Storm Passing Eastward. Rain Clearing Off
Mr. Wilson, the officer in charge of the Weather Bureau, when seen yesterday, slated that the cyclonic storm which, while its centre hovered in the vicinity of our coast, was,…
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Storms in Northern France. Crops Ruined. London, July 19
Thunderstorms and rain have ruined the crops in Northern France, causing a failure of the vintage…
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ONE OF THE EARLIEST CHURCHES IN NEW SOUTH WALES, THE OLE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AT WATSON'S RAY, WHICH WAS DEMO LISHED BY MONDAY'S GALE. This church was built in the late 'thirties with contributions raised by Rev. W. P. Crook, one of the first missionaries sent out by the London Missionary Society. The building included the minister's residence, which explained the presence of the chimney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"A Tall Yarn." Losses of Builders in the Storm
The secretary of the Amalgamated Carpenters and Joiners' Union, Mr. Corbett, this morning referred to the statement that the storm in the early part of the week had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →After the Storm. Destruction at Botany Bay and Cronulla
With the clearing of the weather, further damage has been revealed in the Illawarra suburbs. Along the foreshores of Botany Bay the gale seems to have had the worst effect…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →River Fourteen Miles in Width. Great Flood in the Shoal-haven. Twelve Inches of Bain in One Day. a Township Inundated. Storm Waters Unable to Beach Ocean
One of the most extraordinary floods on record has just taken place in the Shoalhaven River, South Coast. The valley of the Shoal-haven was transformed this week into a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some Results of the Storm What Sydney Lost in Wages. Nearly Every Trade Affected
Exactly what the ar[?]isan classes of Sydney lost in wages through the violent storm which raged on Monday and Tuesday last would require a Mulhall to reckon up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storm Moderating. Phenomenal Rain. Over Ten Inches at Sutton Forest. Eight Inches in Sydney
Owing to the incomplete state of the reports, no definite statement can yet be give regarding storm totals, but up to 3 a.m. yesterday Sutton Forest recorded 1038. points,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flooded Creeks and Rivers. Country Mails Delayed. Trying Times for Mailmen
Considering the severity of the storm on Monday and Tuesday, flooded creeks, bogged-up roads, and fallen timber, it speaks well for the efficiency of the officers of the Postal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in France. Nuns Drowned in a Cellar
LONDON, Wednesday Evening.—Storms continue in France. Two nuns were drowned in the cellar of a convent at Epinal, owing to an inrush of water, due to floods…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest from Bathurst. Snow and Flood. Train Passengers Inconvenienced
BATHURST, Thursday.—After two days of winter, the district experienced another remarkable change in the weather yesterday, when the conditions during the day were warm…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hawkesbury Flood. Waters Subsiding. All Danger Ended. Loss Estimated at £600
WINDSOR, Thursday.—All suspense regarding the floods has ended. The Hawkesbury River began falling last night, and had fallen about seven feet this morning. The water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Flood Waters Op the Hawkesbury
View of the Hawkesbury Riyer, showing the submerged bridge between Richmond and Kurrajong. The-river at this point is normally between two and three feet deep,. but is now 30 feet deep. The accumulation of driftwood, held together by logs, indicates the position of the sub merged bridge. In mid-Stream (on the left side) is the small boat in which the passengers and mails were ferried across. NO. 1.--A BUGGY BEING DRIVEN ALONG THE MAIN ROAD FROM WINDSOR TO M'GRATH'S HILL. THE WATER WAS IN SOME PLACES DEEPER THAN IS DEPICTED. ON OCCASIONS IT ROSE OVER THE HIND WHEELS OF THE VEHICLE…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hawkensbury in Flood. Windsor and Richmond Cut Off. " Roads and Bridges Submerged. Half a Million Cabbages Destroyed. Boats Employed to Carry Mails
Nowadays the residents of portions of the Hawkesbury district lead a strenuous existence. What time they are not occupied in swooping miniature lakes out of their back yards they…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Gale at Fremantle
PERTH, Thursday.--The barometer was down to 29.35 yesterday, being the lowest Fremantle rending for years. A heavy gale is blowing. The tide rose 6ft., which is a record for Fremantle, the Swan River being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gale at Clifton
Most of the recent landslips which blocked the Cliff-road in several places at Clifton have been cleared and traffic resumed. Much damage has been done to property by the late gale, but fortunately no serious accidents have…
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NOTE.--The rainfall figures for the five days ended last night show that the area along the coast from Wyong to Nowra, and thence wost to Moss Vale and Katoomba, had from five to ten inches. On the south coast from one to three inches fell, and on the coast between the Hunter and Manning Rivers from two points at port Macquarie to 409 points at Seal Rocks. Along the tablelands the falls varied from a few points to 260 at Carcoar…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Late Rainstorm. South Coast Deluge. Five to Ten Inches Recorded
The rainfall aggregate for the past five days shows that an area of country along the coast from Wyong to Crookhaven and thence west to Moss Vale and Katoomba had from five…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm at Kangaroo Valley. Destruction by Lightning
KANGAROO VALLEY, Thursday.--Very heavy rain fell during Tuesday and Wednesday, totalling 12 inches. Heavy thunder and vivid lightning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News of the World by Our Independent Cable Service. Smashed in the Gale
Bronte Baths suffered badly in the gate. Mr. W. H. Bond, the lessee, who has seen many a storm on the coast, says that the Visitation of Monday and Tuesday last was the most terrible in his 22 years' experience of Hronte. Hugo Hones, weighing between two and three tons, which were cemented together, were hurled from their fastenings like pobbies from a catapult. Some of them were carried more than a couple of hundred yards. Thirteen dressing-boxes were smashed to boxwood, and the seas swept with Irresistible…
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