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Heavy rain fell in Sydney yesterday, deluging the streets of the city, and flooding low-lying land in the suburbs. The rain did not extend far beyond the coast, but the welcome news was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At a late hour last night the inflow of water at the Prospect reservoir had reached a volume equal to 150,000,000 gallons per day. Both the Nepean and Cacarast Rivers were in flood, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The experience of the Union-Castle liner Scot in the recent great gale which swept the South African coast and wrought such havoc among shipping was graphically narrated to an…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A thirteen-year-old boy at Cateau, France, while flying akite, hada starling and perilous adventure. The kite, twenty-seven inches long,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The unsettled state of the weather is causing considerable inconvenience to the residents of Young and Dowling streets, Redfern, owing to the flooded condition of the streets…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →COROWA, Saturday.—Further reports to hand show that the recent storm in the Daysdale district was more serious that at first imagined, although only lasting a couple of hours. Upwards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The recent rains have caused the Corang River to run strongly. The Nerriga mailman attempted to cross it and was washed down, together with five mailbags. After considerable difficulty he managed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of the Public Works Committee was held yesterday, Mr. J. Macfarlane, M.L.A., presiding. Mr. W. S. Campbell, Chief Inspector of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Public Works Committee yesterday further considered the expediency of constructing works for the mitigation of floods on the Hunter River, evidence being tendered by Mr. W. S. Campbell…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The ship Agnes Oswald, one of the vessels which put out from East London, South Africa, at the time the big gale was raging at Port Elizabeth recently, and when so many wrecks occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The expediency of constructing works for the mitigation of the effects of floods on the Hunter River was further considered by the Public Works Committee on Wednesday. Mr. W. S. Campbell,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Public Works Committee sat yesterday, and took further evidence regarding the floods in the Hunter River and the possibility of their mitigation. Mr. W. S. Campbell, of the Agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →This sketch shows to perfection the approach of a cyclone. It was taken on the occasion, of a frightful cyclone which visited the neighborhood Oklahama City, in the United States, that land…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →A hot and parching north-westerly wind in the city yesterday sent the temperature up as high as 91.9 degrees In tho shade. It was the hottest lay of the season. At the early hour…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Many people have noticed that reed birds, which usually build among the bulrushes along the water's edge (says the Mudgee "Western Post" of Nov. 3),are this Spring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The heat wave culminated in a terrific dust storm this afternoon. It was impossible to see across the streets, and for a couple of hours business was practically suspended. Limbs were blown off a number…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A violent gale, accompanied by dust and 14 points of rain, occurred at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Several houses were unroofed. The balcony of the Cambridge Club Hotel was completely destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Damage amounting to thousands of pounds sterling was caused in Canowindra and the surrounding districts on Saturday by a storm of unprecedented violence. The hurricane…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Moro rain fell on Saturday, as the result of thunderstorms, but in the country the falls were very small and scattered. Up to 9 a.m. yesterday. Bourke had 30 points, whilst Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A terrible hurricane struck Canowindra at about 1.30 to-day. It was the heaviest known in the recollection of the oldest residents, and caused widespread destruction in the outlying district as well as…
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