What a Cyclone is and a Tornado
The average man has a misconception of the difference between a cyclone and a tornado. A cyclone is a windstorm that covers a vast area of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods & storms, 1897
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In a Jungle Storm
People who have never been in a j angle talk of the sky as a pained talks of the horizon or a seafaring man of the offing,— as if when you wanted to see if you need use…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cyclone in Italy. Towns Devastated. Fifty Persons Killed. London, September 23
A Reuter's telegram states that a severe cyclone has occurred in Southern Italy, by which the towns of Sara, Oria, Mesagne, and Modioval ..., near Brindisi, were…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Mishap to a German Torpedo Boat. Capsized in a Storm. a Royal Duke Drowned. London, September 22
A deplorable accident has occurred to a German torpedo-boat at Cuxhaven, at the month of the Elbe. During stormy weather, the boat capsized, and eight persons in all…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →A Violent Thunderstorm
On Tuesday afternoon a violent thunderstorm, accompanied by unusually vivid lightning and heavy rain, passed over the Wangaratta district. At Peechelba the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →In a Jungle Storm
People who have never been In a Jangle talk of the sky as a painter talks of the horison or a seafaring man of the offing,— as if when you wanted to see if you need use…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Regent Gales. Several Cattle Killed
The heavy gales of last week resulted in severe loss to some of the farmers in the Neerim South district. Mr. John English, of Neerim, had 12 head of cattle killed…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Something Like a Storm
In "Two Tears in Fiji" Dr. Litten Forbes gives a vivid description of a Fijian hurricane. March had been unusually calm and sultry, he says, but at length the wind one day set…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Cyclone in the Philippines. Terrible Loss of Life. London, October 22
Particulars have been received of a disastrous cyclone which devastated the island of Leyte, one of the Philippines. The loss of life was terrible, thousands of natives…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →THUNDERSTORMS. How to Avoid the Lightning
As you go about just now you very frequently hear the remark, "What a lot of thunderstorms we have had this summer" (says a "special" in the London "Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Gale in England. Tremendous Damage. Wrecks and Loss of Life. London, November 30
The heavy gale which visited the coasts of Great Britain during the last two days was one of the severest on record. Very great damage has been done to the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Terrible Gale in England. Wrecks and Loss of Life
A heavy north-west gale has swept ever the British and Irish cosets, being one of the severest on record. Very great damage has been done to the coasts, shipping, and buildings of all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Storms in England. Margate Lifeboat Wrecked. London, December 2
A sad disaster is reported from Margate in connection with the recent terrible gales on the east coast of England. The lifeboat put off to rescue the crew of a vessel in…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Great Storm
The most dreadful storm ever experienced in England, known as the Great Storm, was on the night between the 26th and 27th November, 1703. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific Storm in Queensland. a Workman Killed
A terrific storm occurred at Yandra on Monday afternoon, causing tho men working on the Cunnamulla railway line to take shelter under a number of empty ballast…
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