Cablegrams. Cyclone at St. Louis. an Awful Disaster. 540 KILLED, 700 Injured. Estimated Damage, £4,000,000. LONDON, May 28
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 June 1896 · page 26
News has just been received of a terrible disaster that has occurred at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, one of the most important cities in the United States, the population of…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Unparalleled Snow Storms Telegraphic Communication Suspended Railway Traffic Impeded. Floods Threatening. SYDNEY
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 June 1896 · page 2
Onparalleied snow storms have taken place along the central highlands. Eighteen inches fell in the vicinity of Mittagong and Bowral. All alone the southern lines the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Japan. 3000 Houses Destroyed. London, July 9
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 July 1896 · page 27
Another serious calamity is reported from Japan. Disastrous floods have occurred at Toyema, a town of nearly 60,000 inhabitants, a few miles from the bay of the same name…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Great Northern Extended Consols. Flooded Out. A Mighty Flow of Water. Narrow Escapes of the Men
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 July 1896 · page 4
EARLY on Tuesday morning one of those instances which at times are accompanied by appalling catastrophies occurred at the Great Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Rain at Kosheh. Dervishes Fortifying Kerman. London, August 4
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 August 1896 · page 26
Heavy rain has fallon at Kosheh, on the Nile, 10 miles south of Ferkeh. This is the first that has fallen for nine years, and it has filled all the wells. The dervishes…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Storm in a Tea-cup
Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 12 August 1896 · page 1
In a certain lunatic asylum the other day a doctor was going his rounds, when he was accosted by a man who complained of suffering from a severe cold…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shower and Storm
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 August 1896 · page 2
When furniture is creaky rain is imminent. When the cat washes her face look out for rain. Salt is a good barometer. When it is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shower and Storm
The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 26 August 1896 · page 6
When furniture is [?] is imminent. When the cat [?] face lock out for rain. Salt is a good [?] When it is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in Italy. Enormous Damage. London, August 23
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 August 1896 · page 26
Disastrous floods have occurred in various parts of Italy, caused by the overflowing of the rivers. Enormous damage has resulted, the mischief being especially…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The North Prentice Mine Flooded Out
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 September 1896 · page 3
AN unfortunate accident has occurred at the North Prentice mine, one of the most promising claims on the field…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Soudan War. Severe Storms. London. September 3
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 September 1896 · page 27
The severe storms which have already delayed the advance of the Anglo-Egyptian expedition to the Soudan still continue. The rainfall has been remarkably heavy, and in some…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Wind Storm at Oxley. Oxley
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 October 1896 · page 2
A terrific storm passed over Oxley yesterday afternoon and did a great deal of damage. From the early morning the weather was hot and muggy, and a change…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Dust Storm. Fitzgerald Bros. Circus Blown Down
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 October 1896 · page 2
ALL day yesterday the atmosphere was oppressive and sultry, and toward evening gusts began to arrive from the northwest, bearing clouds of dust. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Violent Storm
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1896 · page 29
A storm of tropical violence broke over Sydney on 8th inst., but the rainfall was very patchy. At Narrabri a tornado prevailed, and completely demolished the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Floods in France. Great Damage. London, November 1
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 November 1896 · page 26
In consequence of the heavy rains severe floods have occurred in the valley of the Rhone, earning great damage. The towns that have suffered most are Lyons, the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A. Terrible Experience of Snow Storm in Africa. Chief Constable Hudson Could Not Get Shelter
Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 November 1896 · page 4
A terrible snow storm occurred a while ago in [?] East South Africa. Mr. E. W. Hudson, Chief Constable of Tsolo, in in a letter dated 15th July, writes as follows…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods at Athens. Fifty Persons Drowned. London, November 29
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 December 1896 · page 27
Heavy rains at Athens have caused a great rise in the waters of the rivers Ilissos and Kephessos, and serious floods have occurred in the city. Much damage…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Most Terrific Gale of the Century. London, December 7
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1896 · page 27
The Times states that, the gale which has done so much mischief at Brighton was the most terrific of the present century. It has wrought great damage on the eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →A Violent Gale. the Brighton Chain Pier Destroyed. London, December 5
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1896 · page 27
A violent south-east gale raged last night in the English Channel, doing a great deal of mischief. The chief damage was at Brighton, where the suspension chain pier,…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Disastrous Floods. Seventy-five Lives Lost. London, December 4
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1896 · page 27
Disastrous floods have occurred in the island of Montserrat, one of the Leeward group of the British West Indies, the surface of which ia very mountainous. Great…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →