American Floods. New Orleans, April 13
The west levee holding back the Mississippi to its channel broke near Atlanta, and 1[?] square miles of country have been flooded, and thousands of families have been rendered…
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1,269 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 64
Broken Dyke. Mississippi's Flood. Country Overwhelmed
NEW ORLEANS, Saturday.--The west love of the Mississippi broke near Alsatia yesterday, and 1000 square miles of country were flooded. Thousands of families are homeless, and…
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A cyclone, occurred at Innistall, Queensland. All the telegraph Haes in the district were blown down, and 20½in of rain were reported…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Memorable Wrecks. the Record Op a Decade. Fire, Storm, and Collision
Notwithstanding the advance made in an matters pertaining to navigation, the present decade has been marked by a grim series of calamitous misadventures at sea. For sheer…
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Heavy floods are reported at Wairarapa, near Greytown, N.Z., the orchards and crops being severely damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Queensland Storm. Crops Damaged. Brisbane
The manager of the Howard Smith Company at Cairns, Mr. E. C. Eden, has returned from a visit to the Mourilyan, Innisfail, Liverpool Creek, and Maria Creek districts. He stated…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Electric Shocks. Severe Storm. Damage by Lightning. Zeehan (Tas.)
This afternoon the worst electrical disturbance ever experienced, occurred here, the storm travelling from north-west. Two of the flashes of lightning were…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Too Much Flood Water. North Sydney Council Sued
In the Enquiry Court this morning before before Judge Simpson Albert Sims and Austen Guerry C. Lourel Arnold asked for an injunction to restrain the North Sydney Municipal Council From…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood Havoc in America. Mississippi's Devastation. New York
The breaking of more levees along the Mississippi Valley has added to the horror of the flood situation in that part of the country…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain and Gale. Boisterous Week End. Seventy Knot Gusts. Gardens Like Storm Swept Corn Fields
The past week and brought a drastle change in the local weather which [?] in Sydney during the Master holidays and [?] throughout the week [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Very Much Wetness. Deluge in the City
An unusually heavy storm broke over the city shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoons and the streets were deluged. The wat[?] came down in drifts and sheets, and as much…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Trams Derailed. Storm Interrupts Traffic
The heavy downpour this afternoon was responsible for a tram block at Annandale. New sets of rails are being put in from the junction at Camperdown to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm Signals. Danger Flags Flying
After 8 o'clock this morning the only signal flying from the flagstaff on Observatory Hill was the danger signal. This was also hoisted at South Head, and represented a warning to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In a Gale. Kulambangra Short of Coal
BRISBANE, Sunday.--Lever's Pacific Plantations', Limited, steamer Kulambangra from the Solomon Islands, put into Brisbane to-day, short of coal, owing to the boisterous weathe…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Culwulla Sets Out. Probably Caught in the Gale
The yacht Culwulla III., owned by Mr. W. M. Marks, set out on her long ocean voyage of 500 miles to Brisbane on Saturday afternoon. and as nothing has been heard of her…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Winter Blasts. Squally South and South-west Winds. Gale in the South
Tangible proof that the winter is upon us was afforded yesterday by the prevalence of bleak and squally south-south-west and southerly winds. The change caused a big drop in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Gunbar in a Gale. a Youthful Captain. Son of the City Surveyor
The now steamer Gunbar, which was specially considered in Scottish Shipbuilding yards, for the service of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, experienced the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rain and Gale. Smash at Waterloo. New Building Blown Down. (Continued fron page 1.)
The fierce wind equalls follwing on Monday night's storm, continued to blow throughout the morning, and were responsible for considerable damage being done in Alexandria…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mysterious Death. Young Woman's End. Body Found in a Storm-water Channel
Shortly after 1 a.m. yesterday a young woman, Clarice Alta Barker, 21, a native of Bendigo, employed as a factory hand, and residing in a furnished room at 51 Glebe-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Winter at Hand. Yesterday's Gale. Downpour of Rain. Cold and Stormy. To-day's forecast:--Continued southerly rain squalls
As a result of a combined tropical and Antarctic influence a somewhat phenomenal strong southerly gale swept up along the coast yesterday about noon. Blinding clouds…
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