Deputations. Annandale Storm-water Channel
A deputation from Annandale and Camperdown councils, accompanied by Messrs. Mahony and Cotton, the members for the electorates, interviewed the…
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Stormy Conditions. Gales and Rough Seas on the Coast
Yesterday there was a repetition of the rough, stormy weather of last week, strong gales, high seas, and thick rain being reported along the seaboard as far north as Cape Hawke. Jervis Ray as usual had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Anxious Moment. Chapter I.--"in Thuds of Storm and Buffetings of Fate."
"If you could only prove that you were in the Upland wood at the time!" Old Lord Verlington say this with a sigh, looking at Meredyth with a very perplexed expression in his kind old…
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Yesterday, at the Parramatta Police Court, before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., and Mr Beames, J.P., David Douglass, blacksmith, of Church-street, summoned the police (with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Zealand. the Recent Floods at Hawkes Bay
WELLINGTON, Monday.--Though the ordinary timetable is now being followed on the damaged railway lines in the Hawkes Bay district, it will be a month before goods traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in New Zealand. Hawkes Bay District Devastated. Great Loss of Life and Property. Sensational Privations and Escapes
The floods that occurred at Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, at Easter, which have been briefly reported by cable in our columns, devastated the whole district, sacrificed many lives, destroyed…
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An exhaustive report has been received by the Minister for Works from Mr. Price, the engineer who was commissioned to report on the best means of preventing or mitigating the…
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A violent change in the weather took place yesterday. Early in the morning, the wind, which had been light, increased to a moderate gale from between west and south-west. Up till noon, the wind had an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Severe Storm at Wood-lark. Remains of Three Men Discovered
COOKTOWN, Thursday.--The steamer Yaralla arrived from New Guinea last night, with 45 passengers. The captain reports that on April 19 there was a severe storm at Woodlarks,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales and Rough Seas on the Coast. Low Temperatures
Yesterday was the coldest day in Sydney so far this season. Up till 11 a.m. the velocity of the wind was from 25 to 30 miles, and after that hour it ranged from 30 to 35 miles with gusts up to 47 miles per…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood Mitigation in the Hunter Valley. West Maitland
Speaking at the borough council meeting last night on the question of Mr. Price's scheme of flood mitigation for the Hunter Valley, Alderman Gillies, M.L.A., said the matter was now before the…
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A scheme for obviating the periodical floods in the Hunter River district has been submitted to the Minister for Works by Mr. Price, C.E., the central…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hunter River Floods. Morpeth
The residents of the Morpeth district are awaiting anxiously the report of Mr. Engineer Price on the Hunter River flood mitigation scheme. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter River Flood Mitigation
The scheme which Mr. Price, C.E., has submitted to the Minister for Works for preventing tho disastrous floods which periodically devastate the valley of the Hunter is a gigantic one,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm at Bundle
NUNDLE, Friday. — A violent thunderstorm passed over the town on Thursday afternoon. Rain fell heavily for a while, 25 points being registered. The lightning was vivid, and the local telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Floods. Muswellbrook
Residents of this, district are anxiously awaiting the publication of Mr, Engineer Price's scheme for the mitigation of floods in the Hunter,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weather in Melbourne. a Heavy Gale Blowing. MELBOURNE, Saturday Night
A HEAVY gale of wind has been blowing in Melbourne for the last twenty-four hours, making it very disagreeable for Saturday's outdoor sports. At an early hour this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Terrible Storm. Perth
It is reported from Bunbury that a frightful storm was experienced there last Friday, during which the ship Carpet Castle was wrecked. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ship Thessalus. Heavy Damage in a Storm
The fine ship Thessalus reports having left docks on 6th February, and anchored at Gravesend to take in [?] der. Got underway from Gravesend on the 10th February, and cast off tug off Beachy Head on the 11th…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrific Storm in West Australia. Wreck of a Ship
PERTH, Sunday.--A terrific storm prevailed at Bunbury on Friday, and the ship Carbet Castle, loaded with rails for the Bridgetown and Collie Railway, was wrecked. The extent of the damage…
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