The Floods in the South. (By Telegraph.)
BALRANALD, Wednesday.--The River Edwards is still rising at Moulamein, and embankments are being thrown up around the lowlying parts of the township. The road to…
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News from the East. Terrible Floods. Great Loss of Life. Horrible Brutality to Slaves. a Chinese Telegraph System
THURSDAY ISLAND, September 26.—Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Company's steamer Kent, from Hongkong for Sydney, has arrived here, bringing Hongkong advices to the 9th instant. From…
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A thunderstorm passed over the district last night with heavy rain, wind, and hail. The wmd was very violent, and, together with the hail, has caused great damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News From the East. Terrible Floods in Japan. Ten Thousand People Drowned. a Gigantic Telegraphic Scheme. (By Cable)
Thursday Island, Thursday.--The steame Kent arrived here this morning, bringing Hongkong advices to September 9. From them the following is extracted:--…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.--Last night's storm did great damage in the country districts. At Murchison the wind blew a perfect hurricane, trees were blown down,…
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THURSDAY ISLAND, Friday.—The following extracts have been selected from eastern files just to hand: The floods at Ninghpo are described as the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News From China and the East. Disastrous Floods in Japan. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Thursday Island
The following items are from the Hongkong files by the steamer Kent, which passed yesterday:- Floods occurred at Ningpo recently which were…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →News From the East. Further Disastrous Floods. a Native Runs Amuck and Stabs 16 Persons. (By Cable.)
THURSDAY ISLAND, Friday. -- Eastern files just to hand describe the floods at Ningpo as the most disastrous experienced for 40 years past. Hundreds of families have been left…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Accounts from the country regarding the storm on Thursday evening show that considerable damage was done in t the north-eastern districts. Sensational accounts…
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Reports received from the Upper Murray district continue to show that the damage done by the late floods is much more extensive and widespread than at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods on the Murray. Continued Wet Weather. Prospects for the Coming Season. (By Telegraph.)
ALBURY, Sunday.--The Murray to-day showed a rise of 6in. since yesterday, due to the heavy rains which fell on Friday and yesterday and the melting snow. The stream is yet a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Rise in the Murrumbidgee. Hay Partially Flooded. (By Telegraph.)
HAY, Monday.--The River Murrumbidgee, which has been gradually rising during the last week, has now reached a height of 21ft. 3in., and is flowing freely over its banks for a…
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Fortunately it is very seldom that a steamer of the size and class of the Elingamite has an experience such as that vessel reports meeting with in [?] round to this port from Launceston, via Melbourne. It was crossing Bass's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Floods in the South. Coaching Difficulties. (By Telegraph.)
BALRANALD, Thursday.--Owing to the floods in the Murray and Edward Rivers three different coaches have to be need on the Balranald to Swan-hill line. One couch goes from Balranald…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Accounts from the country regarding the storm on Thursday evening show that considerable damage was done in the north-eastern districts. Sensational accounts…
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PERTH, Saturday.--The weather has been very wet and boisterous this week and a heavy gale has been blowing at Fremantle. The coal hulk Kebroyd was blown ashore…
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LONDON, October 5.—A disastrous cyclone has occurred off the island of Carmen, in the Golf of Mexico. Thirty vessels were wrecked, and many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone at Mexico. Thirty Vessels Wrecked. Many Lives Lost. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Oct. 5
A disastrous cyclone has occurred along the coast of Mexico. Thirty vessels were wrecked, and many lives have been lost. On land numerous buildings were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thunderstorms in Victoria. a Young Woman Killed--damage by Rain and Hail. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Last night different portions of the colony were visited by a thunderstorm of abnormal violence. At Castlemaine the rain fell in torrents, inundating the…
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LONDON, October 7.—The seaport town of Cagliad, on the southern coast of the Island of Sardinia, has been visited by a disastrous storm. Two hundred and forty houses were destroyed,…
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