Storm-swept. Marsh Island Inundated. Loss of Negro Life
NEW YORK, Friday Evening.--A storm swept over Florida Keys, and a tidal wave overflowed Marsh Island, principally inhabited by negroes…
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Storm in New York. Violent Visitation. Rain, Wind, Hail, and Lightning. New York
New York is recovering to-day from the effects of a fearfully violent storm by which it was swept last night. The rain, with the the hail, wind, and lightning that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Flood Feared. River Rising Rapidly. Camden
The river is now rising at Manangle, and a flood higher than any other time this winter is anticipated here…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fears of Floods. Lowlands Under Water. Hawkesbury Still Rising. Windsor
Showery weather continues. The Hawkesbury River is this morning about 20 feet above summer level. All the lowlands are again submerged. The river is rising slowly,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bountiful Rains. From Four to Six Inches. Falls Almost General. Floods Threaten in Places
The high pressure has travelled further southward, and is now centred to the southeast of Tasmania. The monsoonal tendencies affecting New South Wales caused the rain…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flood at Camden. Bridge Under Water. 890 Points at Robertson
Telephone messages from Camden last night stated that big rains were experienced there yesterday, and the Nepean River was rising. At 7 p.m. the water was 5ft. over the bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Flood Feared
LISMORE, Monday.--Heavy rain set in on Saturday and continued for about 24 hours. Over 400 points have been recorded. The fall has been general throughout the district, and especially severe at the heads of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Preventing Storm Damage
The recent heavy rain storms have been a source of considerable anxiety to the councils of Woolahra, Waverley, and Vaucluse, because of the amount of damage caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Pacific Storm Centre. Important Events Ahead. New Zealand's Part. Mr. Griffith and the Navy. Melbourne
"Will you send Senator Pearce to the Imperial Defence Conference on the Pacific?" I asked a Liberal leader to-day. "Not on your life," he shouted. "Do you…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Flooded Rivers. Some Exciting Experiences
The heavy rain has caused further floods in the country. The Shoalhaven River is rising, and a man was on Tuesday swept off his horse, and…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Floods. Rivees Overflow. Hawkesbury Rising. Some Thrilling Escapes
Further floods are reported from the country, and in some instances there have been narrow oscapes from death. A man on horseback was swept off his…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Hawkesbury in Flood
WINDSOR, Tuesday.--The Hawkesbury River is nearly 20ft above summer level. Showery weather continues. The river is slowly rising and trars are entertained that it will overdow the banks. Stock has been…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The March Storm. Damage at Bondi
The storm of March 8 last has been responsible for a good deal of vexation in Waverley and Bondi. Mr. A. E. Anderson, of Searborough House, states that through the action of the storm waters he suffered considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Great Gundagai Flood
This is the anniversary of a great catestrophic which occurred is [?] and awept away the original township of [?] Owing to heavy rains the [?] of the Murrumbidges…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Flooded Tramvale
The Marrickville Cornell recently wrote to the Minister for Works, asking that an inquiry he held regarding the question of the prevention of foods on the Tramvale area at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Really Great Flood
In these days of almost continuous rainfall and rising rivers, floods are much talked of. Those in New South Wales recently, bad as they were, are merely an incident compared…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Hawkesbury Flood. River Rises 24 Feet
WINDSOR, Wednesday.--The wither has been showery since Saturday, and nearly four inches of rain fallen. The Hewkesbury River has risen 24 feet and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gloomy Conditions. Light to Heavy Rain. Cold and Frosty
Since Wednesday further light to heavy rainfall has been recorded generally over the eastern half of New South Wales, but fine, cold, and frosty conditions prevailed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Biggest Flood on the Hawkesbury. Reminiscences of Sixtyseven
THE "baby-floods" of the last few weeks (in June, too) sent my memory back forty-six years—to be exact, to June 17, 18, 19, 20; and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Pumping Out a Flooded Cellar with Motor Fire Engine
After the recent Ohio (U.S.A.) floods subsided, even though the surface was drained of water, there yet remained considerable work to be done in pumping out cellars. For this purpose,…
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