Disastrous Storm in England
THE sad accounts of disaster, loss of property, and life, which continue to arrive from all quarters of the kingdom, says the Morning Advertiser of October…
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Floods & storms, 1878
35 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
Science. Storm and Hail
WHENE a solence is still young—in the condition of metoorolegy at the present day—it is-not enough to enunciate accurate ideas, the result of observation or experiment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quirindi. (From Our Own Reporter.) Great Dust Storm
FRIDAY evening the 18th inst., was Tendered remarkable in Quirindi by the appearance of perhaps the most lasting and severe dust storm that has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain in the Metropolis. Probable Break-up of the Drought. (From the Echo of Wednesday.)
The drought seems to have thoroughly broken up, and the prognostications of Mr. Russell, the Government Astromoner, are certainly verified as regards the weather in Sydney. The rain, which began early…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Floods in Sydney-A Woman Drowned
THE fearful storm of thunder and [?] accompanied by torrents of rain which swept over the city and sub[?] of Sydney last night will long be remembered. As [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Rain Storms at Tamworth. (From the Tamworth News, Feb. 8.)
The heavy thunderstorms of Tuesday and Wednesday (that on the afternoon of the latter day especially) while productive of much good in a general way, in many individual cases…
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On Sunday we had one of the most oppressive sultry days of this season. The thermometer did not go up very high, but to human beings the heat was very trying. Everybody in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm at Gulgong. (From the Her[?]'s correspondent.)
On Wednesday Gulgong and its environs were visited by one of the heaviest storms on record in the district. At noon the clouds became overcast, but nothing to in[?] a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Flood and Rain Statistics, (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
Sir,—"An Australian" writing in your paper of 5th inst, questions the corr[?]s of Mr. Russell's weather statistics of the last twenty years. Surely his own statistics should…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Thursday's Storm at Newcastle
On Thursday afternoon, says the Pilot of Friday, between three and four O'clock, a very heavy thunderstorm broke over Newcastle. For half an hour previously the sky had been getting darker and darker…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Fatal Dray Accident during the Storm on Thursday. Coroner's Inquiry
Yesterday, at the West Maitland Courthouse, Mr. Pearse, coroner, held an inquest on the body of a child named Edmund Denny, aged four years and seven months, who was killed by a dray running…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood in the Hawkesbury
THE storm-waters from the Goulburn district came down the Hawkesbury last Friday night and Saturday in overwhelming torrents, and flooded the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Storm at Grafton. (From the Clarence and Richmond Examiner, Feb. 16.)
One of the most dreadful storms that has ever visited the district broke over Grafton about four p.m. on Tuesday The rain came down in [?]rrents for about half an hour, while the wind…
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WE never remember seeing the Macleay District looking so well or of greater promise than it did last Tuesday when the rain commenced, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Floods in Melbourne and Suburbs. (By Telegraph to S. M. Herald.)
Owing to the heavy rains which fell during the last twenty-four hours, extensive floods have occurred around Melbourne. This morning the water rose very rapidly, and covered St. Kilda…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Floods in Melbourne and Suburbs. (By Telegraph to the Herald.)
OWING to the heavy rains which fell during the last twenty-four hours, extensive floods have occurred around Melbourne. This morning the water rose very rapidly and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Floods ia Victoria. (From the Daily Telegraph, March 18.)
One of the heaviest and most disastrous floods that have ever occurred in the Yarra since Melbourne was founded oocurred on Saturday. It was equal in height and volume of water to any flood that has…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Deluging Rainfall in the South. Floods and Loss of Life at Yass. (From the Courier of the 19th March.)
Before daylight on Tuesday morning it commenced to rain in Yass, and continued without ceasing until past two o'clock on Wednesday. The water literally poured from the heavens,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floods in California
It may be an instructive lesson to us on the Hunter River, to leam how much more severe are sometimes the floods in other countries than those we suffer from; and how, nevertheless, the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Great Floods in and about London
An unusually heavy fall of rain visited the metropolis on April 11. For 19 hours rain fell heavily, amounting to very nearly two inches, the correct reading of the rain gauge from 5…
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