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A wire has been received 'from Whim Creek as follows:—"It was reported at 2 o'clock this morning by telephone from Balla Balla that on the night of the 20th inst. a terrific storm…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swollen rains. have caused great floods throughout the State, devastating large areas. Coal mines and factories have been shut down in many places, and over 1000 are idle in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A disastrous "willy-willy" smote the north-west coast of West Australia last week, and left death and disaster in its wake. Commencing on Wednesday night, the gale…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ST. JOHNS (NEWFOUNDLAND), Saturday.--A violent gale in raging around the coasts of the island. Throe men were drowned from a small boat…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A violent gale is raging round the coasts of the island. Three men were drowned from a small boat. One member of the crew of the steamer Portia was washed overboard…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The full extent of the loss of shipping in the recent cyclone on the north-west, coast has yet to be learned. There are many fears that the Koombana, due at Broome from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The vessel, which reached Koobourns on Saturday afternoon, had spent three days in the storm from Port Hodland, a ten hours' run. The funnel was carried away, and it crashed through the deck. Her rigging is gone, and 50 of the 100 cattle she carried were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PERTH, Sunday.--A willy-willy, the disastrous results of which are not yet fully known, swept the north-west coast from Broome to Roebourne on Wednesday night, causing the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The rivers are swollen with great floods in the Alleghanies, devastating large areas of country. Coalmines and factories have had to shut…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →ROEBOURNE, Sunday.--At Roebourne, Whim Creek, and Cossack only slight damage was done. Outhouses and stables were blown down Splendid rains have fallen--at Roebourne 875…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A graphic account of the damage wrought by the recent storm in the Pacific is given by Mr. "Bert" Lindsay in a letter to his father, Mr. R. W. Lindsay, of Bathurst, from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A message from Whim Creek states that during the heavy storm on Thursday last the captains of the lighters hung on as long as possible, but finding it was impossible for…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →BUENOS AYRES. Wednesday Evening.—A violent cyclone has swept over the city and the surrounding district, doing great damage, and resulting in serious loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →TOOWOOMBA, Wednesday. -- A thunderstorm occurred this afternoon, and rain fell in torrents. The streets were flooded and a number of gardens were destroyed by water…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thirteen days out from Melbourne, of which very little more than twenty-four hours of fair weather was met between Melbourne and the Promontory, was the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →FREMANTLE, Wednesday. -- There is nothing tangible to report of the overdue Koombana, now seven days out from Port Hedland to Broome, a Journey which is usually…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →BERLIN. Wednesday Evening.—A tuner under the River Sprees caved in and the released waters of the river rushed into the underground tubes of the city, a section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Three young men, George Frederick Taylor, Norman Morrison, and William Nelson, residents of Waverley, pleaded guilty at the Paddington Police Court before Mr Barnett to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The oppressive weather spell of the past week was broken last night, culminating in a cyclonic disturbance which for violence and grandeur has not been excelled for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The yacht Sayonara, which arrived early yesterday from Melbourne, picked up moorings in Rushcutter's Bay. During the day the owner, Mr. P. Ross, visited the yacht, and…
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