miscellaneous. Wiggins' Predictions. Peculiar Conditions of the Planetary Bodies --A Tremendous Storm Foretold
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 January 1886 · page 2
In a letter to a Detroit paper, E. Stone Wiggins says:--In a recent issue of your journal you say I have predicted that next winter will be unusually mild. This is news to me. With…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Storm Near Cootamundra. Portion of the Railway Line Destroyed. the Mail Train Delayed
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 January 1886 · page 15
An unusually heavy thunder and hail storm has again been the means of disabling the Southern Railway line near Cootamundra, and but for the praiseworthy act of a fettler in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Severe Storm in the Wagga District
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1886 · page 19
A hailstorm of unusual severity broke over Sandy Greek on Thursday afternoon, 21st inst., the hailstones being the size of walnuts. Half an inch of rain was recorded in 10…
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The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1886 · page 22
A storm passed over Glen I[?]nes on the 3rd inat, which in the memory of the oldest resident (says the Examiner) was never equalled, in violence, leadenness of destructiveness…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Destructive Storms at Fijiand Tonga. Wreck of Several Vessels and Loss of Lives
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1886 · page 19
Reports concerning the devastation occasioned by the. late gale are now being received from the various districts almost daily at the Native Commissioner's office. To judge from…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Flooding of a Mine at Creswick. Narrow Escape of the Miners
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1886 · page 15
A very serious burst of water took place in the Berry No. 1 Company's mine at Creswick on the 4th inst. It appeals that two men were working in the new rise, when a slight…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Storm
The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 4
"But if sin be sin, not inherited fate, as many will say, My sin to my desolate little one found me at sea on a day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Mexican Sand-storm
The Riverine Grazier · Saturday 6 March 1886 · page 1
The air was still as death, and there was not a puff of wind nor a rag of cloud in the whole horizon. I observed, however, that the sky had undergone a curious…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Severe Thunderstorm at Sandhurst. a Youth Killed by Lightning and Another Injured
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1886 · page 27
A severe thunderstorm passed over Sandhurst early on Saturday morning. The storm, which only lasted for a few minutes, was the severest for many years past. Shortly before…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Traveller. Chased by a Cyclone
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 March 1886 · page 2
WITHIN a few rods of the opening of the gulch I heard a roar, as of on coming wind. Nan cried out again to her horse, the animal lurched forward yet faster, and in a moment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Colliery Flooded
The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 24 March 1886 · page 4
Between 8 and 9 o'clock on Thursday Morning, the miners engaged at their duties in the Ferndale pit were suddenly alarmed by the roaring of invading waters at the north east end of the workings. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Mexican Sand-storm
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 March 1886 · page 2
The air was still as death, and there was not a puff of wind nor a rag of cloud in the whole horizon. I observed, however, that the sky had undergone a curious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flooding of a Coal Mine
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1886 · page 27
The Ferndale Colliery, Newcastle, was flooded out at 9 o'clock on the morning of the I8th inst. Investigations with regard to the disaster show it to have been one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Cyclone in the United States. Sixty-seven Persons Killed. (By Submarine Cable.) London, April 16
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 April 1886 · page 18
A destructive cyclone has occurred in the State of Minnesota. An immense amount of damage was done, and 67 persons are known to have been killed…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Great Flood in Canada. Montreal Inundated. Immense Damage. (By Submarine Cable.) Ottawa, April 19
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 April 1886 · page 18
Owing to heavy and continuous rainfall the St. Lawrence has overflowed its banks, and almost the whole of Montreal is inundated. The damage to property is immense…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →General European Telegrams. [By Submarine Cable.] Extensive Floods in England. London, May 10
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1886 · page 18
Owing to the heavy and continuous rain which has fallen daring last week, floods extending over vast areas of the Midland Counties of England have occurred, and large…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Heavy Rainfall and Floods in New South Wales and Queensland. Several Lives Lost. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 July 1886 · page 27
The rain which commenced on Friday and Saturday continued during yesterday and today, and the reports from the country show that the rain extended all over the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Floods lN Queensland. Brisbane
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 July 1886 · page 37
The Government are making arrangements to send provisions to St. George, where a [?] is imminent, by means of pack horses from You[?] It has been found…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Floods in New South Wales
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1886 · page 27
Several accidents owing to the flooded state of the rivers are reported from various parts of the colony. The coach from Walgett to Narrabri was capsized at Milchomi Creek on…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Floods in Burmah. Fifty Thousand Natives Home Less. [By Submarine Cable.] London, August 24
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1886 · page 18
A serious inundation has occurred at Mandalay, the Burmese capital, caused by- the Irrawaddy overflowing its banks. Fifty thousand of the inhabitants have been…
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