Heavy Rain SYDNEY
A storm pasted over Cobar yesterday. Very heavy rain fell, and some streets were like small rivers. Many houses were flooded, and pedestrians…
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News From the Capital Sydney, Thursday, 8 p.m. Heavy Rain
Thunderstorms are reported over a wide area. The Dubbo railway line was flooded, and parts of the town are also under water. There have been…
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Floods have occurred in many parts of Queensland. The Atherton railway line is under water in several places, and there are wash aways at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Queensland. Washaways at Cooktown. Atherton Line Under Water. Brisbane
The Commissioner for Railways has received a telegram from the officials at Cooktown stating that heavy rain and boisterous weather have been…
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A terrific thunderstorm broke over Coolamon on Saturday afternoon and wad attended by a heavy full of hail and rain. Eighty two points were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News From the Capital. Sydney, Monday, 8 P.M. Heavy Rain
Ten inches of rain fell near Grenfell on Friday. Many sheep were drowned, and great damage was done to fencing…
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There was a terrific thunderstorm in the city and suburbs last night, accompanied by a heavy downpour of rain…
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The steamer Myall took shelter in a bay near Townsville yesterday, and during the gale her moorings broke, a rock pierced, her bottom, and the…
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At Geraldton the rainfall between 4 and 10 p.m. yesterday was 11¾ in There is a big fresh in the river. At Croydon a heavy storm lasted from…
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The Queensland elections yesterday created a record, the complete rout of the Philp Government. Labor triumphed in many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dust Storm at Bourke
Salvation Army people at Bourke (N.S.W.) are wondering why the elements should mark them out for demolition when a dust storm is sent along. Last year the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Floods. Pittsburg Inundated. Damage Two Million Dollars. London, Feb. 19
Disastrous floods have occurred in the district of Pittsburg (U.S.A.). The flood has temporarily rendered 20,000 workers idle. Many persons [?]ed from…
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Heavy rain has fallen in the North Coast districts, and West Maitlnod records 5 inches. The Hunter Hiver rose very rapidly until it readied a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gales In England. Sensational Results. a Schooner Capsized. Eight Lives Lost. London, Feb. 24
A gale occurred in the Midland and North-west of England and England and Irefand yesterday. There grandstands were unroofed. The Market Hall at Stock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Today's News Flood in the Hunter. SYDNEY
Large tracts of country are still submerged in the valley of the lower Hunter in consequence of a phenomenal rainfall. The water is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone at Kalgoorlie
A cyclone struck Kalgoorlie (W.A.) of Tuesday last, and in its wild career wep portion of the Government Hospital, the rain clearing some of the patents out of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Floods. Hawkesbury River Overflows Extensive Damage Done. M'donald River Also Affected a Town Inundated Sydney
Serious floods have occurred on the lower Hawkesbury. Most of the streams overflowed their banks, extensive damage resulting to crops and…
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Heavy rains, totalling over 10½ inches for three days-Saturday, Sunday, and Monday last—and 19¼ inches for the month, in the Hunter River Valley (N.S.W.), rose the…
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There was a terrific hailstorm at Windsor last night, the hail being as large as duck eggs. Great damage was done to the farms and orchards,…
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The railway lines near Hodgson, six miles from Roma, are three inches under water…
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