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Daring Saturday's gale the ships Rangitikei and Auckland, lying in the roadstead at Napier, narrowly escaped being driven ashore. The waves swept over them, and at times the vessels…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WELLINGTON, Monday.--Further details have been received with regard to the gale which was experienced at Napier on Saturday, and they go to show that it was the worst experienced there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WELLINGTON, Tuesday. -- Communication with the north was only restored to-day after the gale. Considerable damage has been done in the north, and floods have been experienced in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A terrific thunderstorm broke over the city this morning. Rain came down in sheets, deluging tho streets. The lightning was very vivid, and struck a chimney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WELLINGTON, Thursday.--As news comes in from the country districts the damage by the recent gale has been found to be much more severe than was at first reported. The west coast of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →PAMBULA, Saturday.—Heavy rain eet in on Thursday night, with a scatherly gale. Five inches of rain fell in twelve hours. The river is running a banker, and is nearly up to the decking of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Following the several days of exceptionally hot weather a change occurred on Wednesday. A number of thunderstorms from the north-west, accomopained by slight rain, passed over. Last evening…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →BEGA, Saturday.—An immense crowd [?] the rescue of the two' men from the oak. In the river, which had swollen by the [?]. Mr. John Darcy's boat was obtained by the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram received from the postmaster at Bairnsdale early this morning states that all the telegraph lines beyond that place are interrupted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Friday.--The weather continues wintry and showery. Floods are reported from Gippsland, and the Mitchell River is rising rapidly. The river is over the banks, and in the maize…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →BEGA, Friday.--Heavy rain started last night, and continued till about 3 o'clock this afternoon. Altogether [?]in. 15 points were recorded. A good deal of low-lying ground is under water. A heavy gale, accompanied…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →HEAVY snowstorms have taken place in the Australian Alps, near Bright. In Gippsland a tremendous lot of rain has fallen, and disastrous floods are feared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The steamer Rotomahana, of the Union S.S. Company's line, which arrived on Saturday from Auckland, encountered an unusually heavy gale whilst between Napier and Gisborne, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious floods, attended by heavy loss are reported from Gippsland. A telegram received yesterday from Bruthen states that the river Tambo is in high flood, and there is great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A telegram received from the post-master at Bairnsdale early this morning states that all the telegraph lines beyond that place are interrupted. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, February 8.—Floods have occurred in the Thames Valley and the eastern and south midland counties. The floods are the worst that have taken…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods have occurred in the Thames Valley. Large areas in the eastern and south midland counties are submerged. The floods in these localities are the worst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams from Gippsland state that the weather is clearing up, and the flooded rivers are going down. Bairnsdale reports that the damage to the maize, hops, and other crops on the flats…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--Great damage has been done to roads and bridges by the floods in East Gippsland, and the hop, maize, potato, and bean crops have been ruined. At Bringolong,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Monday.--Severe floods have occurred in the valley of the River Thames in the eastern and south Midland Counties. Extensive damage has been done, and the…
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