Battling with Gales Makambo Buffeted
Running nearly a week late owing to violent westerly gales encountered after leaving Norfolk Island, Burns, Philp's steamer Mahambo entered port last night, and anchored off…
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Makambo's Trial Weary Battles with Gales
The story of the steamer Ma[?]atinho's fight with the recent rules on the coast was told by Captain Weatherall, master of the vessel, when she berthed at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Ran Before Gale" Makambo's Adventures Her Captain's Regret
"I should liked to have brought those oranges through all right." Captain Weatherall, of the island steamer Makambo, which berthed at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Price of Butter Application for Increase Effects of Floods
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Effects. COASTAl Farms Suffer
The lower parts of the Manning and Macleay rivers have suffered severely from the effects of the floods. Most of the rich grazing flats on these rivers were covered with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gale
Last week's gale up-rooted a number of trees near the town, as well as over-turning several old sheds and lifting the roofs off these. Tiles and iron from the roofs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swept Before Gale Ships Far From Course "A Week to Return"
After having been within 39 miles of Port Jackson, whither she wad bound, the American five-masted schoner John W. Wells, 2527 tons gross, was seized…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood in Park-street Main 33 Years' Old
Delay in abating the flow of water from the burst main in Park-street on Saturday night last was due, so it was stated at to-day's Water Board…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Storm ? Warning from Melbourne MELBOURNE, [?]
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Continued on Trove, page 7 →Women's Column. Sydney Girl's Experiences. in North Coast Floods
Few people in the city, and in many other parts of the State, have the haziest idea of the stress and strain imposed on those living on the rivers of the North Coast during…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →100,000 Sheep. Marooned by Floods. Moree
It is estimated there are still about 100,000 sheep marooned by flood waters in the water-course country between Garah and the Barwon, and the recent fresh in the Barwon and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Western Floods. Position Still Critical. Bourke
The river has steadily fallen about 10 inched since last Wednesday, but a rise is expected here in 10 days or so from Walgett. A large body of water coming in through the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sick Man's Heroism Struggle in a Flood
MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday.--A story of the heroism of a sick man was told at the inquest into the death of Eardley Pearce Jack, at Murwillumbah. Jack was one of the two men…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Flood Relief Rural Bank to the Rescue Help for Farmers
In discharge of the duties imposed upon him by the conference held at the P.P.U. rooms on Friday last for the purpose of devising means for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Sick Man's Heroism. Struggle for Life in the Flood Waters
The story of a sick man's heroism was related at the Murwillumbah (N.S.W.) coroner's court on Wednesday, when an inquiry was held into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rural Movements and Progress the Flood's Toll Relief for the Victims P.p.u. Active
At the invitation of Mr. C. J. McRae, president of the Primary Producers' [?] members of pathament repr[?]ating the three Northern Rivers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods
Dear "Planets,"— The hist time I wrote I think I was singing out for rain, and tolling you about feeding cattle and horses. Well…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy General Rain. Floods in Wellington District
Rain fell almost generally over New South Wales during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday. The heaviest falls occurred on the slopes and tablelands, where registrations…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Utilising Flood Sand at Mosman
After heavy rain at Mosman Boy there is a scour of sand into the portion above the footbridge. Every few years a dredge had to be requisitioned to clear out the sand, which was punted out to sea and damped. Now the Mosman Council's engineer has found a way to make use of the sand, and also to clear the Bay. Every morning at low tide, a horse attached to a scoop drags up the sand to the bank, whence it is taken and used as top dressing for the tarred…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In 1864. a Greater Flood
Reports in the Press and the numerous pictures of extensive floods in Queensland, the Northern Rivers, and especially the flood beginning with the Macintyre River, continuing…
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