Terrible Storms and Snow Drifts on the Plains
It will be remembered that the telegraph line was down east of Cheyenne for several days during the recent storms on the plains, and there were reports of the trains…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms
Floods & storms, 1872
12 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers
Wallis' Creek Floodgates
The designs for the new floodgates at Wallis' Creek, prepared by Messrs. Darley and Bewick, and now lying at the Council Chambers for the inspection of the ratepayers, are upon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Great Flood at Vellore.—Loss of 1000 Lives
VELLORE, May 5.—From a few obliging residents at the place I was able to learn that last Monday and Tuesday were cloudy days. Wednesday morning was dark and heavy,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Cyclone at Zanzibar
On Monday, the 15th April, a storm swept over the island of Zanzibar, causing immense destruction of life and property, the full extent of which is yet unknown. On the afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cyclone at Madras
The Madras Times of the 3rd inst. gives full particulars of the terrific cyclone which visited the city at the beginning of May—a cyclone so disastrous that there has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Select Poetry. a Southerly Gale at Newcastle
The day was fine, no cloud the sky bespread The breeze scarce moved a curl on lady's head; Save a long swell nought broke old oceans's rest, Which ever and anon with length'ning crest,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gale
The City of Newcastle(s.), arrived in Sydney, from Newcastle, at half-past nine o'clock on Tuesday night, having experienced very bad weather. She had to contend against the strong southerly gale and very high…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Select Poetry. a Southerly Gale at Newcastle
The day was fine no cloud the sky bespread, The breeze scarce moved a curl on lady's head ; Save a, long swell nought broke old ocean's rest, Which ever and anon with lengthening crest,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Great Floods at Tamworth
A correspondent of the Evening News, under date of 14th instant, supplies the following account of the floods at the north: —"Arriving here I was somewhat surprised…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coming Storm. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR—Will you kindly permit me to make a few remarks in your widely-circulated journal, on a question of vital importance to the district, and what may be properly termed a "coming…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in the New England District
The Inverell Courier, of the 4th instant states that the weather in that district has been of a most exceptional and undesirable character, rain being the order of both day and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Storm in Maitland and the Neighbourhood
On Sunday afternoon, shortly after four o'clock, one of the most terrific thunderstorms that has ever been experienced, accompanied by dust, ice (not hail), and rain, broke over…
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