Terrific Cyclone in India
A terrille cyclone has passed over Eastern India. In Bengal, 130,000 people have been killed. Three large islands, on e500 square miles in area, with a population of 240,000, was completely…
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Floods & storms, 1877
12 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
Cyclone and Storm Wave in Bengal. a Quarter of a Million of People Destroyed
THE Amrita Bazar Patrika,-of the-23rd-November, publishes the following information about the late cyclone and the terrible storm wave which accompanied it:…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Storms and Floods
THE Home news of December 8 states that during the easily part of the week severe storms of wind and rain have prevailed throughout the kingdom, and much damage has been done. A large beech tree was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood in New Zealand
A HEAVY rain fall commenced in Dunedin and district on Sunday, the 4th instant and continued with little abatement until the 7th. The Otago Guardian of the 6th reports:—Yesterday there was one of the heaviest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest European News. Destructive Gales and Floods
DURING the last fortnight in December all parts ot the country have suffered from storms and floods. About 1000 yards of the upper portion of the Admiralty Pier at Dover were…
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WE take over from the Melbourne Argus the following further particulars of Saturday's flood at Ballarat, as briefly allned to in our telegram of Monday last—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Floods in South Australia
A VERY disastrous flood (the Register states) occurred at Saddleworth, the particulars of which are given by a correspondent of that journal, as follows:—"The rain must have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Gales at Dundee
A TERRIFIC gale swept over Dundee on February 3, and the squalls on the Tay were such as have not been experienced for a long time. Fears were entertained for the safety of the Tay Bridge, which have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Off the American Coast. Loss of 200 Lives
A FEW days since it was announced that a territic hurricame had swept over the American seaboard, and that it was feared a large number of vessels had foundered, and that their crows had perished. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Stoum on the Coast. (From the Ecening News, July 16.) the Storm in Sydney
THE south-east winds which set in on Tuesday have resulted in almost a continuous downpour of rain. On Saturday the wind blew with increased violence,and there was every indication of the approach of still mere…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What Is a Cyclone?
A QUANTITY of air having become heated at the surface of the earth, wnnts to make its way upwards, but finds its progress slopped by a body of cold air. These two, like the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →English and European Extraots. the Floods Scotland
A SCOTCH correspondent telegraphs:—The details of the Hoods occnpy pages of to-day's Scotch newspapers. Several fatal iauideats are reported. A woman was washed over the pier at Frasorburgh, a…
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