Heavy Floods in the Kimberley District
PERTH, Tuesday. -- The Government Resident at Roeburne telegraphs that the country between Kimberley goldfields and Derby is flooded by an overflow of the Fitzroy River,…
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365 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 19
Mr. John Gale
is a journalist, and has been for 41 years connected with, the press. He was on the staff of a leading Monmouthshire journal in 1853, but at the same time was studying divinity, end for two or three years was a probationer in the…
Continued on Trove, page 946 →Floods in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
The mail contractor between Hergott and Birdsville reports that the mail to Birdsville, on the last journey, was taken by the mailman in a boat a distance of 90 miles against the stream, and in the teeth of a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Floods in South Australia. Thousands of Acres Under Water. (By Telegraph.)
ADELAIDE, Monday.--The mail contractor between Hergott and Birdsville reports that the mail to Birdsville, on the last journey was taken in a boat a distance of 90 miles against the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aquatics. "Spread the thin [?]ar, and catch the driving gale." —Pope. Fixtures
May 14.—St. Ignatius's College Rowing Club Annual Regatta. Arrival of Victorian eight oar crew. may 21.—Grafton Rowing Club Annual Regatta. May 28.—Intercolonial Eight-oar Race, Parrammatta…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Floods in South. Australia. Adelaide
The mail contractor between Hergott and Birdsville reports that the mail to Birdsville, on the last journey, was taken by the mailman in a boat a distance of 90. miles against the stream, and in the teeth ef a strong…
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The mail contractor between Hergott and Birdsville reports that the mail to Birdsville, on the last journey, was taken by the mailman in a [?]oat a distance of ninety…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Floods on the Darling
Even in such a splendid season as this (observes our travelling reporter) the settlers on the Darling find something to complain about besides rabbits and wild dogs. That something is the heavy downpours…
Continued on Trove, page 1059 →Heavy Floods in South Australia. (By Telegraph.)
ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Tremendous rains have fallen in the northern interior. A letter has just been received in Adelaide, dated April 29, from a traveller in those regions, in which he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Cheviot in a Gale. the Chief Officer Washed Ovekboard. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide
Joseph Crosbie, the chief mate of the steamer Cheviot, was washed overboard and drowned on the 23rd, off Cape Northumberland, during a heavy N.W. gale and furious sea. About 8 a.m. three waves swept…
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Yesterday was the seventh day of the present extraordinary weather. The rain fell incessantly all day and as if there had been none for weeks. It is hardly necessary to say that all the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods at Marrickville
The state of a portion of the Borough of Marrickville, as shown in illustrations in this issue of the TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL, is a farther proof, if such were needed, of the imbecility…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Lost Overboard During a Gale. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
The barque La Querida, Captain Evans, arrived yesterday from London. On the voyage a seaman named Alfred Raymond, on April 26, fell from the foreya[?] and was drowned during a heavy gale. A mountainous sea was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Aquatics. " Spread the thin [?]ar, and catch the driving gale." —Pope. Fixtures
June 25.—Handicap, single sculls, in light skiffs, Davies-Burne trophy. July 2.—Matterson v. Kemp. £200 Sculling Match on the Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Heavy Floods in Central Europe
Heavy rain and floods have been prevailing in central Europe. The rivers are overflowing, are interrupting railway traffic, and are causing in some cases loss of life. In one district hailstones…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Storm in a Tea-cup. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--Was there ever such a storm in a teacup as this loyalty business over which all our old men have lately gone mad? Will any deep thinking, dispassionate mind admit the least…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Extremely heavy rains have fallen in the city and country, and some low lying lands along the Gienelg railway line have been flooded for the first lime for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Improved Flood Fence
In building such a gate as the one here illustrated, two posts are mounted upon the banks of the stream; and each is formed with an upper and lower bracket. In these brackets supporting bars are pivotally…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Floods and Waterspouts
Lamentable reports of devastations caused by floods and waterspouts in Transylvania and South-Eastern Hungary continue to be received. Railway traffic has been suspended on all the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Casino Flood Relief Fund. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
Sir,—In your issue of May 28 I notice that a correspondent from these parts writes:—"A statement just published by the Flood Relief Committee shows that some £130 was disbursed in addition to tho £400 granted by the…
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