American Floods. Havoc in Central States. New York
Disastrous floods have occurred in the Central States. From Indiana it is reported that in the vicinity of Hammond alone the damage done…
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Lost in the Cyclone. Fate of the Lugger Clyo
PERTH, Monday.--A Whim Creek telegram gives the following details of the disaster which befell the lugger Clyo in the Balla Balla cyclose, when she had aboard Messrs Maginnis…
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The wind worked into the southward yesterday morning, and blew a gale at Jervis Bay, the sea being rough. Gabo Island also reported it south-west gale, with rather rough :sea…
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NEW YORK, Monday Evening.--A hundred thousand miners employed on the Pennsylvania coalfields have suspended work. Conferences between the owners and men are…
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H1CKMAN (KENTUCKY). Tuesday Evening.— The Mississippi River broke in the levee [?]q embankment to prevent inundation and flooded the streets of the town to a depth of [?]…
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At Whim Creek Robert Milne, employed at Whim Well Copper Mines, who was sent out to repair a telephone line which had been blown down during the recent hurricane,…
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Floods now being experienced in Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky are the worst ever recorded. The property losses amount to millions of…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Worst on Record. Floods in America. New York
The floods in the central States are the worst ever recorded. It is estimated that the loss of property in parts of Missouri, Illinois, and Kentucky…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →American Floods. Widespread Damage. Hickman (Kentucky), April 2
The Mississippi, which is in high flood, has inundated the town to a depth of 8ft. The inhabitants are abandoning their dwellings, boats being used for their…
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The flooding of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers is being attended with the most serious consequences. Thousands of people in the flooded areas…
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HICKMAN (Kentucky), Tuesday Evening.--The Mississippi broke the levee--the embankment along the river to prevent inundation--and flooded the town to a depth of 8ft…
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The departure for Australasia of the Union Steamship Company's mailboat Tahiti has been delayed, owing to the non-arrival of the mails…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Widespread Devastation. the American Floods. Town 15Ft. Under Water. New York
Widespread devastation is being wrought by the floods. In Tennessee alone the damage is estimated at £400,000, and eight lives have been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods in America. the Plight of Cairo. Cairo (Illinois), April 4
The city is surrounded by water, and is without trains and street cars. The Mississippi tore a large rent in the protecting embankment, and 500 men, who were…
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CAIRO (III), Thursday Evening.--The city is surrounded by water, and without trains or street cars. The Mississippi tore a large rent in the…
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From nearly every part of the country come reports of damage done by blizzards and floods (said "Lloyd's News" on January 14). Fierce…
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The death list of the floods is daily growing. Ten are known to have boon drowned in the river, which is ever increasing in volume. The Mississippi steamer services have been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in the States Cities Threatened. Levee Banks in Danger. Alarm and Anxiety. St. Louis
Details of the Mississippi floods show them to be very serious. A message received here from a Cairo newspaper states that the leveo broke away,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Coming Storm. Invention That Detects It. Paris
The Academy of Science has had submitted to it contri[?] by which the approach of storms can be detected by "wireless" at a distance of 300 miles…
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WASHINGTON, Saturday.-Mr. Taft has exdered the utilisation of army supplies for auther[?] by the bloods. Congress is ready to provide mon[?]tary relief whoever a clear idea…
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