Late Wires. Advices From the Metropolis Sydney. Monday. Floods in New Zealand
The whole of the township of Opotiku, New Zealand, and the country for some miles beyond, has been completely submerged owing to heavy…
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Flood in New Zealand a Whole Town Submerged. Twelve Feet Under Water. People Rescued in Boats. Auckland
The whole township of Opotiki, which has a population of about 2000 and the country for some miles beyond, has been completely submerged owing to a heavy…
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A cyclone swept over the town of Forster on Monday evening, and torrents of rain fell, doing much damage to the township, trees being uprooted,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cables. Old World Doings. London, Sunday. a Cyclone
The Island of Reunion, indian Ocean, has been devastated by a cyclone. twenty-four lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipping Casualties. Brisbane Steamer Lost. Other Vessels Crippled. a Severe Gale. Sydney
Boisterous conditions prevailed along the coast yesterday, and Home anxiety in being manifested for the safety of shipping, as the tempest, according to the acting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News from the States. a Mine Flooded. London, March 26
The bursting of a dam yesterday at Brazil, in Clay county, Indiana, flooded the mine at the Excelsior Clay Works. Thirty men engaged below at the time are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone at Reunion. Thousands Destitute. London, March 27
The French island colony of Reunion, in the Indian Ocean, cast of Madagascar, has been devastated by a cyclone which has destroyed crops, bridges and houses, leaving…
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The Yalu river, in consequence of the thawing of the ice, is flooded, and is 1000 yards wide at Yongampo, where it empties into Korea Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Storms in America
Files received by the mail steamer Sonoma give particulars of a big storm which raged over San Fr[?] during Wednesday night, 9th March. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Very Latest. Japanese War Office. Flooded with Applications From Volunteers. Many Written in Blood. All Desirous to Go to the Front. Half-a-million Men Easily Obtainable. Russian Demand on China. Must Withdraw Troops From Mukden District. Press Correspondents at Mukden Must Send No War News. London, April, 22
The Japanese war office has been flooded with applications from volunteers of all ages desirous of going to the front. Many of them have been written with the blood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in the Hawkesbury. Great Damage Inflicted. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A wire from Windsor reports that there is every indication of a big flood, as the river is rising a foot an hour. Communication with many outlying places is being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hawkesbury Flooded. Sydney
The bad weather continues in the north. The Hawkesbury river at Richmond, has arisen 18ft in the last 12 hours, and the bridge there is submerged, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Town Topics. Heavy rain in centress close by
A PLAGUE patient in Sydney, a man named Hennessy, died on Saturday. The hospital trustees have formally consented to the sale of the old…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Various Verses the Thunderstorm
O'er the ranges eastward tow ring, Yonder sun lose red and low ring, Like the eye of Satan glow ring. Through a haze of pule blue, smoke;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone at New Guinea. a Settlement Demolished
Reports received at Thursday Island from Darn, British New Guinea, state that a cyclone recently demolished almost the whole settlement, leaving less than a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Port Arthur. Japanese About to Storm. London, May, 22
The American press steamer Fawan has been informed that the Japanese, who on Sunday last landed a great force behind Port Arthur, intend to storm and take the…
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The town of Wanganui (N.Z.), has been flooded in consequence of heavy rain melting the snow. Shop-keepers are removing their goods in boats and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in New Zealand Wanganui Under Water. Residents Seeking Shelter. Auckland
Owing to heavy rains and the melting of the snow inland, the Wanganui River has risen to such an extent as to flood the town, the lower portion of which is under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Very Latest. Fortifying Feng Weng Chang. Steady Advance of the Japanese. Landing of Large Additional Forces. Impressing Chinese & Korean Coolies. Japanese Loss at Kinchow. Bombardment of Port Arthur. Attempting to Block Roadstead. Sowing Mines at Mouth of Harbor. Russian Dishonesty and Corruption. Disgraceful Story From Kronstadt. Officials Set Fire to Military Buildings. to Hide Their Dishonesty. the Ruse Discovered. a High Official Attempts Suicide. Flight of Another. Attack on Kinchow. Japanese Storm and Capture Walled Town. a Stubborn Resistance. London, May 27
Lieut.-General Sakharoff reports that the Japanese are constructing fortifications around Feng-wang-cheng, where 30,000 infantry, 2000 cavalry, and 36 field pieces are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Short Story. When the Creek is in Flood. I.
At the door of a lonely hut, built on a little eminence known as the Bald Rock, a man stood and looked down on a scene of desolation. It was the close…
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