Storms and Fatalities
SYDNEY, Monday.—Further terrific heat has been experienced in the interior. At Bourke on Saturday it was 121½ in the shade, and many of the residents were…
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Floods & storms, 1903
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More Thunderstorms Expected
Mr. Fowles, Acting Queensland Government Meteorologist, says:—The monsoon "Paterson" is now in the form of a ring over the greater portion of the southern…
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If out at doors, trees should be avoided, and if, from the rapidity with which the explosion follows the flash, it should be evident that the electric clouds are near at…
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THE train between Kerang and (Swan-hill (Victoria) was delayed for five hours by deposits of sand on the line, caused by thick clouds…
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A severe storm broke over town on Monday afternoon. The lightning was particularly vivid, and was accompanied by heavy rain,…
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An eye [?]ness of the storm which recently destroyed the smelter stack at the North Mount Lyell workings says that the…
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AN eye witness of the storm which recently destroyed the smelter stack at the North Mount Lyell workings says that the thunderstorm was one of the most appalling disturbances he had…
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Our Upper Copmanhurst correspondent, writing under date of Friday, 23rd instant., says: -- A violent tornado struck Upper Copmanhurst yesterday…
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A rainstorm near Canowindra on Monday drowned sixty sheep. The rush of water swept several fences away and destroyed the…
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A BRISBANE wire reports that the Deputy Postmaster-General has received the following wire from the officer in charge at Fairview :—"A swagman was taken yesterday in an…
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From Sunday up to Wednesday the sky at Grafton presented the appearance of being a canopy of yellow clay. Wires from the back country state that…
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A terrific cyclone occurred in England. Many lives were lost. There was great destruction amongst churches and prominent public buildings. The storm overturned a train in the…
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J. HARCOURT GIDDONS, M.S.A., astronomical meteorologist, writes :—"The year 1903 will probably be one of the wettest known in the annals of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Cyclone. Sweeps Townsville:--Many Per sons Killed and Injured. Ships Wrecked. -- Houses Blown Down. -- 2200,000 Damage Done. Sydney
EVERY portion of Townsville suffered by cyclone, which swept over the town on Monday. Hundreds of people have been rendered…
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Serious Damage—Numerous Fatalities. A SEVERE cyclone swept over Townsville, Queensland, on Monday. Hundreds of private dwellings collapsed…
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News of the furious storm that has just wrecked Townsville will be read with a tragic interest. Full details of the sacrifice of life and destruction of property are yet to come; but, from the hasty…
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On Tuesday morning there was a gale blowing at Cairns, the wind having a force of seventy miles an hour. The storm continued for four hours, and damaged the new…
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THE China Navigation Company's steamer Tsinan, on which Dr. Henry had such a sensational experience recently, when released from…
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TOWNSVILLE, Friday.—Heavy rains have fallen during the past two days. From 9 a.m. yesterday to 3 p.m. to day the official record was 7.63in. All the low-lying country in the…
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A telegram from St. George states that a splendid soaking rain commenced there early on Sunday, 101 points being registered up to 9 o'clock on Monday, Reports have also been received of heavy rains on…
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