Bridge Wrecked by Floods
MOREE, Saturday.-The temporary railway bridge across the Gwydir River at Ezzy'e Crossing has been completely wrecked by the floods. Passengers are crossing in boats…
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Storms and Wrecks
The coasting steamer Empress of India sprang a leak in the bay at Forster on Sunday night. At 7 a.m. on Monday Captain Williams tried to eater the harbor. When…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gale in Bass' Straits
Vessels arriving to-day from Tasmania show signs of terrific weather. Captain Anthony, of the Kawatiri says that he struck a north-west gale soon after leaving Strahan, squalls being of…
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MOREE, Saturday.-The temporary railway bridge across the Gwydir River at Ezzy's Crossing has been completely wrecked by the floods. Passengers are crossing in boats…
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Continued on Trove, page 12 →British Legation Repels the Chinese. Empress Orders Bombardment to Cease. Flooding the Country to the Eastward. London, July 31
The Governor of Shantung states that an Imperial decree of July 24 announ[?]s that the British Legation repelled an attack by the rebels ou July 8, the rebels…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Storm Approaching. General Rain Within Forty-eight Hours
Cloudy weather was reported from many places yesterday, but only in a few instances did rain result. At Sydney 15 points were recorded at 9 a.m., being Sydney's share in the rain storm, which Mr. Russell says is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Country Reports. the Namoi in Flood
PILLIGA, Wednesday.--The Namoi is in high flood here the highest since 1893. All the low country is submerged. The water is now At a standstill. BODANGORA, Wednesday.--Steady rain set in at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Liverpool Council. Richmond Council's Floodingout Proposals. A Dairy Dispute
This Council met on Tuesday. Present: Mayor Christiansen, Aldermen H. Scrivener, Perry, Watt, V. Smith, Chapman, McClure and Murray. Alderman Chapman apologised for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russians Storm Sansing. London, Aug. 4
The Russians troops stormed Sansing, on the Sungari River, in Manchuria. They captured 22 guns, including 14 Hotchkiss guns…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Effects at Windsor
WINDSOR, Monday.-As the river gets closer to its summer level it becomes more apparent that the late flood has caused Windsor Reach to silt up to a considerable extent-so much so that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hawkesbury Flood Mitigation. Proposed Diversion Into George's River
The proposal emanating from the Richmond Council, and which is by no means a new idea, relative to diverting the surplus waters of the Nepean into the George's River Valley, in order…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War in China. Sunday's Battle. Desperate, Close Fighting. Chinese Flood the Country. Losses of the Allies
LONDON, August 8.-Further details of the battle on Sunday state that the British, Russians, and Japanese, with four batteries, opened upon the Chinese at daylight, expelling them from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Flood of Emotion
Having pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy, Henry John Randall was brought up for sentence at the Sessions yesterday before Judge Murray. His Honor passed a sentence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Flood Prevention Scheme
WINDSOR, Wednesday.--Opinion is much divided as to the advisability of diverting the flood waters that flow into the Hawkesbury into George's River, as proposed to minimise the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →China. Appointment of a Commander-in-chief. From Pei-tsang. to Pekin. Floods Impeding the Advance. the Situation at Shanghai. Massacres in the North. Foreigners in Peril in Sze-chuen. at Pekin. Message From Macdonald an Extreme Situation. Legations Attacked by Imperial Troops. Casualties Reported to Be Slight
LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- Mr. Conger, United States Ambassador at Pekin, in a message to his Government, which, it is believed, was sent at the beginning of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Allies' Advance. Impeded by Rain. Intervening Country Flooded
LONDON, Thursday. -- The allies' advance towards Pekin is being greatly impeded by the flooded state of the country, which now resembles a huge lake…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coming Storms
IT is so long since the faith of Protestants was tried by any severe persecution that it has lost much of its robustness. It is lulled into a sense of false security by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Long Nervous Storm
IF you ever watch a dentist draw a nerve out of a tooth, you will remember how much it looked like a little snip of wet, white cotton thread. How can so contemptible a thing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A College Examination in a Thunderstorm
The Intermediate students of Clongowes Wood College (the Jesuit Fathers) had a rather unpleasant experience towards the end of June. There are four centres for the Intermediate Examination at…
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