Wrecked by the Storm
PARRAMATTA, This Day.-- Mr. Stone's house "Riverside," which was wrecked during last Sunday's storm, is still standing, but is expected hourly to fall in…
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The Regent Storm. (By Telegraph.)
GOULBURN, Tuesday.--Baxter and Co., of the Glebe Tannery, sustained heavy losses through the overflow from a creek filling their premiss to a depth of 1ft. to 18in. during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Floods in Parramatta. Terrific Thunderstorm Destruction of the Town Dam Bastion.the Run of “Riverside” a Niagara in Miniature. Disappearance of the Pier. a Memorable Day. Cows Swept Away and Drowned. a Household Swamped and Ruined.the Cottage Homes Cataract. Drenched Damaged Drapers
FOR many years past Parramatta has not been visited with a storm of such magnitude as was experienced early on Sunday morning last. During the three preceding afternoons and the…
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PARRAMATTA, Tuesday.—Government officer have paid two or three visits to the ruined bastion at the dam, but it has not transpired what they will do. Since the subsidence of the flood waters, "Riverside,"…
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THE flood of Sunday morning has awakened Parramatta to the necessity for renewed efforts to complete the sewerage scheme as quickly as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday's Storm. Sad Fatality in the Harbor. Two Policemen Drowned. Streets Flooded
At a few minutes before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon a very heavy squall broke over Sydney, lasting about twenty minutes, with great fury. After moderating it turned to rain for some time. During the storm…
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PARRAMATTA, Thursday.—In the Council on Wednesday night a letter was read from the Department of Harbors and Rivers repudiating all blame in connection with the destruction of the bastion…
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Further particulars of accidents during the late storm are to hand. Braeside House, Auburn, was struck by lightning in five different places. The inmates escaped unhurt, with the exception of Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods at Auburn. a Building Undermined. Parramatta, This Day
During the heavy thunderstorm last night the flood water undermined the wall of the tallow-making department at the Sydney Meat Preserving…
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BRISBANE, This Day.-- A very heavy thunderstorm passed over the city yesterday afternoon, accompanied by heavy rain…
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To provide for the storm waters, which, in the event of very heavy rains, completely submerge the lower portions of Ashfield and Croydon, as the late rains fully proved, the Ashfield council have decided to construct…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Recent Storms. in the Country. Rookwood
ON Sunday, 16th inst., we shared with the rest of the district in one of the most severe thunderstorms it has been our lot to witness. Between four minutes to 6 and seven minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Severe Storm. Great Excitement in Parramatta. Landslips at the Dam
PARRAMATTA has for so long a time moved along in the same old homely, steady-going fashion, that it was expected that nothing short of an earthquake would rouse it out of its…
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ON Sunday morning the clergy and congregation of St. Mary's Cathedral were put to considerable inconvenience by the partial flooding of the building. It appears that the roof drains and down…
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NARRANDERA, This Day.--A terrific dust storm raged here yesterday, but there are no signs of rain. The thermometer went down to 48 at 6 o'clock in the evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →REVIEWS. Cricket: By A. G. STEEL and the Hon. R. H. LYTTELTON, with contributions by A. Lang, W. G. Grace, R. A. H. Mitchell, and F. Gale. The Badminton Library: Longman, Green, and Co., London, 1888
Like all the publications of the Badminton Library Series, this volume gives an exhaustive account of the popular sport with which it specially deals, the text being lightened by many excellently-drawn illustra…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storm in the Bay of Biscay. Wreck of a Steamer. the Captain and Five Seamen Drowned. Sufferings of the Survivors. London, December 27
Twenty-two of the survivors of the British steamship, the Storm Queen, have arrived at Dover. They report that during a terrible storm in the Bay of Biscay…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A burst of water has occurred in the West Loughlin Company's mine at Spring Hill. The mine is flooded. The workmen escaped without injury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Clifton in a Gale
The Dunedin (N. Z.) owned barque Clifton, Captain Bankier, reports having experienced a very heavy gale on the voyage round from Port Germein to Sydney with wheat and flour. The barque left Port Germein on the 9th current with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Bhundara in a Cyclone.—fearful Suffering and Loss of Life
News is to hand that the British-India Company's steamer Bhundara, a well-known visitor to Australian waters, has had a narrow escape in a cyclone on the Madras coast. She had a native crew of 88 all told, and was at the tiem crowded with 627…
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