Storm in Sydney
After an excessively hot day on Friday, about 7 p.m. a heavy electric storm passed over Sydney, and hailstones of abnormal size fell in thick showers in…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Floods & storms, 1896
43 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 3
The Origin of Storms in India
At a meeting of the Royal Meteorological Society in London, on the 20th November. Mr R. Inwards in the chair. Mr J. Eliot, F.R.S., read a paper on the origin of the cold-weather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm at Tocumwal
A Tocumwal telegram says:—"The most violent storm that has occurred here within the memory of the oldest inhabitants broke over the town and district…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Terrific Storm at Rutherglen
The heat on Thursday last in the Rutherglen district reached its greatest point this summer, the thermometer ranging from 112deg. to 118deg. in the shade between…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Storm in Other Parts of the District
At Lake Moodemere tho damage was considerable. Mr. R. Turner was the principal sufferer, having lost a larger number of fruit trees, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Storm at the Prentice Freehold. Houses Blown Down. Great Destruction of Property. a Miner Injured. a Young Lady Struck by Lightning
THURSDAY week was tho hottest day experienced this summer, and at different localities in the town and district the thermometer registration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Gale
A telegram from Wellington (N.Z.) says :— Another volent nor'-wes gale passed over Wellington on Saturday night. There was some little excitement at the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Cyclone in Queensland. Brisbane
News from Townsville gives particulars of terrific galea which have raged there. The wind blew persistently from the south for a couple of days, accompanied at times with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods in Queensland. Position at Rockhampton
The flood waters reached their greatest height on Monday morning when they were 5¾ over the level of the flood of 1890, that being the highest previously recorded. The…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Queensland Floods. a Mob of 600 Cattle Drowned
Reports show that the flood in the Mackenzie country reached an unparalleled height. On the station belonging to Mr. Blackman fences, stock-yards, buildings, and stock were…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Floods in the Tigris. 600 Arabs Drowned. London, March 3
Great floods have occurred in the River Tigris, In Mesopotamia. Great destruction of property has been caused, and 600…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Drowned in the Floods
Messrs. George and James Halfield, owners of Yatton Station, together with a Stockman named Con. M'Lean, a young fellow named Nailer, and a black boy…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →THe Prevention of Floods
The Minister for Works has before him the outline of a scheme for coping with the floods that periodically devastate the valley of the Hunter River. It is no…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Flood Estate
Last week the negotiations which have been pending for some weeks between the directors of the National Building Society and the trustees in the Ostley Estate with reference to the property…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Cyclone
The Maindample district was visited on 9th inst. by a cyclonic storm, uprooting trees of all sizes. The residence of Mr. James Crockett suffered severely. The…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Cyclone in Texas. 120 Deaths. London, May 17
A terrible cyclone has occurred in Sherman county, Texas, United Skates. The whole of the western portion of the county was destroyed, and 120 persons lost their…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Storm in A Tea Cup
THE heated discussion that varied the monotony of the meeting of the local Progress Association on Monday night was intensly amusing to those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In a Balloon During a Gale
How many people know that in , the most furious gale that ever blew the occupants of a ’free’ balloon are in an absolute calm ; so calm, indeed, that a newspaper might be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In a Balloon During a Gale
How many people know that in the most furious gale that ever blew the occupants of a 'free' balloon are in an absolute calm; so calm, indeed, that a newspaper might be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In a Balloon During a Gale
How many people know that in the most furious gale that ever blew the occupants of a ‘free’ balloon are in an absolute calm ; so calm, indeed, that a newspaper might be…
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