Floods Predicted
KEMPSEY, January 7.—Mr. Clement Wragge's prediction that floods may be expected on the northern rivers created quite a scare among the residents of the…
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Thunderstorm at Mudgee. Good Gold. MUDGEE
Extremely hot and oppressive weather has been experienced in Mudgee during the past three days, the thermometer on Sunday showing higher than at any other time this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. Heavy Rain in Sydney
Heavy rain fell in Sydney at intervals yesterday, 49 points being recorded at the Observatory from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The wind was southerly, veering to the east in the…
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A terrific storm was experienced in the district on Monday, and in the vicinity of E[?]rom and Brewongie roofs were blown off houses, stacks destroyed, the telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Storm Near Bathurst. Houses Unroofed and Telegraph Poles Blown Down
BATHURST, Tuesday.--During a heavy storm yesterday considerable damage was done in the vicinity of Esrom, where houses were unroofed, stacks of hay blown down…
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London, January 15.-A terrible disaster has occurred at the Giglake Colliery, Audley, Staffordshire. Through the sudden flooding of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hanley Disaster. a Flooded Mine. Ninety Men Beyond Help. London, January 15
Latest news regarding the mining disaster at Hanley, in Staffordshire, is to the effect that all but 90 miners have been rescued from the workings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An English Colliery Flooded. 230 Men Entombed. 130 Rescued.--the Others Still Below
LONDON, Tuesday.--A terrible disaster has occurred at the Diglake Colliery in Staffordshire. Through the sudden flooding of the…
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TENTERFIELD, January 16.-A heavy thunderstorm broke over the town this morning accompanied by long pepls of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence River Floods. Proposed Preventive Dam
Mr. H. Archibald lias devised a scheme designed to present the of-recurring and disastrous floods on the Clarence River. The salient feature of this scheme is to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Parramatta Water Supply Proposal to Borrow £5000. A Discursive Deluge
AT the meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council on Monday last. Alderman Taylor moved : That a deputation, consisting of His…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Damage by the Storm in Suva
In our Auckland correspondent's cable given above reference is made to the damage wrought by the hurricane in Suva, the capital of Fiji. The Fiji Times thus describes the affair:—"On…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An Experience at Sea the Steamer Victoria in the Storm
The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Victoria, while on her voyage from Sydney to Suva, was caught in the full force of the hurricane. Captain D. Calder supplies the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale on the Coast
Dirty, miserable southerly weather prevailed along the coast yesterday, and to-day there is no change for the better. Port Stephens, at 10 o'clock, wired through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sea Flower in a Storm
After a quick, but rough, passage from Tweed River, the schooner Seaflower arrived in Port Jackson last evening, with the loss of several sails and a quantity of gear…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hurricane at Fiji. Fears of a Faine Amongst the Natives. the Most Destructive Storm on Record in the Fijian Group
The following extracts are from a private letter received by the last mail by Dr. Brown, general secretary of the Australasian Wesleyan Methodist Mission, from a friend at Suva:—The most…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Floods in the Northeen District. Railway and Telegraph Lines Interrupted
ADELAIDE, January 21.-Warrina Creek is in flood, and is running strongly; it is one mile wide. The telegraph line, a few miles north of Strangways Springs,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods near Kempsey. Farmers Terrified
KEMPSEY, January 21.-Rain has fallen almost unceasingly since Friday, 519 points having been registered. Storms have travelled up the river into New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cable Interruption Floods in South Australia. Fort Darwin Line Swept Away. The Perth Line Interrupted
We are without our usual cable messages to-day, owing to another break in the overland lines. The Postmaster-General received the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. (By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Floods in the North. the Railway Line Washed Away. Niterruption on the Overland. Telegraph Line Adelaide
The telegraph line has been carried away at Warrina Creek, a few miles north of Strangway's Springs. The creek, which is running strongly, is a mile wide. The flood also carried…
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