The Storm King. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) PERTH
The lifeboat Storm King has left Albany for Adelaide. Captain Jorgensen was presented with a purse of sovereigns before leaving…
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Floods & storms, 1890
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The Austrian Crops. Destroyed by a Storm. a Famine Threatened. [By Cable.] London
News has been received that a storm, lasting over two days, has utterly destroyed the corn crops in the province of Galicia, in Austria, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Relief Applications. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY
Applications for relief to the amount of £50,000 have been received from the M'Lean district for losses through the floods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Darling Floods. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY
The flood waters on the Darling are slowly receding, and the low-lying country along the river is presenting a most desolate appearance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rise in the Rivers. Anxiety at Wentworth. A Dam Bursts. Stations Flooded. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY
A great deal of anxiety is felt regarding the expected flood. No. 183 dam, on an anabranch about 90 miles from Wentworth, broke last Friday night. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Sydney Deluge. Rain Record, Five-and-a-Half Feet. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY
Three inches 20 points of rain fell during the last two days, and 5ft. 6in. 20 points have fallen since the beginning of the year…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Cyclone. Steamer Capsized. Great Mortality. [By Cable.] London, July 19
A terrible cyclone has occurred at St. Paul, the capital of Minnesota, U.S. A steamer on the river capsized. Seventy bodies have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wind Storm in Adelaide. [?]oughs and shop shu[?]ters Flying About. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent ADELAIDE
A force storm last night damaged some buildings in the city, principally in the eastern suburbs. The front of the Maid and Magpie Hotel, St. Peters, was blown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The English Crops. Destroyed by Thunderstorms [By Cable.] London, July 16
Tremendous thunderstorms have raged in the South of England, by which the crops, were destroyed to a great extent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms in France. Wheat Crops Destroyed. Damages, £20,000,000. [By Cable.] London, Friday Afternoon
Great storms in France have seriously damaged the crops, chiefly wheat. The loss is estimated at £20,000,000, and great distress is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aonther Cyclone. Twenty Persons Killed. [By Cable.] London, Sunday Evening
A cyclone has passed over Lawrence, Maasachussets. Ninety houses were shattered, 20 persons killed, and 1000 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. ADELAIDE
There hes been two days' steady rain here. It is still showery in the city and suburbs, and the streets are very sloppy. Several country places also report heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Lifeboat Storm King. A Wonderful Voyage. Arrival in Adelaide. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) ADELAIDE, Monday Afternoon
The lifeboat Storm King, in which Captain Jorgenson has made the voyage from Norway, arrived this morning. She had a very rongh passage from Albany,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Torrens Embankment. Undermined by Floods. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. ADELAIDE, Monday Afternoon
The late heavy rain has undermined the Torrens embankment, and the Hindmarsh Bridge was endangered by the flood, bus it has now subsided. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Rain in S.A. [By Telegraph.] Fran Our Own Correspondent. ADELAIDE
Auburn reports heavy rain falling last night, and Jamestown that farming is almost entirely suspended about there, owing to the continous wet weather…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in South Australia. [By Teiegraph.] From Our Omn Correspondent. ADILAIDE, Thursday Afternoon
The weather all yesterday and last night was boisterous here and in the Gulf. Heavy rain fell again this morning, and is threatening still. In Petersburg the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Drowned in the Flood. [By TELEGRAPH.] [Fron Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY, Thuradny
Thomas Bartlett was drowned in the Murrumbidgee near Glendee yesterday through the rapid rising of the flood waters…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Storm is on Us
THE maritime labor storm has at last broken over the colonies, and ship after ship is being laid up disabled, whilst the men will soon be coming out in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Cyclone. Damages £1,000,000. Many Lives Lost. [By Cable.] London, Tuesday Evening
A terrific cyclone has swept over the province of Onde, in India, creating terrible devastation in its path. The destruction of property was immense,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone in Europe. Numerous Fatalities. [By Cable.] London
A destructive cyclone has swept over France and Switzerland, doing great damage to vineyards and property. Numerous fatalities are…
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