery firing was heard on Monday in the direction of Springfield. As a proof of the severity of the Boers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Typical Day in Ladysmith How Time Is Killed. Night Alarm, Bombardment, and Daily Thunderstorm
LADYSMITH, (undated).—The following is a typical day of the siege of Ladysmith:— I a wake at midnight with the words…
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Heavy floods have taken place in North Queensland…
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A very heavy thunderstorm passed over portions of the district on Thursday afternoon last. Only a few spots fell in the town itself, although black clouds hung low and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Losses at Spion Kop. Ladysmith to be Flooded. A Boer Recourse. A Necessary Chang. Converting Infantry into Cavairy. Baden-Powell's Bravery. London
Colonel Thornyeroft ordered the retreatment from Spion Kop. General Buller acquits the Colonel of blame, and declares that he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal. Buller's Movements The Flooding Scheme pronounced Impracticable. The Boers short of Horses. (Bt Cable.) London, February 10
The British have constructed three [?] across the Tagela River for the purpose of taking more [?] across to Buller, who is [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain. Sydney
Rain has been falling since last night, and culminated in a terrific downpour this morning between eight and nine o'clock. The streets in the city were flooded, and the tram, bus and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Terrific Cyclone
A report from More states that a most violent cyclone passed across the town on Saturday, about 5 o'clock. During the rainstorm some men in a sulky, near the racecourse, saw the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Severe Dust Storms
YESTERDAY a heavy storm of dust came up from the west, and almost enveloped the town, but suddenly cleared off towards the evening, when a cool change came on and five points of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Bathurst
A phenomenal storm happened in Bathurst on Wednesday morning. Heavy rains fell on Tuesday, and as it was raining heavily on the Macquarie River and Vale Creek, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blayney Flooded
Heavy rain began to fall about 5 p.m. on Tuesday and continued throughout the night. At 9 on Wednesday 364 points were registered. The low-lying parts of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood in the Bell River
When news of the extraordinary fall of 778 points at Molong came to hand, it was known that a big fresh in the Bell River might be expected. Between 5 and 6…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Gippsland
Further disastrous floods are reported from Gippsland, Victoria. Crops have been destroyed, bridges washed away, the line destroyed, stock drowned, and the people living on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Latest Telegrams Floods in Sydney. Sydney
Rian cqntinned throughout the night and this morning. It continues falling at the rate of 3/4 inch par hour. The lowlands in the suburbs are all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Redfern Saleyards Flooded
"Business suspended on account of flood" would have been an appropriate notice which might have, in all fairness, been posted at the Redfern saleyards on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Bride From the Flood
"Dearest Blanche, I am here at last. I could not, however, leave my stepfather's sick couch until he had dropped off to sleep. He has been more than usually querulous this night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Cattle Steamer in the Late Gales
THE "Herald" gives the following graphic account of the risks of carrying cattle at sea:--It was the steamer Anerley which the other day, on her voyage from Newcastle to South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood Feared at Albury
The Murray River is running a banker at Albury and a flood is feared…
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