Visit of Staff-sergt. Gale
The excitement of the week in town this has been the visit of Staff-Sergeant Gale, from headquarters, who baa been, engaged in instructing the reservists of the…
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Floods & storms, 1902
45 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 2 of 3
The Recent Gale
The recent gale along the coast is described as the heaviest for many years. Large numbers of Teasels were compelled to take shelter in various ports down the coast daring the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Terrific Storm
A STORM of an unusually severe nature passed over certain parts of the Lower Manning on Sunday evening last, about dusk. Torrents of rain fell, accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Weather Forecast. Floods Predicted in June
THE following is an extract from the monthly weather forecast for June, 1902, by Oronzo Press, Agricultural Meteorologist and Mathematical Astronomer, 482 George-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood Relief Boat, Upper Manning. Public Works Department, Sydney, 15th May. 1902
SIR,--win reply to your letter of the 8th instant, asking on behalf of the Trustees of the road, Three to Wingbam-Nowendoo road, for a further grant, to complete shed and tramway used…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Signs of a Deluge
SOME time ago we (Glen Innes Guardian) foretold rain at the end of May or early in June. We did so on the figures of the past, because we in New England have always a certain average rainfall. At…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrific Storms in America. Loss of Life and Great Destruction to Property. London
A VIOLENT storm has occurred at Illinois, in America. There were many fatalities, and thousands of acres of corn have been destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The s.s. Moravian in a Show Storm
The steamer Moravian encountered a snow storm between Sydney and Melbourne. The decks Were cowed several inches deep…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Rough Trip. Ketch Zelma Meets a Gale. Man Washed Overboard
ON the arrival of the ketch Zelma in Port Macquarie from Sydney on Monday morning, the captain reported having encountered a heavy gale and rough seas. At 7.30 p.m. on Sunday, the seas ran…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local News. the Predicted Flood
Mr. Oronza Presa, who predicted a flood last month, states that his calculations were upset by the volcanic disturbances which occurred on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Gales
Heavy gales are reported from Port Elisabeth. Eleven vessels are ashore. LATER. Sixteen sailing vessels have been stranded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Severe Gales. Sydney
A gale raged on the southern coast of Cape Colony all Sunday night and Monday wrecking most of the vessels in its path…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Theory of Thunderstorms
NO generally accepted theory of thunderstorms has as yet been built up (writes "Engineering"). In special cases we come, perhaps, near the real conditions. Thus Michie Smith has made a very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in India. a Train Falls Into a River. 49 Persons Drowned. London
Floods have destroyed a bridge in India, precipitating the Madras-Bombay mail train into a river. Eight European passengers (including 4…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in India. 6000 Persons Homeless. London
THE rivers Brahmani and Banslai, in Bengal, have overflowed, and 25 villages along the banks have been destroyed. A few people were killed, and 6000 have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Droughts and Floods
IT is an acknowledged fact that floods enrich the soil they inundate in the valleys of the coastal rivers, by the fertilising deposit they distribute. They thereby to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Heavy Storm. Sydney
A great storm of lightning and thunder, accompanied by a perfect deluge of rain occurred in Sydney on Sunday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Storm at Daysdale. Horses, Sheep, and Dogs Killed, and Men Injured. Crops and Fences Destroyed
DURING the recent storm in the Daysdale district, although only lasting a couple of hours, upwards of 5in. of rain were recorded. In several parts the track of the bail was about 200 yards wide, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Heavy Storm
A terrific storm accompanied by thunder and lightning, passed over the district on Sunday last Daring the morning heavy clouds gradually gathered from the west…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local News. a Phenomenal Storm
At about dinner time on Sunday last this district was struck by the severest storm experienced for a long time past. The wind blew with great…
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