Destructive Gale in England
THE terrific gale which wrought such widespread havoc on November 11 was one of the most remarkable we have experienced for some…
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17 stories in New England's papers
Severe Storm at Greta. Houses Struck by Lightning
THE Greta correspondent of the Maitland Mercury writes:—A most terrible storm of wind, thunder, lightning, and rain broke over the town at 8 o'clock on…
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ACCORDING to Professor Rowland of Baltimore who has recently been lecturing on the subject, the safest of all places in a thunderstorm is an iron bedstead. Lying on this one is in a kind of metal…
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MR. MICHAEL DAVITT tells a thrilling story of a narrow escape a train in which he was a passenger in America had in a race with a cyclone. The storm-cloud was seen…
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THREE hundred and fifty dolJars Jim! My, ain't we rich? We can buy a mule, a plough, and a new house now. I'm…
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ON Sunday night at south Shields the brig Wellington, of Whitby, while making for the harbour, drove ashore on the rocks outside…
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Forgot the old, sad pain of breath,-- With broken oar, a silent shore, Becalmed in the peace of Death…
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ALBANY, Tuesday.--On April 29 a most destructive hurricane passed over the Mauritius, and annihilated one-third of the city of Port Louis, razing to the ground countless houses and public…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Severe Thunderstorms in Spain. Churches Struck by Lightning.—Great Loss of Life. London
Terrific thunderstorms occurred in the northern provinces of Spain during yesterday (Sunday). Several of the places were struck by lightning. During service…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Storm in Hungary. Bursting of a Waterspout
GREAT damage has been done in Hungary by the bursting of a waterspout near Funfkirchen. A flood was caused which deluged a coal-mine. A disaster was so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Remarkable Thunderstorms in England
A THUNDERSTORM, which was especially severe on the south side of the Thames, passed ever the metropolis on May 26. It commenced shortly before 5 o clock,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deadly Floods in China and Japan
According to the imperial records China, 372 great floods are recorded sine the Christian era, each effecting from 5,000000 to 10,000,000 people. One of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A Thunderstorm Phenomenon
A REMARKABLE occurrence look place at the statim of Chandieux--Toussiex, Lyons. During a thunderstorm about 20 passengers who were awaking a train on the platform were dazzled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Gale. (SATURDAY'S E. NEWS.)
Testeedat morning reports of heavy. weather along the coast indicated the probability of a storm in Sydney, but few people were prepared for the heavy weather…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WALCHA & District. Walcha, Monday. Flood in the Apsley
I AM sorry to have to chronicle another heavy downfall of rain during last week. It began with a thunderstorm on Thursday afternoon, which soon passed over, but the…
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LATE in July, 1887, while less than half way from Queenstown to New York, the steamship Umbria ran into a great wave, and in an instant…
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Nearly all of the sea birds like to keep out to sea, and in the north of Ireland there is an old rhyme current which indicates that the gulls, only approach the shore when…
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