Floods in Japan. Three Thousand Homes Destroyed
LONDON, July 9.—Destructive floods, have been experienced in Japan. At Toyoma, on the west coast, near Jetsits-vu, 3000 dwellings were destroyed…
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Floods in Japan. Three Thousand Houses Destroyed. London, July 9
Disastrous floods have occurred in the Toyama district, Japan. Three thousand houses have been destroyed…
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LONDON, Thursday.--Destructive floods, which have been experienced at Toyoma, the centre of commerce on the northern coast of Japan, have destroyed 3000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day's Gale. a Stiff South-westerly. Accident at Manly. The Steamer Cygnet Ashore
A strong soutb-westerly gale was Wowing ia Sydney this morning, and together with the ocoasicnal showers of rain, with the cold atmo-sphere, the result of the snowstorms in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday's Gale. Accident to a Tug
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.-The Sydney tug Goole, No. 9, arrived this morning early, disabled, in tow of the tug Newburgh. It appears that the vessel got a rope round her propeller, which is now being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Clearing Rains in the Country. a Southerly Gale
Between 6 and 7 o'clock yesterday morning the wind shifted to the W.S.W. quarter, and for an hour b[?] at 38 miles per hour. Some of the gusts were at a force of 45 miles, and rain set in, 14 points…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather. a Southerly Gale. a Ferry Steamer Aground at Manly
The meterological conditions were decidedly, unpleasant yesterday. At an early hour the wind increased to a gale, and at 6 o'clock it was blowing at the rate of 38 miles an hour, with occasional…
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BATHURST, Wednesday.--The work necessary to protect the banks of the Macquarie River next Denison Bridge was commenced yesterday, when a gang of men was employed in cutting an opening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Recent Gale. Sydney Tugboats in Trouble
The tugs Irresistible and Goole No. 9 had a rough experience on Wednesday in the southerly gale which was blowing along the coast. About 5 p.m. the previous day the Irresistible picked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. Frosts and Snow Inland. Southerly Gales Along the Coast
From Bourke on the Darling, where they had 37 points of rain up to Saturday morning, rain fell to the eastward and north-east (at Brewarrina 44 points, Walgett 65, and Mungundi 50), and generally…
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Rain set in in Sydney early yesterday morning, and continued off and on throughout the day, and last evening copious showers fell, the streets in the city being in a state of flood. Up to a late…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storm Waters Paddington
A deputation from the Paddington Council recently waited on the president of the Water and Sewerage Board to ask that the board would undertake the laying of a line or pipes along the watercourse running…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →An American Cyclone. Terrible Destruction of Life at St. Louis
Of the recent terrible cyclone which swept over the State of Missouri (U.S.A.), the London "Times" of Friday, June 5, says:— It was especially destructive in the City of St…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Among the Ponies. Rosebery Park and Kensington Races. "Geordie" and the "Hook." Disconsolate Bookmakers. Storm Wins Midst a Deluge of Rain
THERE is nothing more exasperating to the scrupulous Bookie, vulpine though he be, when he throws off his bag to punt on a (walk-over'—a technics) phrase—to find…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Risky Voyage. The s.s. Lubra in a Gale. Put Rack to Sydney in Distress
YESTERDAY morning there arrived (put back) in Port Jackson the s.s. Lubra, a vessel of some 45 horse-power, chartere by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., for a trip…
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The steamer Lubra, which left Sydney on Thursday last for Tonga, to take up the running in the Islands under the auspices of the Tonga Trading Company, returned to port on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Gale Off the Coast. Terrific Seas Break Over the Steamer Lubra. She Returns to Port for Repairs
The steamer Lubra was in the thick of the gale off the coast last Thursday night Since she was launched 20 years ago as the Frank Batters from the yards at Hayle, in Corn wall, she has some through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Soudan Expedition. Heavy Rain' at Kosheh. the First for Nine Years. the Second Cataract
LONDON, August 4.—Heavy rain has fallen at Kosheh, in the Soudan. It was the first rain for nine years. The wells were filled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Soudan Expedition. Heavy Rain at Kosheh. the First for Nine Years. London, Aug. 4
Heavy rain has fallen at Kosheh, in the Soudan. It was the first rain for nine years. The wells were filled. Steamers are now enabled to pass over…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Soudan Expedition. Heavy Rain on the Upper Nile. the First for Nine Years. Steamers Passing the Second Cataract
LONDON, Tuesday.--The British military expedition against the Khalifa on the Upper Nile reports that heavy rain has fallen at Kosheh, being the first rain for nine years,…
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