The Co-operative Colliery Flooded. 600 Men Thrown Out of Work. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 July 1889 · page 5
NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- Considerable excitement prevailed at Wallsend and Plattsburg early this morning consequent upon a report that the Co-operative Colliery, situated in the latter…
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Evening News · Wednesday 31 July 1889 · page 6
NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.—The Wallsend Mine, the largest in the district, has had a few working places flooded to a slight extent, by a cause similar to that which has swamped the Co-operative…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Flooded Colliery. Pumping Operations. NEWCASTLE
The Australian Star · Wednesday 31 July 1889 · page 6
At the Co-operative Pit pumping operations are being carried out with considerable vigor. It is anticipated that the delay in getting to work will not be as long as…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 July 1889 · page 6
WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--Mr. Gordon, the hydraulic engineer, who has been absent in Melbourne for a short time, returns to Maitland to-morrow to resume his inquiries [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclone in Southern Hungary. London, July 29
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 238
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 238 →The Australian Town and Country Journal. Sydney, Saturday, August 3, 1889. A Storm in a Teapot
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 18
There was every probability last week of a serious. quarrel between the Assembly and the Legislative Council. The Council had, so far, altered the bill providing for the payment of…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Disastrous Floods in China. London, July 27
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 238
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 238 →Terrible Floods in America. the Johnstown Disaster. (Sea illustration on page 27.)
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 9
The terrible disaster which overwhelmed Johnstown, in Pennsylvania (U.S.A.), on May 31 last, is the most appalling of any recent event of the kind. Johnstown was a flourishing place, at the eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heavy Rain on the North Coast. Clarence and Richmond Rivers Rising. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 August 1889 · page 5
GRAFTON, Sunday Night.--Heavy rain net in on Friday evening and since then has continued, with a strong wind from the south-east. On Saturday evening the rain fell heavily and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Visit of the Emperor William to England. Arrival of the German Squadron at Spithead. the Emperor the Guest of the Queen at Osborne. the Naval Review Postponed. a Gale Along the Coast. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Aug. 2
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 August 1889 · page 7
The Emperor William of Germany, escorted by 12 German ironclads, arrived at Spithead to-day in the Imperial yacht Hohenzollern. The Emperor, who was…
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The Australian Star · Monday 5 August 1889 · page 5
ANGLEDOOL, Saturday.-- Marran River is now very high and over the banks. It is flooding the low lauds, but the flood waters are expected to fall in a few days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Heavy Rain on the Coast. a Mild Winter at Kiandra
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 5
Though it has been uncomfortably went in the city for the past day or two) the rainfall has not been heavy. Up to last night at 9 o'clock, the quantity as measured by Mr. H. C. Russell, at the Observatory,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Floods in the North. Safe Arrival of a Steamer. Wharves Submerged--Discharging Operations Suspended. Lismore Under Water. GRAFTON
The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 6
The Clarence has been visited by another heavy fall of rain, which seems general along the northern seaboard. After the subsidence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in the North. Extraordinary Rainfall. LISMORE
The Australian Star · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 5
Heavy rain set in on Saturday evening, and continued without intermission till this morning, when the weather broke. It is still showery at times…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the Richmond--damage by Flood Waters. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 August 1889 · page 5
LISMORE, Monday, 10 a.m.--Henry rain set in on Saturday evening and continued without intermission until this morning, when the weather broke somewhat. A strong easterly…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 August 1889 · page 8
The river here is up about 26ft., having only risen slowly during the night. During the lost two hours it has only risen 2in. Rain fell heavily all night, the register for the last 24 hours showing 4·90in. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Weather. Floods in the North. Preparing for the Worst. MACLEAN
The Australian Star · Wednesday 7 August 1889 · page 6
We are experiencing heavy floods again on the Clarence, and rain has fallen almost without stopping since Friday night last. Over 800 points have been registered, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the Richmond. Town of Lismore Flooded. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 August 1889 · page 5
LISMORE, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m.--Heavy rain continued all night without intermission. The river is still rising and is up now 28ft. Last night's water is not yet down. The waters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Rainfall. Heavy Floods in the North
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 August 1889 · page 5
The rain still continues, with little sign of holding up, and of the downpour are being severely felt in the low-lyine lands around tho city. It is only the continuous…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Late Floods at Maitland. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 August 1889 · page 5
WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.-- The West Branland Borough Council yesterday received an intimation through the member for the town, Mr. R.W. Thompson, that a sum of f000 had…
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