Hunter River Flood Prevention
WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--Mr. C. Napier Boll, who was commissioned by the Government to inquire into and report on the possibility of mitigating the evil effect of floods in the Hunter,…
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Terrible Cyclone in America
LONDON, April 28, 3.16 p.m.—A cyclone has swept over, the State of Missouri, United States, causing great damage. Sixty persons were killed, and over a thousand…
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LONDON, May 5.—The Queen, who is returning to Windsor after her visit to Cimiez, in the south of France, has been delayed at Cherbourg owing to a gale in the Channel…
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LONDON, Friday.--Her Majesty the Queen, who has been staying at Nice in the south of France, has started on her return journey…
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T would be inconvenient, to say the least, if London were some day soon to find…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Storm in the Teacup
But just looking about us it is not hard to find strong facts that make Dr. Thornton's storm in the tea cup eminently ridiculous. The "Argus," collecting evidence, tells us…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Gales on the New Zealand Coast. the Takapuna Suffers. a Man Swept Overboard
WELLINGTON, Sunday.--The storms which have swept the New Zealand coast for the last . woek culminated yesterday 111 a fierce antarctic gale of exceptional severity…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rough Weather on the New Zealand Coast. Two Union Company's Steamers in the Storm. the Takapuna and Mokoia. Auckland
When the steamer Takapuna was entering Wellington Harbour at the heads a tremendous sea carne over her starboard quarter and washed overboard a seaman named Andrew Hughson…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Gale in New Zealand. Terrible Weather in Cook Strait. Auckland
Terrible weather has been experienced in Cook Strait, and the departure of all shipping from Wellington Harbour has been delayed, vessels being unable to face the mountainous sons at the…
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The British barque Zinita, which arrived at San Fr[?] ciseo last month from Antwerp, went through [?] cyclose shortly after rounding Cape Horn that noboly on board will soon forget. Apart from this storm the Ziarts's…
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From leaving the Manukau until reaching Stephen's Island, the Rotoiti, of the U.S.S. Company's line, had to contend with a strong southeast gale. Tremendous seas were breaking on…
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Shipping bound round Gabo had a hard tussle against the gale yesterday. The steamer Kalina. which passed the Island early in the morning, was still in sight at dusk, being unable to make headway owing to the gale…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Westerly Gale. a Schooner Dismasted
The westerly gale raging along the coast was yesterday morning the cause of a shipping casualty off Seal Rocks, a vessel, apparently a coaster, being dismasted during one of the squalls…
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KELSON'S BAY, Monday.-A heary westerly gale blew yesterday, causing a nasty sea in the bay. A boat elonged to the three-ma-te is honer P[?]as, containing four seamen, capsized while returning to…
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It was with considerable feelings of relief that those on heard the incoming steamers passed through Port Phillip Heads on Sunday night and this morning into the comparatively tranquil…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wintry Conditions. Westerly Gales and Violent Squalls. Snow and Rain
The chief characteristics of yesterday's meteorological conditions were the development of strong squally, westerly winds over almost the entire colony, and a general and marked fall in temperatures Both these features…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Australian Cricketers. Match Against Yorkshire. Heavy Rain at Sheffield. the Beginning Postponed
LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The match between the Australian cricketers and Yorkshire, the champion county of last year, was to have been commenced this morning at Sheffield. At…
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A telegram from Melbourne last evening stated that the Lizzie Taylor, ketch, from Burnie, bound to Sydney, had arrived at Port Phillip in distress. She reports having lost her jibboom,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Eleven The Match Against Yorkshire. a Storm Causes an Adjournment. London, May 23, 1.50 p.m
The match between the Australian cricketers and Yorkshire was commenced at Sheffield today . The county team was as follows:--J. T…
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Advices received by the Sydney underwriters yesterday show that, besides a fleet of steamers, six sailing vessels were abandoned and 16 sailing vessels posted missing at Lloyd's as a result of…
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