Fascines and Floods
A short time since Mr. Engineer Williams, of the Works Department, erected fascine dams, consisting of upright ti-tree, backed up with mud, at the Cook's River and Shea's Creek works…
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Serious Floods at Ivanhoe. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Balranald
On Friday last we had a fair fall of rain, 160 points being registered. The roads, however, are in places almost impassable. Ivanhoe is in a very bad state, owine to the heavy rain lately experienced. Good…
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During the past fortnight we have experienced a fall of rain almost unprecedented in the annals of the colony. The rain began to fall heavily about midday on Queen's birthday, and there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Later Eastern News. Heayy Floods in Japan. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Thursday Island
The following extracts are from Eastern files per Afghan:- Great damage has been done in various parts of Japan by rains and storms. Large districts were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in America. Twenty Miles of Railway Destroyed. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, June 4
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal burst its banks owing to the pressure of water, and 20 miles of the Coburn-Lewisburg railway was completely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in Pennsylvania. Five-sixths of the Population Missing. Proposed Cremation. £200,000 Subscribed. London, June 4
Armies of men are at work recovering the dead bodies of the persons drowned and burned in the floods at Johnstown Pennsylvania. Already upwards of 3000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Terrible Flood in America. Recovery of 3000 Bodies. 40,000 Persons Missing. £8,000,000 Damages. a Relief Fund Started
LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The work of recovering the bodies drowned in the terrible flood near Pittsburg is proceeding as rapidly as possible, large numbers of men being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rains in the Balranald District. Ivanhoe Flooded. (By Telegraph.)
BALRANALD, Wednesday.--On Friday last there was a fair fall of rain, 160 points being registered. The roads are in places almost impassable. Ivanhoe is in a very bad state owing…
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The following telegram has been received by the Minister of Works from the Mayor of Mai[?]land. Mr. J. Gillies : " On behalf of the residents of West Maitland and neighborhood I beg to…
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London, June 6.-It is now stated that the number of lives lost at Johnstown was 15,000…
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WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.-The body of Margaret Flemming, who was drowned near Louth Park during the flood last week by the upsetting of a boat, was recovered 02. Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
Owing to the recent rains the Baala Crook at Numurkah commenced to rise yesterday. Its height is now within a shade of the recent high flood-mark. The district has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Great Floods in America. 9000 Persons Missing Out of 55,000. Whole Families Extinct. Two Cities Suffering From Poisoned Water. Hundreds of Lives Lost Along the Rivers. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, June 5
Authentic statistics give the late population of the area of country affected by the recent inundations in and around Johnstown as 55,000. Registry offices…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Floods in Pennsylvania. the Final Reckoning. Fifteen Thousand Lives Lost. London, June 6
The final estimate of the less of life by he floods and fire at Johnstown, Peausyl[?] snia, shows a total loss of 15,000 persons…
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LONDON, Thursday.--The registration of the survivors from the flood near Pittsburg has been completed, the final estimate being that 15,000 persons perished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods and Storms. Serious Damage in the North
The floods consequent upon the heavy rains last week have been very severe in widely separated localities. At Maitland the Hunter Hiver rose higher than an any time during the past sixteen…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Heavy Gale and Loss of Life on the New Zealand Coast
During a severe gale on Sunday morning the Union Company's steamer Maital, a small coastal boat, ran on Richards' Rock, off Red Mereury Island, and sank in deep water 10 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 1199 →Gale on the South Australian Coast. Wreck of a Ketch and a Steamer --A Captain Killed. (By Telegraph.)
ADELAIDE, Friday.--A heavy gale blew along the coast last night, during which the ketch Lotus, which was moored at Kingston, broke her cable and went ashore. One end of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the Coast During the Storm—a Resident of Bondi Goes to the Bathing-place for His Usual Morning Dip
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Continued on Trove, page 30 →Heavy Storm on the South Australian Coast. a Coasting Steamer Wrecked. the Ketch Lotus Ashore. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide
A great storm prevailed on the coast last night. At Normanville the coasting steamer Cowry was totally wrecked in consequence of drifting ashore. At Kingston the ketch Lotus went ashore. The…
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