Cyclone at New Caledonia
WE this week present our readers with a view of a portion of the ruins caused by the late fearful tornado which swept the French colony of…
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The Cyclone at New Caledonia
Our engraving brings this event vividly before the eye of the reader. The chart will be especially interesting to meteorological students, having been carefully prepared in Noumea. The two smaller views…
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THE following vivid description of the destructive hurricane at Fiji is from the Evening News:—During the last few years, a series of calamities has fallen upon us, calculated to appal the stoutest…
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LISMORE, Tuesday.—Rain set iu heavily on Friday night, and continued up to daylight this morning. The river rose rapidly, causing the inundation of Lismore and the surrounding…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in the Richmond River District. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Casino
This afternoon there was five feet of water in the main street, and the police in boats were assisting to save life and property. No casualties are yet reported, and the water was not rising at 4 p.m. The…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Heavy rains have fallen at Adelaide and is the northern districts. The train from Kapunda to Adelaide was five hours late through damage done to the line by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in the Richmond River District. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Casino
The river yesterday rose 30 feet. The telegraph line near Lismore is submerged, stopping communication. It is now reported that the waters are slowly subsiding. A stop above Casino broke and a large quantity of cedar has been swept…
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The Express publishes a telegram which states that Lismore and district are inundated. The water was in nearly every house yesterday. All the hotels, the Public schools, and most of the…
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Mr. Charles Bright addressed a large audience at the Theatre Royal on Sunday evening, his lecture being entitled "The Flood five miles high." Mr. Bright introduced his subject by reading the…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Heavy rains have fallen at Adelaide and in the northern districts. The train from Kapunda to Adelaide was five hours late through damage done to the line by…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Floods have occurred on the Dunelly, St. Aruaud, and Ararat railway lines, washing away the ballast and a portion of the permanent way. At Bealiba there…
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We are just recovering from a heavy flood. It commenced to rain heavily on Friday afternoon and the river rose suddenly on Sunday night and all the lower part of the town was submerged, doing much damage. People were obliged…
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Floods have occurred on the Dunolly, St, Arnaud, and Ararat railway lines, washing away the ballast and a portion of the permanent way. At Bealiba there are heavy. floods at the bridge on the St. Arnaud side,…
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LISMORE, Tuesday.—Rain set in heavily on Friday night, and continued up to daylight this morning. The river rose rapidly, causing the inundation of Lismore and the surrounding…
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BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Eight inches of rain fell at the Condamine on Monday night, and the river rose 20 feel. The Nogoa and Comet rivers are falling, but the Dawson and the…
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The Argus of February 28th reports that a heavy fall of rain had taken place throughout the country districts, and in many instances the much-wished-for downpour has been so extensive that serious floods have resulted in consequence…
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The following interesting particulars of the flood at Lismore are contained in a letter from a local hotel-keeper to a friend in Sydney, and have been handed to us for publication. The letter is dated March 1,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Metropolitan District Court. Friday, March 19. (Before Mr. District Court Judge Josephson.) Flood V. HORDERN
This was an action in which J.J. Flood sued Mr. John L. Hordern, draper, of Pitt-street, for wrongful dismissal, £32 being the amount claimed. Mr. Want, instructed by Mr. R. B. Smith, for the…
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SIR—Will you permit me to state that I am not the Mr. Edward Horden mentioned in the report in Saturday's EVENING NEWS, of Flood v. Hordern, in the District Court, neither am I connected with any…
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During the last few days with aneroid" has ben very erratic in its movements, and general opinions were expressed by the knowing ones that heavy weather was at hand. Yesterday the wind set in…
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