Repairing Flood Damage
NARRABRI, Wednesday—The Government having granted the municipality a substantial sum to effect repairs after the late disastrous floods the council has commenced on many of…
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The Wheel 0' Fortune Chapter X.—the Calm Before the Storm
When Irene was freed from her bonds she sighed deeply, uttered a little sob as though her soul had fluttered to her lips, and sank into Royson's arms. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in Tasmania. Zeehan
The floods in the Mackintosh, Murchison, and Ploman rivers have been higher to-day than ever before known. The water rushed 3ft over the decking of the North Farrell…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Life Under Water. Lecture by Mr. Albert Gale
On Friday Mr. Albert Gale, the pioneer of freshwater aquarium nature-study work in Sydney, delivered an interesting lecture at the Girls' High School to members of the Public School Teachers'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Colliery Flooded
WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Sunday.—The Tyneside mine was flooded yesterday and 139 men are idle…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer Orion Overdue. Gales in Bass Strait. Melbourne
Anxiety is felt in shipping circles for the safety of the steamer Orion, which has been ongnged for some years in the Tasmanian trade. The Orion left the Duck River, 13…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Coal Mine Flooded. Total Loss Feared. Wellington (N.z)
Heavy rain caused the flooding of the Tyneside mine at Groymouth. The manager and the miners had a strenuous fight to keep back the water, but it steadily increased and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rain Storm Approaching. Falls Expected Over a Large Area
The forecast issued at 9 o'clock last evening was as'follows:-- Unsettled generally, with rain extending eastward from the west, chiefly affecting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Struck by Lightning Wakanui in a Thunderstorm Long Voyage for Bunker Coal
The big steamship Wakanui, a regular trailer between New Zealand and Great Britain, arrived at Sydney yesterday. She was Over seven days on the trip from Wellington…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Progress of the Storm
Questioned yesterday afternoon regarding the storm, Mr. Wilson, divisional officer at the Weather Bureau, stated: "The rain storm has moved in a south-easterly direction and still further…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mail-coach Overturned. While Grossing Flooded Creek
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Postmaster-General to-day received a telegram from the Deputy Postmaster-General of South Australia, staling that, the mail coach running from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Rain in South Australia
ADELAIDE, Friday.--The heavy rains yesterday [?] high floods at Reedbeds, and the trams to Henley [?] had to pass through water 2ft. deep over the main [?] The bright at Fulham was also badly [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gale at Woonona
BULLI, Friday.--A heavy westerly gale [?] throughout the district. Many fences and trees have been levelled to the ground, and gardens have suffered considerably. At Bulli four telegraph poles were blown…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gales on the Victorian Coast Vessel Seeks Shelter
A message received yesterday from Wilson's Promontory stated that the steamer Wonga Fell had put into Waterloo Bay in consequence of the gales raging along the Victorian coast…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The General Rains. More Beneficial Falls. Storm Passing Away
The weather chart issued from the Meteorological Department yesterday showed that with the exception of the north and south coast districts, light te heavy rains were…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In a Cyclone. "Hold on for Your Lives"
The wind had dropped entirely, and with the dropping of the wind a thousand different sounds broke harshly upon the ear, sounding almost unnatural in their…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Illawarra and South Coast Steamship Service the Steamer Allowrie Storm in a Teacur
It will be remembered that on April 22 last we published an account of the steamer Allowrie's trip from the south Coast, and the statement of a passenger about water that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Flood at Chinchilla
Dear "Planets,"—It is a long time since I have written you. Since I last, wrote we have had big floods up here. The creek came down very…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood Gate Opened. Gundagai
Last week the Adelong Creek water was in a muddy condition, and a col[?]aint was lodged with the shire council that the dredge at Graham's Town was causing the pollution. An…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Heavy Coastal Rains. Four Inches at Byron Bay. Severe Thunderstorm at Strathfield
Further rains have fallen over the castorn half of the State from the Queensland border down to the Murray, and exceptionally heavy falls have been registered along the north…
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