Severe Thunderstorm. Lightning Effects at Nowra Post Office
The severe thunderstorm on Wednesday afternoon from the south-west, accompanied by some hail, gave Nowra 115 points of rain. During its…
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7 stories in South Coast's papers
Mount Royal Safe. Leaking Boilers. Through Atlantic Storms
The Canadian Pacific Railway's steamer Mount Royal, for the safety of which considerable anxiety has been felt, steamed into Queenstown Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Disastrous Floods in China
Terrible floods have occurred in the Canton Province, China. Whole villages have been swept away, and crops and property destroyed, while many…
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"THERE is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood leads on to misfortune." The mail coach which travels Bega-Cobargo…
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An amusing story is told of a victim of the Johnstown flood of 1880, who, when he reached Paradise, ascended a cloud that served within…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Awful Railway Smash. Trains Crash in Blinding Snow-storm. Twenty-one Killed. Butte (Mont.). October 11
In the worst wreck in the history of the Northern Pacific Railroad, 21 persons were killed, nine seriously injured, several fatally, and about 30…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Late Mrs. Matthews. Reminder of the Flood-times
Mrs Georgina Matthews, whose death was briefly noticed in our last issue, was daughter of Thomas and Mary McKenzie, and born at…
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