News From the Capital. Sydney, Monday, 8 p.m. the Queensland Flood
The flood waters at Rockhamplon are still rising. All the low-lying parts of the town are submerged. Boats are constantly engaged moving…
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The Career of the Cyclone
The storm that caused the recent floods at Brisbane, and at Tamworth Narrabri, and other towns on and adjacent to the northern tablelands of N.S.W., was, it is…
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A foolhardy attempt to swim the Peel River in flood at Tamworth, N.S.W., resulted in the deaths of a young man, Richard Ponsonby. Against his friend's advice, he…
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A gale at Somoa drove several schooners ashore, and wrecked a number of small craft. The seas washed across the main street, doing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will There Be Another Deluge
Many geologists declare that another deluge is within the bounds of possibility and that it may take place at any moment (says N. Tourneur in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm at Murwillumbah. Boy and Horse Killed. Struck by a Falling Tree
The terrific heat at Murwillumbah on Tuesday culminated in a big storm in the afternoon. Heavy rain and hail fell and the wind blew furiously. The…
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The losses in connection with the recent floods in the Narrabri district are estimated at £50,000. In the Tamworth district the loss was also…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Great Rain Storm. Nearly Two Inches at Junee. Other Parts Affected
A thunderstorm passed over the Wagga district late on Saturday afternoon. Locally no rain fell, however. On Saturday night and early on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Floods in China. Two Thousand Persons Drowned. London, April 13
A catastrophe, attended with terribly heavy loss of life, has occurred in China. A continuance of heavy rains caused floods in the Han-Kiang River…
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A catastrophe, attended with terribly heavy loss of life, has occurred in China. A continuance of heavy rains caused floods in the Han-Kiang…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drought Broken at Goulburn. Houses Flooded and Railway Under Water. Goulburn
The drought has broken at last in this district, and splendid rains are falling, the southern parts of the Goulburn district being specially…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Snow Storm. Sweeps Over England. Liner Collides with Cruiser. the War Ship Beached. London, April 26
A great snow storm swept over England yesterday, and a fall of several inches of snow is reported from all the southern countries. The storm caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Liberal Party. Enthusiastic Meeting. Advice to the Government. Speech by Mr. Asquith. "Unprecedented Storm of Vituperation." London, May 1
Mr. J. T. Brunner, presiding over an enthusiastic meeting of the Liberal party, advised the Government to abandon the Manchester policy of…
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A terrible disaster, involving great loss of life, has occurred in China. owing to the flooding of the Han River. Particulars brought by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Gale. Railway Camps Wrecked. a Family's Terrible Fate. Auckland
The camps on the North Island main trunk railway construction works were wrecked last night by a terrible easterly gale. A tree demolished the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Gale. New Zealand Works Wrecked Family Crushed to Death. Auckland
The camps on the North Island main trunk railway construction works were wrecked last night by a terrific easterly gale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Flood of '52. Gundagai Swept Away. an Awful Catastrophe. Over 100 Lives Lost. Ruin, Bereavement. and Desolation. Interview with the Hon. Jas. Gormly, M.l.c
Awful in its happening, the flood of 1852, in which the old town of Gundagai was swept away, and over 100 lives were lost, is the most terrible…
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Terrible floods have occurred in the Canton Province of China. Villages were swept away and crops and property were destroyed. Many lives…
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A correspondent signing himself "Land Lubber" says he was much interested in the Hon. James Gorm'y's account of the Gundagai flood, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood of '52. Its Effect on Wagga. the Town in Its Infancy. Further Interview with Hon. Jas. Gormly, M.l.c
In Saturdays issue we published an intensely interesting and pathetic account of the disastrous flood in the Murrumbidgee Valley in June, 1852, as…
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