A Terrible Cyclone in Texas. 2,000,000 Dollars Damage
LONDON, Saturday.--A terrible cyclone has swept over the State of Texas, in the United States of America, causing damage to property to the extent of 2,000,000dol…
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Terrific Cyclone. Two Millions of Dollars Damage. LONDON, July 6
A terrific cyclone in the State of Texas has caused damage to property to the extent of 2,000, 000dol…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Johnstown Floods. Details of the Disaster. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Albany
The R.M.S. Valetta, which arrived from London to-day, brings the following detailed account of the Johnstown disaster:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Terrible Flood in America. the Conemaugh Valley, Submerged. Whole Townships Swept Away. Hundreds Roasted to Death. (By Telegraph From Albany.)
LONDON, June 7.--Since the Peruvian earthquake in August, 1888, the world has seen no disaster of such frightful magnitude, accompanied by such pitiable incidents, as occurred…
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WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.—At a meeting of the West Maitland Flood Prevention Committee, held last night, there was a large attendance. The Mayor (Mr. J. Gillies) presided…
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Mr. Gordon, the hydraulic engineer, who has been requested to report on the recent floods in the Hunter River district, and suggest a means for their prevention in future, arrived in Sydney…
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MR. GORDON, the hydraulic engineer who consented to report on the Hunter River floods and the means to be devised for preventing a recurrence of them, arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News by Telegraph. Shot While Hunting Wallabies. Flood Prevention on the Hunter
WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--At a meeting of the West Maitland Flood Prevention Committee held last night there was a large attendance. The Mayor (Mr. J. Gilibes) presided ALBURY, Tuesday.--A man named Robert Pepper, a stockkeeper, residing at Gay's Forest, in the Upper Murray district, was admitted into the Albury Hospital yesterday…
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LONDON, July 10.—The Scinde, that part of India which forms the delta of the River Indus, has been visited by a disastrous flood. The river has overflowed its banks, and an enormous…
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Heavy rain again began to fall in Sydney and suburbs about 9 o'clock yesterday morning, continuing right through the day, over 1½in. being recorded at the Government Observatory…
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WEST MAITLAND, Friday.—Mr. Gordon, the hydraulic engineer who has been engaged by the' Government to formulate some scheme for relieving the Hunter River district from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods on the Hunter. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—You were right in describing my last communication as optimistic. And yet you could not fail to observe a dark picture in the background, from which the mind turned away. In the event of such a flood as…
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The R.M.S. Valetta, which arrived at Albany on Sunday, from London, brings the following additional details of the Johnstown disaster:—LONDON, JUNE 7…
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WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--Mr. Gordon, who has been appointed by the Government to visit the Hunter River district and report on the best means of protecting it from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods on the Hunter. Steps for Prevention. (By Telegraph.)
WEST MAITLAND, Friday. -- Mr. Gordon, the hydraulic engineer, who has been engaged by the Government to formulate some scheme for relieving the Hunter River district from floods,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods at Balranald. Stations Prevented From Shearing. (By Telegraph.)
BALRANALD, Friday. -- The water has flowed over the banks of the river at places and inundated the country to a great extent. It is expected that no shearing will take place this…
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WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.—At a meeting of the West Maitland Flood Prevention Committee, held last night, there was a large attendance. The Mayor (Mr. J. Gillies) presided…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Repairing the New Zealand Cable. the Cable Steamer Sherard Osborn in a Gale
Mr. J. Euston Squier, local superintendent of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, has favoured us will the following:- LA PEROUSE, SUNDAY…
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WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.—The committee formed in connection with the flood prevention movement on the Hunter River met, on Friday morning, Mr. Gordon, the hydraulic engineer,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mitigation of the Effects of Floods in the Hunder. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) West Maitland
Mr. G. Gordon, hydraulic engineer, who is on a visit here to roport as to the best means of mitigating the effects of floods in the Hunter, had an interview yesterday, at Hodgson's Royal Hotel, with several members…
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