Storm at Cockbury
"The Miner's" correspondent at Cockburn wrote last evening. A storm coming [?] the east and veering towards the south, and meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1912
156 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 8
Cyclone at Kalgoorlie. Scores of Dwellings Demolished. Several People Injured. Five Hundred Men Temporarily Unemployed
A cyclone struck Kalgoorlie on Monday night (reports the "Age" correspondent), currying serious disaster in its waka. Scores of dwellings were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Lisbon Floods. Corpsies, Merchandise and Furniture Floating Down the Tagus. Relieving the Sufferers. [Reuter's Message.] Lisbon
The Portuguese Government has voted £20,000 for the relief of the sufferers by the Lisbon floods. Corpses, merchandise, furniture and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Station Cook Drowned. Attempted to Swim Flooded River. Perth
A report from Broome stares that Walter Matthews, a station Cook (35), was drowned at Cheribue Crossing, while attempting to swim the Fitzroy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lisbon Floods. Corpses, Merchandise and Furniture Floating Down the Tagus. Relieving the Sufferers. [Reuter's Message.] Lisbon
The Portuguese Government has voted £20,000 for the relief of the sufferers by the Lisbon floods. Corpses, merchandise, furniture and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Priest Drowned. Whilst on His Way to Mass. Through a Flooded Creek. Singleton
Father Janies Kelly, assistant pr[?]st at Singleton, was drowned at Neble's Crossing, Gnennies Creek, on Sunday morning, while on his way to celebrate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Spain. Villagers Starve for Six Days. [Reuter's Message.] Madrid
In 12 riverside villages in Spain, on the Guadolquiser, with a imputation of 34,000, not a house is above flood level…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yesterday's Storm. Damage at the Racecourse
Whilst the rain which accompanied yesterday's storm was confined to the city itself, the outside of the town received the full force of the wind. At…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lighthouse- Keepers Starving. Incessant Gales Stop Supplies. [Reuter's Message.] Madrid
Six lighthouse keepers on the island of Corcubion, off the coast of Spain, are starving. Incessant gales have raged for 30…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →To-day's Thunderstorm. Muggy Conditions Continue. Rainfall Estimated at 75 Points
The severity of the downpour which drenched the city shortly after 1 o'clock to-day, is indicated by a subjoined report from the local postmaster,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Cyclone'' Thompson v. Lester. Lester Knocked Out in the 20Th Round. Sydney
In giving away close on two stone weight, "Cyclone1" Johnny Thompson was nevertheless equal to the task of decisively beating his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Severe Weather in America. Gale and Snowstorms. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver
Hundreds of oil derricks were lovelled to the ground in Western Pennsylvania to-day by a furious gale which is spreading over the country…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Saturday Night's Storm Heavy Thunder and Vivid Lightning. a Torrential Downpour
Early on Saturday oveniqg last ilark banks of heavy clouds made' an appearance in tho-south-west,- accompanied by tho muttered rumbling of thunder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Violent Storm in Sydney. Man Y Cai'sizks in Tiiio Harbor Syilnt'V Monduv
A violent storm broke over the etty ' yesterilny afternoon, accompanied by thunder and vivid lightning. The wind blew with eyelonie gusts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain in Queensland. Landslips and Washaways
Advices, from Woodford, Queensland, show that at 9 a.m. on Monday the Brisbane River was [?] on the gauge and falling 3[?]n. an hour. At…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Reported Gale in West Australia. Heavy Rains Reported. Perth
The telegraph lines are down from Condon to Wyndham, and news is available of a 65 mile an hour gale which was raging at Derby and on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Crisis. the Situation Unchanged. No Signs of Yielding. Two Swansea Collieries Flooded. [Reuter's Message.] London
The situation in connection with the coal strike is unchanged. There are no signs of yielding. The strike is slowly tightening its grip on every…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Adelaide Cyclone. Jubilee Exhibition Grandstand Roof Carried Away. Debby Stand at Adelaide Oval Wrecked. Adelaide
The venue of the Autumn Show, on the Jubilee Exhibition Grounds, seemed to have been in the track of particularly fierce gusts of cyclonic intensity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The South Pole. Captain Amundsen's Expedition. the Journey Across the Ice. Further Details of the Explorations. Snow Storms and Blizzards Encountered. Hobart
News having been received by Captain Amundson that the London "Daily Chronicle" had published his cabled report, he discussed his journey to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dockers Refuse to Discharge German Coal. Several Pits Near Swansea Flooded. London
There are now 1,342,000 persons idle as a consequence of the strike and the loss of waged is estimated at £5,613,000…
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