Storms in Austria. Three Villages Fired by Lightning
LONDON, Friday.--Terrific thunderstorms have occurred in Austria during the last few days, accompanied by fierce lightning. Three villages have been set…
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Three Villages Fired. Terrific Thunder. Storms. London, June 26
Terrific thunderstorms, accompanied by vivid lightning, have been experienced in Austria during the past few days. Three villages were set on fire by the lightning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather. General Rains Throughout Colony. Reports From the Flooded Districts. Homesteads Under Water. Railway Lines Submerged and Mails Delayed. Gales on the Coast Moderating
The rainfall was general over the whole colony yesterday. No district was exempt, from the extreme north to Gabo Island, or from Port Stephens to Wilcannia. A change was noticeable in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Latest Telegams. SYDNEY, Friday 3.30 p.m. the Floods
The flood at Windsor and Richmond reached its maximum yesternight. The residents were compelled to leave their homes and remove to places of safety on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest Cables. LONDON, Thurday. Great Floods
News is to hand of great floods in Iowa in America. Several towns are submerged, and there are 35 miles of the Central Railway under water. Telegraph…
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LONDON, June 26.—Exceptionally heavy rains in the United States have resulted in most disastrous floods. Great tracts of country in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather. Shipping Ashore. Floods in the Country. Railway Traffic Interrupted. Bridges Washed Away
A telegram from Bateman's Bay last night reported that several vessels had been driven ashore there, among them the Bessie Maud and Sarah Beattie, but they were in such a position that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in America. Loss of Life and Property. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, June 26
Great floods have occurred in the United States as the rosult of recent heavy rains. Large tracts of country in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Dakota are submerged…
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LONDON, Thursday Night.--From New York it is reported that terrible floods have occurred in the State of Iowa, causing an enormous destruction of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Murrumbidgee in Flood. a Bridge Carried Away
GUNDAGAI, Friday.--The Murrumbidgee River is falling and is now at 24 ft. 6in. The river flats are still submerged, and as it has been raiping all day it is feared that the…
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RICHMOND, Friday.--The Hawkesbury River to-night is 24ft. over the Richmond bridge, having fallen 2ft. during the last 24 hours, but there is little fall as yet in the…
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BOMBALA, Friday.--Rain is still falling heavily. The river is a banker and rising 2ft. per hour. All the people living on the banks of the river have cleared out, as a big…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Another Rough Day. Further Shipping Disasters. the Destructive Floods in the Country
Yesterday proved another rough day on the coast, the wind blowing hard from the eastward, accompanied by violent squalls of rain, and the sea being being nearly all…
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NOWRA, Wednesday.—The river has risen very rapidly, and it has been raining here with but slight intermission since Saturday last. Last night it rose to such a height that another…
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The river, which was falling yesterday afternoon, has commenced to rise again. Heavy rain is falling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Maori Version of the Deluge
According to the tradition in the Nga-i-tahu tribe of Maoris, men had become very numerous, and evil prevailed everywhere. The tribes quarrelled, and wars were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Vagabond the Recent Gale
The barquentine Vagabond, belonging to Captain Vos, of this city, pat into Port Jackson on Saturday in distress, having shifted her cargo and sprung a leak during the recent easterly gale. The Vagabond…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Arcadia in a Gale
The easterly gale which swept along the New South Wales seaboard last week, extended to the Victorian coast, and was severely felt by tho P. and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storms in Germany. Telegraph Communication Interrupted. Floods on the Upper Rhine
LONDON, Saturday.--The intense heat which for some days past has been experienced in Germany still continues. A waterspout broke over the district of…
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FORBES, Saturday.—The Lachlan River is a banker here and rising. In all the low-lying parts the water is breaking over the banks and spreading into the country. A big flood is…
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