Disastrous Flood at Castlemaine. Castlemaine
THE most disastrous flood that bad been experienced here since 1851 occurred to-day, involving the loss of several lives and the destruction of thousands of pounds worth of…
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Victorian Floods Destruction to Property, and Loss of Life
ON Tuesday afternoon a tremendous flood, accompanied by loss of life, and considerable damage to property, occurred at Castlemaine, Shortly after midday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tremendous Storm Near Mansfield. Two Houses Demolished. A Woman Swept Away and Drowned. Mansfield
Yesterday afternoon a tremendous storm burst on that part of the range between Mansfield and Jamieson known as Martin's Gap, which fortunately is where the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GALES in the Pacific. Auckland
The steamer Richmond, which arrived to-day from the Islands, brought the crew of the American ship Red Cross, Captain M'Intyre, which while on a voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Floods in South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday Evening
THE heavy rains which have fallen since Sunday night have caused foods all over the country. Many towns are swamped, and hundreds of people have been compelled to…
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A, states that heavy rains caused a [?] a suspension of the railway traffic on the contral line on Tuesday the trails being under water for a[?]…
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NEWS reached town on Monday night of a tremendous rain near Sydney, and a wash-away on the railway line at Clyde, which delayed the mail. We take the following…
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The floods in the Numurkah district have assumed unparalleled proportions. The streams have spread out all through the lower Goulburu Valley. The town of…
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The only previons rainfull in the colony of which there is any authentic record that can at all be compared with the present downpour occurred in Sydney on March 30,1834…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Floods in Sydney. Sydney, Tuesday Morning
THE passeugers on the railway from the south and west to Sydney yesterday could come no further than Granville by rail, and arrangements were made to convey them by…
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IN addition to the notes which we have already published of the great rains in Sydney and elsewhere, the following will be of interest:â…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Terrible Floods in America 10,000 Persons Supposed Drowned. London, June 1
A TERRIBLE disaster is reported from the United States. In consequence of recent heavy rains, a freshet of extraordinary velocity and violence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tremendour Floods in America. Appalling Loss of Life. Eight Thousand Persons Drowned. London. June 1
Terrible floods have taken place in the United States, extending over avast area of country, and resulting in enormous loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tremendous Floods in America. London, June 1
Terrible floods have taken place in the United States, extending over a vast area of country, and resulting in enormous loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Thursday, June 6, 1889. the American Floods
WITHOUT exaggeration, the present century can be described by future historians as an era marked with wondrous events. Since its first new…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in America. Further Particulars. London, June 3
It appears that the residents of Johnstown received a warning to take refuge in high lands above the town, but they paid no heed to it, and while ridiculing the danger…
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Farther accounts continue to be received of the devastitions caused in the valley of the Couemaugh by the bursting of the reservoir above Johnstown, from which it seems that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood! Fire! Lynching! 2000 Bodies Cremated
LATER reports from Johnstown state that bands foreigners continued to commit numerous atrocities, robbing the dead bodies cast up by the floods,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Gale in Hobson's Bay. the Steamer Lonsdale Ashore. Melbourne
THE heaviest south-west gale experienced for many year's past in Hobscn's Bay took place to-day, when the tide, helped by the wind, rose higher than has been known for 20 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Floods in Victoria. Washaways on the Railway Lines. Loss of Life. Melbourne
THE rain on Wednesday and during last night culminated in heavy floods in various parts of the colony. At Castlemaine all the low-lying lands are submerged, and there is…
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