Narrow Escape of H.m.s Gold-finch. Terrible Time in a Storm
The gunboat Goldfinch, 805 tons, had a narrow escape during a storm while coming from Auckland to Sydney. Lieutenant-Commander Legatt describes…
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Devastating Floods
Disastrous floods have occurred in Texas, United States. The area under water is 100 miles long by 50 miles wide, and the fertile Brazos…
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During all day yesterday and last night a heavy gale was experienced. The wind was mostly from the east, and was accompanied at intervals by heavy rain squalls…
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Stormy conditions in the shape of a violent easterly gale developed on the coast yesterday. The storm was accompanied by thick rain and a high sea. Bellinger River and the Nambucca…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News by Cable. [Copyright] The Floods in Texas. Refugees on Mounds. Many Deaths From Snakebite and Starvation
LONDON, July 9, 3.30 p.m.—Thousands of the victims of the floods in the Brazos Valley, Texas, have taken refuge on mounds, where they are huddled together with live stock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Texas. Frenzied Straggles for Life. Fugitives Huddled with Cattle and Reptiles. LONDON, July 9; 3.30 p.m
Some fearful scenes were witnessed in the Brazos Valley, Texas (U.S.A.), during tint great floods. The Brazes River was swollen to an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain and Gales. Last Night's Storm. What the Government Says
A "News" representative called at the Observatory this morning to have a chat with Mr. H.C. Russell, on the weather, and the Government Astronomer at once came to the point, end said…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday Morning.—The exceedingly boisterous weather and dangerous state of the bar necessitated the postponement of the departure of the steamer Sydney last night, and it…
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The easterly gale which set in on Sunday continued with very little sign of abating until this morning. The sea is very high, and running strong on the bar. Owing to the…
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The gale was in full force in the harbor last evening, and a heavy sea was breaking over tho wall at Macquarie Point. The ferry boats had a lively experience. A report from Middle Head…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain and Gales. Very Dirty Weather. a General Rainfall
It was raining yesterday at Araluen Ballina (thick), Bateman's Bay, Barranjoey, Balranald, Bega, Bellambi, Boggabri, Broken Hill, Braiawood, Blackheath, Clarence Heads,…
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"And what did you think of the storm that came along last evening?" a "Star" reporter asked the Government Astronomer this morning…
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The easterly gale raging on the coast is reported by shipmasters as being one of the heaviest experienced for some time. The shipping generally has had a bad time of it, and one in…
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WINGHAM, Tuesday.—Heavy rain has fallen since Saturday night. Up to 9 o'clock this morning 350 points had been registered. The Manning River is rising fast, and a big flood is…
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A thousand refugees from the calamitous floods in the Brazos Valley, Texas, fled to mounds above the inundated tracts. They were huddled…
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Mr. Russell, the Government Astronomer, received the following telegram from Lismore last evening:--"The total rainfall here since 9 a.m. is 365 points, and the total since Saturday last is…
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LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Extraordinary, incidents marked the recent floods in Texas. Thousands of people took refuge on the low mounds which dotted the flooded plains, and…
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June 12 was a terrible night for New Richmond, the beautiful little village being almost wiped out of existence by one of the most severe cyclones that ever visited the locality. It carried [?] and death…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Gale at Fremantle. Perth
The heaviest gale for the past two years was experienced at Fremantle to-day. Two lighters were blown ashore, and the barque Andaman, anchored in the readstead, parted her starboard ancher, but…
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday Afternoon.—The steamer Namoi, from Sydney, reached the harbor about 11.20 a.m., after a boisterous passage, with 70 passengers. Captain S[?]inner reports having…
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