The Gale and the Shipping
The wind in the storm was from south to south-south-east, blowing hardest from the latter quarter, in the harbor the storm was severely felt. It caused a nasty, choppy sea,…
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Storms in America. Loss Op Life--destruction of Property
LONDON, Saturday.--Terrific rainstorms have occurred in the districts of Ottawa and Peoria, in the state of Kansas, in the United States…
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News from America states that terrific rainstorms have occurred in the districts of Ottawa and Peoria. The storms were of a most violent nature, accompanied by…
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AS [?] when there has been a heavy downpour, of rain the flat at Marrickville was yesterday flooded, but very little injury was done, and it was found unnecessary for the inhabitants…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Rain has been falling almost incessantly since 1 o'clock this morning. The principal thoroughfares are almost inundated by the unceasing…
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The Newcastle had a very rough trip from Newcastle on Sunday. She left Newcastle at 11.45 p.m. on the 20th and berthed at the company's Sydney wharf 11.20 a.m. on the 21st., having experienced the…
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The gale was severely fell in Neutral Bay and Careening Cove, where it played havoc with the boatsheds and boats. Among the vessels to sutler was Mr. Milson's well-known…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--The steamer Franklin, from Melbourne to Port Kembla, ran for shelter to Wilson's Promontory yesterday. A very heavy easterly gale is…
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The structure in Mary-street, Surry-hills, which was blown down on Sunday was no more than the walls and roof of a building in which a fire occurred some time ago. Such…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hawkesbury River. Preparing for a Flood. Most Depressing Outlook. WINDSOR
The river rose slowly till midday yesterday, when the local waters, augmented by the up country waters, began to rise rapidly, as much as 2ft. an hour being registered…
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WINDSOR, Monday.--Very heavy and constant rain with heavy wind set in on Saturday night and continued until this morning at daylight. Three inches of rain…
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Further testimony of the severity of the heavy weather off the coast is given by Captain Barneson, of the barque Woollahra, which made the port last evening. This…
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QUEANBEYAN, Tuesday.—Unprecedented rains and floods have interfered with to-morrow's polling, which will have to be postponed at three polling places west of the Murrumbidgee River,…
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As has been reported by telegraph, floods which have occurred in the southern, parts of the country will prevent polling taking place at some of the appointed polling places. Although this will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Yesterday's Favourable Change. Rivers in Flood. the Rainfall in the Country. Overdue Intercolonial Steamers
A marked change took place in the weather early yesterday, and although throughout the day there was a threatening sky, no rain of any consequence fell. The rainfall registered in Sydney from 9 a.m…
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CAMDEN, Tuesday.--The water rose just sufficiently to float a boat from near the Camden tweed factory, along the line to the river. It is now slowly receding. Rain is…
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GOULBURN, Tuesday.--Rain has been falling almost incessantly all day. The Wollondilly River in many places is over its banks. A part of the suburbs of Eastgrove…
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CAPTAIN'S FLAT, Tuesday.--We are having the greatest flood ever known here. People are being carried out of their houses for safety to Goggin's Hotel. A number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather. Another Heavy Gale. Destructive Floods in the Country. the Coastal Traffic Blocked
Yesterday witnessed a return of bad weather at this port and, in fact, nearly ail the way along tho New South Wales coast. The wind throughout tho day blew a gale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Renewal of the Rainfall. Flood Reports—gales on the Coast. Shipping Disasters. Safe Arrival of the Wendouree
A brief respite from rain in the metropolis on Tuesday was quickly succeeded by a renewal of light showers yesterday, and more or less throughout the day in the city rain was falling. The reports from…
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