Great Floods in America. LONDON, May 19
Disastrous floods have taken place in the valley of the Mississippi. Thousands of acres of winter wheat have been devastated. Hundreds of families are rendered homeless…
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Floods & storms, 1888
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The Floods in America. LONDON, May 22
Further particulars have been received of the disastrous floods which have taken place in the Valley of the Mississipi. The flood waters extended over a vast area of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Approaching Storm. to the Editor “ Burrangong Argus.”
SIR,—The strain must now be intense, when the Hungarian Press is urging the Allies to declare war, as the position is intolerable : while at the same time Russia is saying plainly through her…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sixth Day. Mr. John Gale, M.L.A., presided. Converted Pre-leases
Mr. Byrnes proposed—"That this conference, foreseeing the dire consequences to holders of converted pre-leases likely to occur from the expiration of the five years' tenure provided for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrific Gales off the Coast of Iceland. LONDON, June 12
Tremendous gales have occurred on the coast of Iceland, where a large fleet of French fishing boats are always stationed. A large number of the boats were lost, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods in China. LONDON, June 21
An alarming rebellion has broken out amongst the sufferers by the late disastrous inundations of the Yellow River in China. The military troops are joining the ranks of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Disastrous Floods in Mexico. LONDON, June 27
Disastrous floods have taken place in Mexico. Fifteen hundred persons have been drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Floods in Austria. London, August 7
For some days past it has been raining heavily and continuously in -many ot the Austria provinces. All low-lying lands are completely flooded, and immense damage has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm in South America. LONDON, Aug. 8
A destructive storm has occurred along the coast of Chili. The effects of the storm was severely felt at Valparaiso. Seven vessels were wrecked, and 24 lives were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Valparaiso. LONDON, August 12
Disastrons floods have occurred in Valparaiso. Several hundred lives have been lost, and property to the extent of a million dollars has been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Flood on the Planet Mars
No one of our neighbours in the solar system is better known to terrestrial astronomers than "the red planet Mars," partly because of its relative…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale in South Africa. LONDON, August 31
A terrible gale has been experienced at Port Elizabeth, Capo Colony. Seven vessels have been wreaked, and several lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm in South Africa. London, August 31
News from South Africa states that a terrible gale has swept over Algoa Bay, causing the wreck of several vessels, and the loss of several lives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Cyclone in Cuba. LONDON, Sept. 9
A cyclone of almost unparralleled violence has been experienced at Cuba. So disastrous have been bee its effects that most of the public buildings have been completely' wrecked. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cyclone in Cuba. LONDON, Sept. 15
The cyclone which occurred in Cuba proved most disastrous in its effects. Many public buildings were wrecked, and 800 inhabitants were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Thunderstorm in Sydney
ON Friday afternoon a thunderstorm broke over Sydney which proved to be one of the severest that has been experienced in that city for some time. The lightning was very vivid…
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ON no account should refuge be taken under an isolated tree, generally he Will do well to avoid its neighbourhood ; but should he be on an open…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Effects of the Gale
THE gale which blew in Goulburn on Tuesday levelled some fences to the ground and lifted sheets of iron from roofs; but so far as we have heard no serious damage was done…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Severe Gale in the United Kingdom. LONDON, Nov. 17
A severe gale has swept over Scotland, Ireland, and the North of England. Many fatalities are reported. Property has been damaged, and wrecks are recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Storms and Rainfall
A SOMEWHAT startling change in the weather has occurred since our last. On Saturday morning a close atmosphere and gathering clouds betokened something unusual, and about half-past. three in the…
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