Floods in Ireland. Serious Damage to Farms. London
The floods recently reported in Ireland owing to the overflowing of the River Shannon, which rose eleven feet above its normal height still continue. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods & storms, 1912
180 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 9
Heavy Storm on the Mountains
There was an exciting thunderstorm at Catoomba on Sunday—one of the worse known. Vivid streams of lightning flashed about the mountains and levelled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain. Ada Vale, via Lockhart
Dear uncle Jeff,—Most of the farmers are stripping their crops about here. It rained five inches in December, and the farmers could not strip for a few days. We…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Young Cyclone. Cookardinia
Dear Uncle Jeff,—I am sending you six cards for the album. We experienced a very heavy windstorm, which did a lot of damage to the telegraph line, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Heavy Rain at Lockhart. Ada Vale, via Lockhart
Dear Uncle Jeff,—We had some very heavy rain here in December, about five inches. It did not do the crops any good, it put the farmers back in their…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Terrific Gales on Canadian Coast. Train Blown Off Track. Fatal Snow Slide. Montreal
Tremendous gales are sweeping through Eastern Canada. In New Foundland the coast express train was blown off the track, while snow banks were being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Millions Suffer by Flood. Shanghai, January 8
Floods in Northern Kiangsu, Anhuoi, Southern Shantunog, and in the Wuhu region have rendered 3,750,000 inhabitants destitute…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Children's Story. a Race with a Cyclone
In the region about his own home Hazelton had earned the name of being a "driver." In the busiest season of the farm year work never crowded Jay…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gales and Snow. Train Blown Off Line. Montreal, January 10
A considerable portion of Canada is suffering from extremely severe weather. Tremendous gales are sweeping the eastern coast. In Newfoundland an express train…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Heavy Rain in England Thames Valley Suffers. London
Extraordinary rains have been experienced during the past few days in the Thames Valley. At Maidenhead many streets are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →All About the Flood
A district goods manager, wanting details of the floods of November, 1903, on a section of his line, telegraphed to the agent at one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Equinoctial Gales
Few ideas are more firmly rooted in the popular mind than the notion that the equinoxes are times when severe gales are to be expected. Last Friday the sun…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Violent Storms in Victoria. Damage by Lightning. Oueenscliff
A terrific thunderstorm was experienced early this morning at the Heads. Coming from, the south, the storm swept up and down the coast, and continued from 2 till…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Storms in Spain and Portugal. River Rises 36 Feet. Madrid
Great storms have been experienced in Spain and Portugal during the past few days. The River Guadalquivir, which flows through the South of Spain, is at present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fierce Thunderstorm in Sydney, Sixty-nine Points of Rain in Few Moments. Sydney
A terrific thunderstorm occurred in Sydney at midday, constituting, in fact, a record. A perfect deluge of rain descended, and in a moment 69 points were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Portugal. Many Lives Lost—enormous Damage. Lisbon
Enormous damage has been done by the storms which raged throughout the country a few days ago and caused the loss of many lives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When Winds Blow. Great Gales Scientifically Considered
Most of us are apt to look on a storm as simply a strong wind flowing straight from one place to another. It is not so at all, for a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegrams. Terrible Floods in Spain 1800 Square Miles Inundated. 150,000 Men Idle in Seville. Madrid
The torrential rains which have fallen in the Peninsula for the last few days still continue. Terrible accounts of the distress and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood Disasters in Spain. Twelve Villages Under Water, Madrid
In twelve riverside villages on the Guadelquiver with a population of 34,000, not a house is above the flood level. The first boats from Seville with bread reached…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Violent Rain Storms. Spanish Rivers in Flood. Madrid, February 7
Great storms of wind and rain are being experienced throughout Spain and Portugal. The River Guadalquivir, Spain, is in a…
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