The Floods in Texas
LONDON, July 9, 3.30 p.m.—Thousands of the victims, of the floods in the Brazes Valley, Texas,have taken refuge on mounds, where they are huddled together with live stock…
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682 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 35
Steamer Katoomba in the Gale a Great Loss of Stud Sheep
The A.U.S.N. Co.'s Katoomba. Which left Sydney for Brisbane last Sunday, put into Newcastle on Thursday, having been battling with a terrific gale for days. She…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wrecks in the Gale. City of York and 11 Lives Lost
During the recent gales and high seas shipping all round the coast had a terrible time. The ship City of York, in command of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News by the Mail. Wireless Telegraphy. the Sugar Bounties. the Transvaal Trouble. the Cyclone in Wisconsin
ALBANY (W.A.). Saturday.—The following items are from latest London files by the R.M.S. Austral:— The "Morning Leader" says there is a general…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Northern Notes. Crops Destroyed by Flood Waters. West Maitland
The surface water from the hills being unable to escape owing to the flood gates being closed at Victoria Bridge over 100 acres of lucerne and oats on valuable farm lands at…
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GRAFTON, Monday Afternoon.—A lad named Clarence Casson was drowned during the recent floods in the Clarence River below Copmanhurst. He left Ramornie on horseback on Monday last,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Lumber Ship in a Storm
The Kirby, ship, reports that when in the neighbourhood of the Fiji Islands, on Queen's Birthday, a terrific gale sprang up trom the south-east, and blew with such force that at midnight it was found necessary to have the vessel…
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MURWILLUMBAH, July 12.—, Heavy rain commenced to fall at 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, and continued without intermission until 9 a.m. on Monday, July 10. In Murwillumbah…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Disastrous Effects of Last Week's Storms
The second week of July, 1899, will long be remembered as a most disastrous one to shipping. Severe storms, which were chiefly from the east, swept the coast, and caused much wreckage and loss…
Continued on Trove, page 205 →The Augsburg in a Storm
BRISBANE, July 14.—The German steamer Augsburg arrived In Moreton Bay last night, and anchored at the bar, en route for Singapore and Colombo. Much anxiety had been…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sheep in a Storm at Sea
NEWCASTLE, July 14.—The Katoomba, of the A.U.S.N. line, which lett Sydney for Brisbane on Sunday with a: valuable shipment of stud rams and other cargo, put in here last…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Flood-Gates
Flood-gates are constructed by only a few graziers and farmers in a proper manner, and many are compelled after every freshet to rebuild the fence crossing the stream. This should not be so,…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Flood Prevention in the Hunter River. Recommendations by Mr. C. Napier Bell. to Cost Over a Million. Reservoir Schemes Condemned. a Drainage Board Proposed
The report by Mr. C. Napier Bell, M. Inst. C.E., upon flood prevention in the Hunter River, was presented to Parliament last night. It is a long document, and refers in detail to the various schemes by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods on the Hunter. Report of Mr. C. Napier Bell. a Diversion of the River Proposed. Deepening and Banking the Channel
The report of Mr. C. Napier Bell, who was asked by the Government to inquire Into the cause and probable remedies of the Hunter River floods, was available last night. In the course of his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Century Commemoration Fund. The Organising Secretary's Letter. Sydney, 24th July, 1899. A Northern River's Flood
DEAR MR. EDITOR,â My last letter was from Lismore. In the closing sentence I mentioned the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods on the Hunter
Fully a century has passed now since first the Hunter asserted its powers of mischief against those who made reckless trespass on it's watershed. Lives were lost, and houses…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Flood-time
"What's the boat down in the cellar for?" To get at the coal when the water comes in. It goes with the house."…
Continued on Trove, page 40 →Escape From a Pit Flood
The Gauchalland pit at Galston, Ayrishire, became suddenly flooded recently, and the 60 men who were in the working were soon up to their necks in water. The majority of the men soon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Heavy Rains in the North. Gales on the Coast
It was raining yesterday at Barranjoey, Bega, Bellambi, Bathurst, Blackheath, Crookhaven Heads, Cassilis, Coolah, Cape Hawke, Eden, Jervis Bay, Katoomba, Kiama, Lawson, Lake…
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The Williams River has been rising last, and a flood is feared in the Dungog district. The Hunter River also has been rising, and at 1 o'clock today was 11 feet over the…
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