A Warehouse Flooded
On Saturday morning the employees of Messrs. Riley Brothers, in Bathurst and George streets, on opening the establishment for business, found a depth of 10in. of…
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A Storm Experience
The Sydney ketch Maggie Gollan 59 tons, put into Melbourne on Monday in distress. The vessel left Sydney on the 9th inst. and two days later fell in with an easterly gale…
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The ketch Maggie Gollan, 59 tons, which left Sydney on the 9th instant for Cossack (W.A.), with timber and dynamite, put into Melbourne on Monday in distress. Two days…
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Not a drop of rain fell in the colony on Tuesday, and on Wednesday but a few drops fell about the Clarence and Richmond districts Yesterday all the 3 p.m. telegrams told of fine weather, with…
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The storms which the Queensland weather prophet let loose last week have not yet expended their force, judging from the particulars to hand by telegram to-day from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods in Queensland. COOKTOWN, April 11
On Sunday rain fell heavily, accompanied by thunder. The rainfall at the Annan and Normanby rivers was very heavy. On Sunday evening the water was 30ft. over the Normanby…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A fearful accident happened about 8 o'clock on Friday night at the Metropolitan Board of Works sewerage tunnel at…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Special Edition. Storms in N.z. Enormous Damage. Bridges and Houses Washed Away. Several Lives Lost. Heavy Pall of Rain
The New Zealand files just to hand give account of the disastrous hurricane which passed over the island on April 14. Besides several persons being killed and drowned,…
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WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.—A largely-attended meeting was held in the Town Hall last night, regarding flood mitigation. The Mayor…
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A tale of disaster was told by Edward Rossiter, a farmer, when applying this morning to the Bankruptcy Court for a certificate of discharge. A sequestration order was made…
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VEST MAITLAND, Tuesday-- A meeting of citizens was held this evening in the Town-hall with reference to flood prevention. A resolution was carried in favor of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storms in New Zealand Towns Flooded. Great Damage to Property. Railway Lines Blocked--Telegraphs Interrupted--Bridges Swept Away
New Zealand files to hand contain particulars of the violent storms which were experienced there a week ago. At Wellington the southeriy gale which sprang up on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Prevention. Public Meeting at Maitland. MAITLAND
A public meeting was held in the Town Hall on Thursday evening for the purpose of assisting in a general scheme for the mitigation of floods in Hunter River Valley…
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WINDSOR, Friday.--A meeting was held to-day to discuss the question of assisting tarmers who sustained losses by the late floods. It was resolved to give or lend…
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The Union Company's Fiji steamer Taupo, in charge of Captain Bentley, from Lyttelton to Auckland, had westerly gales from the East Cape up. Great bodies of water broke on board,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shipping in Trouble. Storms on New Zealand Coast. Some Rough Experiences
News has been received in Sydney of damage to shipping in the recent heavy weather off the New Zealand coast. The Kauri Timber Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather. a Gale on the Coast. the Rainfall in the Country
A strong south-west gale, with rough sea was reported at Gabo Island yesterday, and at must of the other stations it was blowing fresh to strong from the westward, offering a…
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Various parts of England were visited, on 2[?] March, by a gale of unusual soverity, which wrought immense destruction of property, and, in several instances, caused loss of life in London,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms in New Zealand. Enormous Damage. Bridges and Houses Washed Away. Several Lives Lost
The New Zealand files just to hand give account of the disastrous hurricane which passed over the island on April 14. Besides several persons being killed and drowned,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrific Cyclone. Great Damage. 100 Persons Killed
LONDON, May 5.—A cyclone has swept over the States of South Dakota and Iowa, doing enormous damage to property. Over 100 persons are…
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