Floods in India. London, Sept. 16
The floods in Southern Bengal, which have destroyed twenty-five villages and two bridges, and which have rendered 6000 persons homeless, besides doing damage to the…
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Destructive Hail Storm
On Wednesday a storm broke ever the district and at Baulkham Hills and Kellyville about an inch of rain fell in a very few minutes Further away to the north, near the boundary of Castle…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Stormy Conditions. Gale on the Coast
Boisterous weather prevailed in the city yesterday, violent squalls bringing up dense clouds of dust and making things generally disagreeable. Up till 3 o'clock in the afternoon the wind…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire on a Steamer. Manapouri's Cargo Burning. Cause of the Outbreak Unknown. Good Work by the Fire Brigade. Flooding the Vessel
Early yesterday evening a fire broke out in the copra cargo of the Union Steamship Company's Manapouri, and, despite the best efforts of the fire brigade, it was still burning at…
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A terrific hall and rain storm swept over Castle Hill and Baulkham Hills districts on Wednesday afternoon which did considerable damage in the fruit-growing districts. At a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Disastrous Hall Storm at Castle Hill
A rain and bail storm of a very disastrous character passed over the heights of Castle Hill on Wednesday afternoon. The oppressive heat prevailing in the morning, and for a time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Capricornius Soon to Be the Ruling Sign of the Zodiac, in 1902 3, As at the Deluge
Dr. Close's interview on this subject, as he gave it to the San Francisco Call, is as follows:—"The Babylonian tablets are a set of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Capricornius Soon to Be the Ruling Sign of the Zodiac, in 1902-3, As at the Deluge."
Dr. Close's interview on this subject, as he gave it to the San Francisco " Call," is as follows:—" The Babylonian tablets are a set of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gales Off the Coast. the Cardigan Castle Encounters a Hurricane. a Perilous Experience
The timber-laden barque Cardigan Castle, which arrived in port yesterday from Eureka, encountered a terrific hurricane on Thursday last, and for some hours was in peril. The vessel at the time was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter River Floods
The Public Works Committee sat yesterday, and further inquired into the question of mitigating floods in the Hunter River. Mr. J. H. Maiden (Government Botanist) put in a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in the Hunter
The Parliamentary Standing Committee, Mr. J. M'Farlane, M.L.A., presiding, yesterday. took further evidence with reference to the scheme for flood prevention in the Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rain. Extent in the Country Heavy Thunderstorms. Flood at Molong. Severe Storm at Barmedman
According to the reports to hand from the country this morning, splendid rain fell at a number of places during last night, the records in some instances being nearly an inch and a half…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goonoo Creek in Flood. Approaching Tamworth. Warnings Sent to Residents. Tamworth
Light showers of rain fell at Tamworth this morning, followed in the afternoon by a heavier downpour. Sixty-nine points were registered to 6 o'clock. Shortly after 7 o'clock to-night the police received…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Drought Problem. Overcoming Naturae Conditions. Conserving Flood Waters the Facilities Available
"Australia has not always been subject to droughts." With this premise Mr. Frank Cotton, addressing the Chamber of Mines last evening, set out to show how droughts had been caused,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrible Cyclone Sicily. Sea Swept the Land. 400 Deaths Recorded. London, September 27
Sicily has been visited by a terrible cyclone. Immense damage resulted. At Modica the sea swept over the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Duggan, or Flood. Suspected of Having Cracked a "China Nut."
All good Klistian flends were considerably relieved on Tuesday to learn that the long, lean arm of the law, in the persons of Sub-inspector Bocbe and Senior-constable M'Lean, had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Cyclone in Sicily. Floods in the Interior. Towns Partly Inundated. Four Hundred People Perish. London, Sept. 27
A cyclone, lasting 24 honrs, has swept over Sicily. The storm attained its greatest height passing over the seaport of Catania. There a German steamer foundered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Seismic Disturbances. a Cyclone in Sicily. Great Loss of Life
LONDON, Saturday.--A cyclone, accompanied by torrents of rain, has raged for 24 hours in the Sicilian province of Catania, near the foot of Mount Etna…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cyclone in Sicily. Sixty Additional Deaths. London, Sept. 28
In Scicil, Southern Sicily.as the result of the flooding of the town, 6O persons were drowned. The damage done in the Syracuse province by the cyclone and the floods, amounts to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →News by Cable. Terrible Cyclone in Sicily. Great Loss of Life. Immense Damage
LONDON, September 27.—A terrible cyclone, which lasted 24 hours, has occurred in Sicily. At Catania, a German steamer foundered. Great havoc was caused by swollen streams, and…
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