West Australia. Storms at Kanowna and Esperance. Severe Damage
KANOWNA, Friday.--A terrific storm burst over Kanowna on Wednesday afternoon. A terrible hailstorm followed, the hailstones breaking nearly all the windows…
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Floods in Europe
LONDON, March. 12.—Disastrous floods have occurred in France, Switzerland, and Germany…
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Heavy rains have taken place in Europe, causing disastrous floods in France, Switzerland, and Germany. Much damage has been done to property…
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A dour$ member of the Flood family was admitted into the district Hospital on Tuesday, suffering from typhoid. One son add three daughters are now…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A terrific gale and thunderstorm broke over the metro- polls this afternoon, working destruction throughout the city and suburbs, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Sunday's Storm. a Heavy Downpour. Houses Struck by Lightning
Heavy rain commenced to fall in Sydney on Saturday evening, and continued at various intervals throughout the night. About 5 o'clock on Sunday afternoon large black clouds began to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Violent Storm in Melbourne. a Young Woman Killed. Melbourne
A storm of exceptional violence swept over the city about 5 this afternoon. It lasted only 20 minutes, but levelled fences, chimneys, &c., in all directions. The hailstones which accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cabman Shot. Revolver at Waterloo. The Result of a Row. An Enraged Husband Storms a House-Throwing a Lighted Lamp
Arthur Stanford, the cabman who was shot by another cabman named Herbert Vandeberg at Botany or Waterloo on Saturday night, and who is now in the Sydney…
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Close muggy weather and a hard northerly blow proved the precursor of a violent thunderstorm in Sydney yesterday. The storm burst over the city in a terrific westerly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Sailor Stabbed. On a New York Ship. While a Storm Raged. A Light Penalty-- The First Offenders Act
John Peter, a Greek sailor, was indicted before his Honor Acting-Judge Rogers, at the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day for having, whilst on the high seas, maliciously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goldfields of Western Australia. (From Our Correspondent.) Flood at Mount Magnet. Three Miners Drowned
News from Mount Magnet states that the New Chum mine has been flooded with storm water, and that three men were drowned, namely, Arthur Daniels, Wm. Campbell, and Roger…
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PERTH, Thursday.--Big floods are reported in the Mount Magnet district. All immense body of water rushing down the gully flooded the workings of the New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Saturday's Gale. Wreck of a Ketch
During the gale on Saturday the ketch Petrel became a total wreck at the Bellinger River. She went ashore on the south beach on Friday afternoon whilst attempting to cross the bar. Anchors…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Flood Estate Difficulty. Presentation of Addresses
Arising out of the settlement of what was known as the Flood Estate difficulty there was a pleasing ceremony which took place in front of the Kegworth Public School, in the Leichhardt district, on…
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The farmers of the large extent of agricultural land known as the annexed area have been called upon at the instance of the West Maitland Borough Council to pay some years' arrears of rates chargeable…
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At the Kegworth Public School, Leichhardt, close to the Flood Estate, on Saturday, an interesting presentation was made. This was the presenting of two…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Flood Estate. Celebrating the Settlement
On Saturday afternoon the residents of the Flood estate, who, it will be remembered, were living in dally dread, some few weeks ago, of being ejected from their homes, assembled in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Scheme to Mitigate Floods. West Maitland
Mr. Price, the engineer from the Public Works Department, who has been formulating a scheme of flood mitigation for the Hunter River Valley, reached West Maitland from Denman to-day. The journey…
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WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--Mr. E. B. Price, supervising engineer for the Harbors and Rivers Department, who some time ago was commissioned by the Minister for…
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