The Meta in a Cyclone
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 9
The schooner Meta, Captain de Vries, well-known in Sydney, experienced frightful weather after leaving Adelaide for Port Natal the other day. An Albany report is to hand which says—When nine days out off the Leuwin, the Meta…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Floods in the West. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Menindle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 6
The river rose an inch and a-half yesterday. The water is now within a few yards of Mr. Faust's blacksmith's shop and private residence, but is dammed-in by large embankment. The detained mailmen who left…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Western Floods
The Australian Star · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 2
IN view of the fact that a number of the pastoral tenants and homestead lessees on, the Darling and its tributaries have had their country rendered useless for months to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Relief Fund
The Australian Star · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 6
GUNNEDAH, Friday.--A public meeting was hold in the School of Arts last night, the mayor presiding, to express sympathy for those who have been affected by the late…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods on the Darling. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 5
WILCANNIA, Thursday.--The river has risen a quarter of an inch since yesterday, but now appears stationary, to-day's record being 36ft. 7in. Stations up the river report the water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Fitzroy Falls After Heavy Rain
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 1144
Trove gives no preview of this one. Open it to read the story on the page.
Continued on Trove, page 1144 →Heavy Rain on the River--water Again Rising
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 6
WILCANNIA, Friday.--Shortly after 6 o'clock last evening rain commenced to fall and continued with intermissions till 10 o'clock, when it culminated in a heavy thunderstorm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Storm in the Freethought Tea-pot
The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 6
Come list to me, and I'll tell you a story of our times, About a savage rumpus, in the camp of Joseph Symes,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Catholic Appeal From Bourke. the Recent Flood and Its Effects. The Presbytery, Bourke, May 19, 1890. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 15
SIR,—Would you kindly insert in the next issue of the FREEMAN the enclosed letter of Dr. Dunne, Bishop of Wileannia, approving of and practically supporting and approving an appeal for assistance in aid of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Floods in the West. [By Telegrpah.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bourke
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 10
A telegram has been sent by the Bourke forwarding firms, pointing out the inconvenience which would be caused if te goods sheds were closed from Saturday to Monday, because of the public holiday. Fully 100 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Floods in the West. Bourke
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 1152
Of the £50 granted by the Government for relief but little has been expended, the committee refusing to supply anything but rations. Only one applicant accepted these. Through railway communication is…
Continued on Trove, page 1152 →Concert for the Flood Relief Fund
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 1137
An excellent concert was given in the Protestant Hall on Friday, 16th, in aid of the Flood Relief Fund. The entertainment was initiated by Mrs. Andrew, who acted as hon. secretary, and readily…
Continued on Trove, page 1137 →Another Flood. a Story of Palestine
The Dead Bird · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 4
We get the following story replete with Oriental concentricities direct from the Lebanon having correspondents even in that remote region of the world's cradle, in that land of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods on the Darling
The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 8
Further rain caused some uneasiness lest another flood should come down the Darling, as in the present state of the country it would take comparatively little to make a considerable rise in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Western Sketcher. Bourke in Flood. West Bourke. The Camp of Refuge. The Government Resident--The Special Constables--Bak Blox in Camp--His Adventures and Misadventures
The Australian Star · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 3
I, BAK BLOX, being of sound mind and body, do hereby affirm and confirm these presents:-- Being desirous of seeing Bourke under…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Floods on the Darling. the Relief Fund. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 6
GUNNEDAH, Friday.--A public meeting was field in the School of Arts last night, the Mayor presiding, to express sympathy for those who have been affected by the late floods on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods on the Darling. Mails Delayed
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 18
WENTWORTH, May 21.—The sessions are over. The Chinaman charged with this manslaughter of the man Gannaway waa sentenced to three years' imprisonment. The prisoner Osborne, for…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Floods in Morocco. a Town in Ruins
Evening News · Monday 26 May 1890 · page 4
" LONDON, May 25.—The town of Serfou, in Morocco, has been flooded. Many Moors were drowned, and fifty Jews also lost their lives. The town is in ruins…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Floods in Morocco. a Town in Ruins. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 25
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 May 1890 · page 5
The town of Serfon, in Morocco, has been flooded. Many Moors were drowned, and [?] Jews also lost their lives. The town is in ruins…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales in the Southern Ocean
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1890 · page 7
Captain Passmore, of the Andola, reports meeting with more easterly weather from the Cape to Australia than westerly. This has been the experience of one or two shipmasters to Sydney lately. The Andola fell in with some…
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