Hunter River Floods
SINGLETON, Wednesday.—The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works visited Singleton on Monday, for the purpose of taking evidence in regard to the proposal to give effect…
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Thunderstorms in the Northeast
Thumderstorms again influenced north-eastern districts on Monday night. Clarence River received 270 points. Woolgoolaga 43, Glen Innes 25, and Tenterfield 16. Mr. Russell advises fine and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Alderman and the Revolver. A Warning or a Threat. Have Councillors now to go out Inspecting " Under Arms?" Agistment and Floods of Eloquence
Prospect and Sherwood Council meeting on Thursday night was a short but peculiar meeting. The business to be done was not of thrilling importance; but it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Flood Mitigation. Evidence As to the Entrance
Yesterday the Public Works Committee took evidence in connection with the proposal to construct works in mitigation of floods in the Hunter River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. Storms, Heat, and Bush Fires
During the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday excessive heat prevailed generally west of the highlands, and warm and moist to the east of them. A heavy log hung over the entrance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Public Works Committee. Floods in the Hunter. Removal of the Abattoirs
A meeting of the Public Works Committee was held yesterday, when further consideration was gaven to the question of the expediency of constructing works for the mitigition of the offects of floods in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hunter Flood Mitigation. the Deepening of the Entrance. Demands of the Growing Trade
Captain Henry Newton, Deputy-superintendent, Department of Navigation, Newcastle, was further examined before the Parliamentary Public Works Committee yesterday afternoon in…
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NARRABRI, Friday. -- Yesterday was the anniversary of the terrific cyclone which devastated Narrabri last year. A reminder was given by a cyclonic outburst on the west side of the…
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ARMIDALE, Friday.— There was a very heavy thunderstorm last night, and 40 points of rain fell. The weather to-day is dull, cloudy, and cool, with the appearance of more rain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer Oak and the Storm
When farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his foot against a big toad, he knew there-was trouble in the wind. When, on striking a light indoors, he observed a…
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MANILLA, Saturday.--An unusually severe storm swept over part of this district late on Thursday afternoon. Reports to hand from the country this morning show that at Keepit, an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gales in Great Britain. Rain Falls for 48 Hours. a Furious Sea. Disasters on the Coasts. Many Deaths
In the issues of the "Herald" of November 14 and 15 cables were published to the effect that severe gales had occurred in Great Britain, and had done much damage. The American papers received by…
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Further consideration was yesterday given by the Public Works Committee to the expediency of constructing works for the mitigation of the effects of floods in the Hunter River, the…
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LONDON, December 12, 2.25 p.m.—A gale is blowing in the English Channel, and a number of vessels are in distress. A Belgian fishing vessel foundered, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale in the Channel. a Fishing Craft Founders. Loss of Fourteen Lives. LONDON, December 12. 2.16 p.m
A violent gale is raging in the English Channel, and many vessels are reported to be in distress. One fishing boat, a Belgian craft, has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gales in the British Isles. News by the Mail. Shipping Casualties. Vessels Disabled and Wrecked. Steamers in Collision. Smart Work by Coastguards. Perth
The following particulars of the gales of November 12 in the British Isles are called from English files which arrived by to-day's mails:— The large steamer Stelvio was wrecked in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Cables. From the "Herald's" London Correspondents. Gales in Great Britain. Fourteen Lives Lost. Severe Snowstorms. London, Dec.12
A gale has occurred in the English Channel and a number of vessels are in distress. A Belgian fishing vessel foundered and 14 hands were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Storm in Britain. Worst for 20 Years. Blizzard Paralyses Everything. London, December 13
The latest details regarding the storm which has swept over Great Britain show that it is the worst for twenty years…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thunderstorms
Reports of cooler conditions continue to be received from the country. The only stations to record over the century yesterday were: Bourke, 102.5 degrees; and Walgett, 101. As…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Cable News. the English Storms
LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--In consequence of the wreckage of the telegraph lines in the recent storms in Britain, many of the provincial towns are still Isolated…
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