Floods in the North. The Williams a Banker
The heavy rains experienced during the past few days have given rise to a fear that floods will be the result in some of the northern rivers. Mr, Hogue, Minister for Public…
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Floods at Robertson
ROBERTSON, Thursday.—Rain, with few intermissions, has fallen since last Sunday night. A heavy downpour took place last night, registering 4in up to 9 o'clock this morning. Since Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods on the Johns River. Mails Delayed. KEMPSEY
Owing to the floods at Johns River on the Manning side the mails due here yesterday did not arrive till early this morning. The mail due to-day cannot arrive until…
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The precis of the Hunter Valley flood scheme, as published in "The Daily Telegraph" from the report dratted by Mr. C. N. Bell, has been widely read in the districts concerned, and received with…
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To the Honorable the Minister for 'Public Works,—Sir,—Acting under your instructions, I arrived at Sydney on the night of 21st March, and at once proceeded to road and make notes from the great…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American Mail News. Plague of Dead Whales. Death of the Dowager Queen Kapiolani. Death and Destruction by the Texan Flood. Succession to the Russian Throne
By the Mariposa, which arrived yesterday from San Francisco, we are in receipt of American papers up to July 12, from which the following information relating to events transpiring in the Old and New…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Severe Thunderstorms. Soldiers Struck by Lightning LONDON, August 6. 3.30 p.m
A number of severe thunderstorms have been experienced of late in different parts of the United Kingdom, and a number of accidents have been reported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Catastrophes. the Paris Accident. Caused by a Storm. Seventeen Persons Killed
LONDON, Monday.--Additional details received concerning the train collision near Paris show that the accident was even more serious than at first indicated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Capsized in a Gale. Supposed Loss of Four Men
LAUNCESTON (TAS.), Tuesday Afternoon. — Information is to hand from Penguin, a small port, on the north-west coast, to the effect that during a gale which was blowing out at sea this…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wet Weather. Heavy Rain in Sydney
Heavy rain showers fell in Sydney last night and this morning, nearly 2¼ in being recorded up to noon to-day. It was still raining when our first edition went to press, with no signs of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Here, There, and Everywhere. The Storm King
Last night the Storm King reigned in wrath, His dark wings swept the skies; This morn beneath a heaven of blue The smiling ocean lies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Easterly Gale on the Coast. Vessels Return to Port. Coasters Sheltering
Heavy easterly weather accompanied by thick rain was experienced yesterday at Sydney and along the whole southern aud central coast During the day the rain extended as far north…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Floods in Gippsland
The low-lying parts of Sale and Bairnsdale, in Gippsland, are under water, and the residents had to leave their houses. The waters are subsiding at Sale, but rising at Bairnsdale. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Weather. The Nepean River in Flood
Heavy easterly weather again prevailed along the whole of the southern coast on Saturday. North of Sydney the weather conditions were not quite so stormy, and at only…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods at Gundagai
Reports received yesterday from Gundagai intimated that the river was steadily rising, and a flood was anticipated by the residents. At 10 o'clock last night the Post and Telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wet Weather. (Some of the Following Items Appeared in our Late Editions of Yesterday.) Rains and Floods. Storms in the Country
"It neyer rains but it pours," says the old adage, and verily this has been a pouring wet winter so far as Sydney is concerned. Whether the back country has benefited as much as it should have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. the Flood in the Rivers. Sea Very Heavy Along the Coast
Gradually the storm which came in from the southward is clearing yesterday very few places were participating, and these were on the fringe of the coastline. The heaviest of the returns sent in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Notes. Flooded Rivers. West Maitland
Wet weather prevailed here from Saturday Hast until this morning, the total rainfall during that time being 189 points. All the flats and low-lying lands about Morpeth,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the Country. Floods at Windsor
WINDSOR, Monday.--The river attained its greatest height yesterday forenoon, reaching about 3ft. over the Windsor bridge, or 23ft. above high water mark. All the low lands were submerged, ruining acres of potatoes…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lora Cove Storm-water Channel
The recent application of the Petersham Council to the Water and Sewerage Board for the extension of the Long Cove Creek storm-water channel, has been refused, on the…
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