Droughts and Floods
'J.O.B.' writes in the SYDNEY MAIL: In the presence of certain hurtful natural phenomena—earthquakes, tidal waves, droughts, blizzards,…
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25 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2
A Terrible Cyclone
During a cyclone in Mauritius a tram was blown into a river near Port Louis, and 50 persons drowned. REWARDING HIM…
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Floods in various parts of the colony are subsiding. The damage to crops is said to be enormous…
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HEAVY rain commenced on Saturday and continued all Sunday, and this morning there is no sign of clearing. The rivers in a number of the country districts are rising, and…
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The Macleay, at Kempsey, has again risen and is now over the Government wharf. The Hawkesbury and Nepean last night were in flood. A heavy gale is reported from Jervis…
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All true lovers of nature appreciate a fine tree; particularly if grown on one's own lawn we feel its personality, and are more keenly alive to threatening dangers. New…
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When Mr. Darwin travelled in Chili he was fortunate enough to witness what the natives call a ' locust storm.' He says that at first there appeared, just…
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BRISBANE, Friday.-- Yesterday afternoon word was received that the Burdekin was 1ft 8in. over the railway bridga at Townsville, and was falling. It is expected that trains will commence running…
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ONE of the largest meetings ever held by the Victoria Institute of London, England, took place in the third week of March, to bear that well-known " Nestor among Geologists," Prof…
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Alchemy was the ioreiunn[?]er ot [?] its chief object being the dis[?] philosopher's stone, which was [?] turn base metals into gold. The…
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The floods in British Columbia are increasing, and several towns are in darkness, owing to the gas works being flooded. The devastation is appalling, whole hamlets having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Wires. Sydney. Monday, 12.8 p.m. Violent Storm
LAST night a sudden west-south west squall, with a maximum velocity of 48 miles an hour, followed on the first warm day, and hot wind of the coming summer…
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Heavy rain is reported from many parts of the Western District. The M[?]bidgee, Murray, [?], and Macquarie rivers are [?] Slight…
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A disastrous cyclone passed over 200 miles of country in the states of Iowa and Minnesota, America, destroying portions of nine towns and villages. Sixty persons were killed…
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A DISASTROUS cyclone passed over 200 miles of country in the states of Iowa and Minnesota, America, destroying portions of nine towns and villages. Sixty persons…
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"Blow winds and crack your cheeks!" —King Lear. HURRICANE, lightning, thunder and hail! Fasten the windows and shut the door,…
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A cyclone has devastated a large disrict in t he south of Japan, And about 3001ives have been lost. Many wrecks also occurred…
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SUNRISE had been brilliant and cloudless, Noontide had been clear and fair, But the twilight was close and murky With electric gleams in the air;…
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GENERALLY speaking, the number of thunder storms per annum is in proportion to the distance from the equator: the father from the…
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Severe gales have occurred on the British coast. One vessel foundered, and 30 lives were lost…
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