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Heavy rains and floods still prevail in various parts of the North. At Normanton the flood waters rose 2ft. above the level of last year's big flood. Considerable damage has been [?]one. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AUCKLAND, Friday. -- Heavy rains hare fallen in the North Island, and floods are reported at Wellington. A landslip has caused a stoppage of traffic on the Napier (Hawke's Bay) railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ROCKHAMPTON, Saturday.—The river is falling very rapidly. Silica Tuesday morning it has receded 5ft at Yaamba and about the same here. The Railway and Deepwater Wharves, which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamship Katoomba, under charter to the North German Lloyd's Co., arrived in harbor this morning from Samoa after one of the stormiest passages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early this morning a German three-masted schooner, the Helene, from Hamburg, October 30, for Sydney, put in for repairs. The mishap occurred shortly after noon on Saturday, about 70…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aldermen J. H. Brunker and Gillies waited upon the Minister at Maitland asking him to seek assistance for them from the Department of Works for the opening of a tunnel at Louth Park,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tenders are being invited by the Minister for Works for another instalment of the storm- water sewerage, the date of receipt being fixed for March 4. The channel will run from the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, wednesday.--A disastrous flood has occurred at Johnstown in the United states. A number of bridges were demolished,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NOTWITHSTANDING that ten aldermanic tongues wagged for several hours on Monday evening last around the motion introduced by Alderman DIXON into the Parramatta Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN the Parramatta Borough Council on Monday evening the following order of the day was called on: Adjourned motion by Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TOWNSVILLE (Q.), Friday.— Heavy rain fell all last night and still continues. If the wet weather keeps up much longer there will be a flood. Some of the low-lying streets in the North Ward…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The flood waters which swamped the city of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and caused the wholesale destruction of bridges and property, are now subsiding. It is estimated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The floods at Johnstown, in the State of Pennsylvania, United States, are subsiding. The loss in the neighborhood of Pittsburg,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SELDOM, if ever, has there been such a sudden and fierce downpour in Sydney as there was to-day. The rain fell literally in torrents, and in a very few minutes indeed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the Central Police Court yesterday, Charles Marsden, 33, clerk, was charged with, having stolen a waterproof coat valued at 20s, the property of Samuel H. Wilks. Prosecutor stated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MURRURUNDI, Tuesday.—A fearful storm passed over here about 5 o'clock on Monday afternoon, completely wrecking several houses, and levelling them to the ground. The houses of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The heavy storm that passed over the city on Monday was remarkable for its extraordinary velocity. It originated in the tropics, and struck Australia, somewhere in the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A frightful storm passed over here about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, completely wrecking several houses and levelling them to the ground. Mrs. Stevenson's and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Towards noon yesterday the sky became overcast, and low fleeting clouds, damping the atmosphere and darkening the daylight, gave sure indication that a storm was brewing. A few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A representative of the STAR had a talk with Air. H. C. Russell Government Astronomer, a few minutes after the storm had ceased. Mr. Russell said the storm has come…
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