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The weather is threatening. The river is still running out. The movements of steamers are uncertain. The pilot will sound the bar late this evening. The crows of the vessels lost at Byron Bay arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Our Raymond Terrace correspondent telegraphed on Monday:—A public meeting of the residents of Lower Hunter was held here this afternoon. The object was to consider what action might be taken in view of the…
Continued on Trove, page 215 →The rain ceased to-day. If a break had not occurred the result would have been disastrous. There is a great fresh in the river, and at noon D. L. Brown and Co.'s Short-street wharf, Pattigrew's wharf, and…
Continued on Trove, page 196 →For two or three daye in the latter part of last week, a large portion of the northern part of this colony, and the southern part of Queensland, was in a flooded condition. The weather along the coast was very…
Continued on Trove, page 195 →The rainfall for the last 24 hours registered 86 points. It has been showery all day. The river has risen 12ft. The wharfs all along the river are under water. The river is still rising slowly. At Bellbrook, 45 miles up,…
Continued on Trove, page 196 →Heavy rain set in on Sunday night, and continued till Thursday without abatement, accompanied by a high south-easterly wind. The river rose slowly until Thursday at noon, when it was within 3ft. of the…
Continued on Trove, page 196 →The storm of last week will long be remembered here. During Thursday, Friday, and Saturday an easterly gale blew with terrific violence, accompanied with an incessant downpour of rain, which resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 196 →The river rope to within 5ft. of the level of the 1887 flood, or 18in. below that of 1863. It is now falling, but all low-lying portions of the city are submerged, though the business places are clear of water. The river broke…
Continued on Trove, page 196 →The weather has now settled, and the sun is shining brightly. Thursday night's storm has done a lot of damage, many people being flooded out. At…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →RAYMOND TERRACE, Tuesday.—The residents of the Lower Hunter held a meeting here on Monday afternoon to consider what action should be taken in view of the movement at West…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →LONDON, July 27.—News from China states that the Yellow River has burst its banks in the province of Shantung, and caused disastrous floods, which submerged an extensive area of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News from China states that the Yellow River has burst its banks in the province of Shantung, and caused disastrous floods, which submerged an extensiv[?] area of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LISMORE, Saturday.--The steamers are still bar-bound. The pilot has taken the soundings. There are 12ft. of water on the bar, and the channel runs cast from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News from the East states that the Yellow River has again burst its banks at Shantung, inundating the country for miles. Hundreds of lives have been lost in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, July 29.—The southern portion of Hungary has been visited by a disastrous cyclone, which has caused serious loss of life and damage to property. Twenty-one mills, situated on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The southern portion of Hungary has been visited by a disastrous cyclone, which has caused serious loss of life and damage to property. Twenty-one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEWCASTLE, Monday.—The partial flooding of the Co-operative Colliery is reported. The mine is a large one, employing over 200 men, and situated at Plattsburg, close to Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In connection with the flooding of the Co-operative Mine, it has transpired that the pit was swamped with surface water from the pit-falls, in addition to the water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late last night Mr. James Fletcher, jun., manager of the Co-operative Colliery, who was in Newcastle, received a wire from the overman, staling that the flat in the pit…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE FIRE AT THE BRIDGE. CAMBRIA IRON WORKS. PROSPECT-HILL. THE HEART OF THE CITY. CONEMAUGH VALLEY. JOHNSTOWN-HILL. VIEW OF THE INUNDATED CITY OF JOHNSTOWN…
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