A Flood of Applications
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--No fewer than 2500 applications have been received by the Department of Home Affairs for the positions of stationmasters, clerks, locomotive drivers, and…
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Providing Against Rainfall. Lord Mayor and Flooded Areas
In view of the number of claims repeatedly made after heavy rainfalls, and invariably from the same claimants and concerning the same localities, it has occurred to the Lord Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in Bulgaria. Sofia, July 23
Severe floods have occuired in the Jamholl, Razgrad, and Eski-Jumnya districts. Hundreds of bodies have been recovered. The damage amounts to many million francs…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Great Storm in Paris
A BOUT the middle of last month Paris was swept by a gigantic storm. When it had subsided the city looked as though it had been under a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →A Likely Middleweight. the Moore Park Cyclone
Crock middle[?]ights experience great difficulty nowadays, at any rate so far as Sydney is concerned in obtaining suitable sparring pa—tough chaps that can stand a belting…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Short Story: "The Floodtide of Fortune."
When John Parkin Jones courted Miss Evelyn Spargo theirs was the usual discussion between the parents or the young lady as to his eligibility. Mr. Spargo objected that John Parkin…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Hungarian Storm Parliament Buildings Damaged Budapest, Friday Night
A great storm severely damaged the Hungarian Parliamentary Buildings to-day. Several Deputies had a narrow escape, and a passer-by was killed. Part of the Cathedral was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storm in Budapest. Parliament House Damaged. Bud[?]t, July 24
A severe [?]torm, which swept over the city, severely damaged the Parliamentary buildings, and several members of the Chamber of Deputies, including Count And[?]ssy, leader of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Happy Traveller. Mr. H. N. Southwell's Holiday. the Olympic Congress. Disastrous Storm in Paris. Regulating an Immense Traffic
Mr. H. N. Southwell, the well-known Sydney concert manger, who is at present on a holiday trip to England and the Continent, forwards another interesting letter to the "Evening…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Redfern Shooting Case Gale at Police Court. Wife's Hopeless Condition
It is unlikely that Mrs. Clara Gale, who was shot at Redfern on July 10, will recover. Senior-sergeant Mankey said at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Redfern Shooting. Gale Before the Court. Wire in Critical Condition
William Gale, St. appeared before the Central police Court this morning on changes of having, on July 10, shot at Rachel Kea[?]ne, Clara Gale, and James Kea[?]ne at Redtern, with intent to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mine Flooded. Inburst From Old Workings
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- A heavy burst of water -- supposed to be from old workings -- occurred on Monday night at No. 5 level in the Victoria United Mine. Ballarat East. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Islands. Heavy Rain in the Gilberts. Cocoanut Crop
Captain Steele, of the London Missionary Society's steamer John Williams, which returned from a cruise of the South Sea Islands yesterday, reports having experienced…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wedding at Wardell. Cashman—Flood
A very pretty wedding was celebrated in St. Patrick's Church, Wardell, on July 14, the contracting parties being Patrick, youngest son of Mr. Thomas Cashman, of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Flooded Mine
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The heavy in burst of water at the mine of the Victoria United Company, Ballarat East, has been checked by pump, and it is now probable that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm Tossed. Germania in a Typhoon. Boats and Deck Fittings Lost
A severe "dusting" in a typhoon of the Philippine Islands fell to the lot of the German steamer Germania, which arrived yesterday from Hongkong via the islands and the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Holland to Be Flooded
Holland is making great preparations to meet possible inve[?] of its territory by hostile troops. There is [?] that the Germans, having already committed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Waiting for the Storm to Pass
The manager directions [?] shipping company stated [?] present they were exceedingly [?] and delivering goods from [?] long this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fine, Clear and Frosty. Heavy Coastal Rain. Light City Falls
NEW SOUTH WALES FORECAST.--Generally fine, with southerly winds; isolated showers on the North Coast; some fogs and frosts…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Thunderstorm in City
At about 6 o'clock last night a thunderstorm passed over the city, accompanied by light, steady rain. Up to 9 p.m. 12 points of rain were registered in the city, though several of…
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