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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1880

33 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 2

Heavy Floods in Prussia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1880 · page 4

LONDON, August 19.—Heavy floods are reported from Prussia, and much damage to standing crops, which, in many instances, are utterly destroyed…

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Great Gale in New Zealand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1880 · page 2

WE (Herald) are indebted to Mr. Grigor Taylor for the following additional information in regard to the heavy gale in Now Zealand:—" Wellington, Saturday,…

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Fearful Gales in New Zealand

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1880 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Fearful gales have been blowing over Middle Island (N.Z.), destroying buildings and chimneys, but no fatal or shipping casualties are…

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Terrible Storm in Mexico

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1880 · page 2

LONDON, August 22.—A terrible storm swept over Rio Grande, in Mexico. A large number of buildings have been totally destroyed, and several steamboats…

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Rescue of a Family from Floods in Victoria

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 September 1880 · page 3

THE Geelong Times has been supplied by Mr. Cameron, of Pollocksford, with the following account of the rescue of a Mrs. Aeschlimann's family and…

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The Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 September 1880 · page 2

THE strong southerly wind which set in on Saturday night brought up heavy rain, which continued without intermission during the whole of Sunday. The wind…

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Terrific Snow Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 October 1880 · page 2

LONDON, October 18.—A snow storm of unprecedented severity, lasting three days, has passed over the Argentine Republic. It is stated that 700,000 head of cattle,…

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Heavy Gale and Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1880 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A heavy gale, with floods, is reported from Tuena. The creek is bank high, and mail traffic from there to Goulburn is stopped. The Abererombie…

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Great Storm in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1880 · page 4

LONDON., October 21.—A storm of great violence has occurrences at Lake Michigan, America. Nine vessels foundered with their crews, numbering over 100…

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Heavy Gale and Mishaps in the Harbour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1880 · page 5

THE strong north-west wind blowing yesterday morning increased during the day to a furious gale, which caused the waters of the harbour to be lashed into…

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Serious Storms at Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 October 1880 · page 4

LONDON, October 27.—Serious storms and rainfalls, accompanied by floods, have occurred in many parts of England, doing great damage…

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Heavy Thunderstorm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1880 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning, about 3 o'clock, a very violent thunderstorm, broke over Newcastle, For upwards of half an hour the flashing of fork and sheet lightning,…

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Sharp Thunderstorm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 December 1880 · page 4

FOLLOWING up a cool morning and subsequent high Temperature, a short, but sharp and lively, thunderstorm broke over Newcastle yesterday evening. The peals…

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