Destructive Thunderstorms in New England
THE Tenterfield Star of December 27 states that on Monday evening one of the heaviest and most alarming storms that was ever known in this neighbourhood…
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Floods & storms, 1880
25 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 2
Remarkable Snow Storms in India
Some interesting details of the extraordinary snowfall in Cashmere in 1877-78 are given in a paper in the just issued number of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal…
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The recent fall of great masses of snow from the hills has caused the waters of the rivers to rise in many districts. In Grosswardein the River Koeroes overflowed its…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cyclone at New Caledonia. Loss of 14 Vessels and 16 LIVES. (From the Herald's Correspondent.) Noumea, Feb. 7
During the night of the 23rd January the weather became so threatening that the most experienced persons felt the approach of a storm of no ordinary character. On the…
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There are heavy floods at Casino, and five of water in the main street. The police boats are assisting to save life and property. Numbers of people…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Caledonia. Inundation and Violent Gales. (From the S. M. Herald's correspondent.) Noumea, Feb. 19
After the hurricane of the 24th January the rain continued to fall in torrents until the 9th of February. At the Dombea the water rose 30 inches higher than during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Floods in Victoria. (BY Telegraph to Herald.) Melbourne
Floods have occurred on the Dunolly, St. Arnaud, and Ararat railway lines, washing away the ballast and a portion of the permanent way. At Bealiba there are heavy…
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RAIN set in heavily on Friday night, and continued up to daylight this morning. The river rose rapidly, causing the inundation of Lismore and the surrounding…
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The Argus of February 28th reports that a heavy fall of rain had taken place throughout the country districts, and in many instances the much-wished-for downpour has been so…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Floods at Lismore. (From the Lismore Chronicle Feb. 26.)
It is our painful duty this week to record the most disastrous flood in the Richmond River that has ever visited this portion of the district. The weather during the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Indian Calamities. the Flood of St. Kitts and Volcanic Eruption in Dominica
The Kingston, Jamaica, Budget of January 20th contains rather meagre details of the disasters at St. Kitts and Dominica. The following dispatch is printed in regard…
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The New York papers publish a telegram from St. Thomas, West Indies, giving particulars of the disastrous floods in the island of St Kitts. Two hundred lives have been…
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AFTER the heavy rains of Sunday last, the First Creek began to fill rapidly, and towards the afternoon the water overflowed its banks in an almost…
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The Polynesian myth concerning the deluge is told as follows by Dr. Gaussin: Two men had gone out to sea to fish with the line, Roo and Teahoroa by name. They threw their hooks into the sea, which…
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FFOM a Pass[?]torre journal we (Sydney Morning Herald) learn that a fearful flood ocourred in January last in the Island of St. Kitts. It commenced early…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Are Cyclones Wind or Electrical Storms. (Scientific American.)
In reporting the results of his observations along the track of the tornado which proved so fatally destructive at Marshfield, Missouri, Prof. Tice, of St. Louis, expresses the opinion that all such whirlwinds,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Winter Rains and Floods in Tasmania
The winter season of 1880 (the H. T. Mercury states) has turned out to be the wettest that has been known for some years. The prevailing wind has been from the north. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Canal Steamer causes a Frightful Flood. (Scientific American.)
An unexpected source of danger in canal navigation has been demonstrated at Montreal. On June 30 the steamer Bohem[?]an, carring fifty passengers and an assorted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods in Victoria. (By Telegraph to Herald.) Melbourne, Monday, 6 p.m
The floods about Melbourne are apparently subsiding, as the weather is now fine, and the glass high. From Prince's Bridge te Emerald Hill is one vast sheet of water, and traffic oy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods in and Around Melbourne
The Melbourne Telegraph of Tuesday says that the suburban districts along the Yarra were flooded throughout Monday, and traffic across the bridges stayed. The flood waters…
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