Signs of Floods
Coonabarabran, Tuesday.—For the last three days the heat has been excessive, up to 132deg. The local blacks, who predicted the recent rains, are prophesying tremendous…
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Floods & storms, 1903
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Heat and Storms
A violent storm occurred in the neighbor-hood of Sydney yesterday. A man was killed by ligh[?]hing white sheltering under a tree at Sandringham…
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A telegram from London, Ontario, Canada, on December 27, published in the San Francisco Call, says:—A frightful collision occurred a short distance from the little station of…
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The floods on the Clyde River, Scotland have caused widespread destruction, The damage in the Rutherglen district alone is estimated at £60,000…
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Seventy hours’ rain has caused the Glyde to burst its banks at Ruthergle. Hundreds of acres occupied by factories were flooded, and thousands of workmen…
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On Saturday evening a heavy dust [?] passed over the district which for the time obscured object as a comparatively short distance. A similar visitation is reported…
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The cyclone passed over Bowen (about 150 miles south of Townsville) in its destructive course. The waves washed six feet over the jetty. Five and a half inches of…
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It is estimated that the damage caused by the Townsville cyclone will amount to a quarter of million sterling. All the streets were laid waster and there is a terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Wires. Sydney, Thursday. The Cyclone in Townville
Many destitute persons are being provided with food and shelter in Townville. Other casualties in addition to those already Known are reported…
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TOWNSVILLE and Bowen, in the North of Queensland, have been visited by another of those cyclonic storms which periodically visit North Queensland, wrecking houses and…
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The telegraph lines which were blown down by the recent cyclone on the North Coast have now been partially restored, and details of the damage done and casualties are coming to hand. The…
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MESSAGES from private sources from Ayr state the cyclone did terrible damage there. The losses are estimated at £40,000. It is stated that the township of Brandon was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Court. Before Mr. Alfred Elliott, P.M., and Messers. J. J. Wright, J. Gale, T. Whitehead W. Pike, and J. M. McIntosh, Js.P. Affiliation Case
Ruth Moore Elliott, whose appearance was that of mere school-girl, sued Andrew Crawford for the maintenance of her male child, born on the 26th Deceber last, of…
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Sydney Tyrie, a youth of about 17 summers, was charged with stealing a watch and chain at Tuggranong on the 19th Dec. last…
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Not for many years has so severe and di [?]trous a gale been experienced in the British Isles as that of Friday, February 27, (writes "St. James's Gazette"). Indeed, it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Courts. Wednesday, 22Nd April, 1903. (BEFORE Mr. Elliot P.M., Messrs. F. A. Gampbell, Jno. Gale, P. McNamara, and J. McLaughlin Js.P)
Before opening the Police Court some night cases were set down for hearing before the Municipal Court, but none of the plaintiffs putting in appearance they were not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Rainfall. Every Indication that the Drought has Thoroughly Broken. Floods in Several Places
THE rain map issued by Mr. Russell on Saturday shows that splendid rains have covered the greater portion of the State, being especially heavy in the south-east…
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ON Thursday evening (as was briefly reported in our telegrams last issue) Cootamundra experienced a great flood, unprecedented, in the history of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Courts. Small Debts Court. Wednesday, May 20Th, 1903. (BEFORE the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Wright Gale, Whitehead, Pike and Southwell, Js.P.)
There were only two cases for hearing, in the first of which the sum sued for was paid into court on the previous evening. Mr. Woodward, for plaintiff, however…
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The Oklahoma River, Kans[?] and the Missouri River in [?] U.S.A., are both in flood. Twenty thousand people have been rendered homeless, besides fourteen that are…
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