Snow Storm in Victoria
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A snow storm has occurred at Brandy Creek, Victoria…
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Floods & storms, 1884
37 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 2
Terrific Storms in Great Britain Damage and Loss of Life
LONDON, Thursday.—Violent storms have prevailed over the whole of Great Britain. Numbers of buildings have been destroyed, and people have been killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CABLEGRAMS Disastrous Effects of the Late Storm. 250 Persons Drowned
LONDON, Tuesday.—The steamer Juno became a total wreck at Mersey during the late storm. 250 persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Storm at Pelican Flat. a Young Lady Instantaneously Killed
ABOUT 7 o'clock last night a messenger from Pelican Flat, Lake Macquarie, arrived on horseback to notify Inspector Thorpe of a terrible storm…
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BRISBANE, Monday.—Heavy floods have occurred in some portions of Queensland, and in others severe droughts have been experienced…
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OUR Cooranbong correspondent telegraphs:—During the terrific storm here on Sunday, between 2 and 8 p.m., Mrs. Wm. Egerton and her baby were struck…
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A HEAVY flood occurred at Mackay on Friday. The wharfs were entirely submerged, and the streets were flooded, with three feet of water in some of the houses…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intercolonial Telegrams Destructive Floods in New Zealand
WELLINGTON, Thursday,—The Wellington water works have been destroyed by heavy floods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Furious Gale at Pooncarie
A FURIOUS gale has just passed over Pooncarie. For the past week the weather has been calm, with excessive heat, but on Wednesday a north-easterly wind set in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Late Storm on the Queensland Coast
Owing to the fact that considerable anxiety has been manifested with regard to vessels which were supposed to have encountered the recent cyclone on the Queensland coast, the following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Terrible Cyclone. a Report From Poole Island. Some Facts
MR. ROBERT CHRISTISON, Manager Australian Company, Limited, Poole Island, Bowen, writes under date, 31st January, the following:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Floods in Cooktown North Queensland. Immense Damage to Shipping. Several Wrecks Reported. Settlers in Danger
COOKTOWN, Friday.—Terrible floods have occurred at Cooktown, where twenty-four inches of rain have fallen in twenty-four hours. A violent…
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BRISBANE, Saturday.—The floods of the Annam and Endeavour Rivers produced disastrous effects. About 150 cattle and horses were swept to sea. Six…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial Telegrams. The Barque St. Lawrence in a Gale
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Tuesday.—The barque St. Lawrence, bound from Sydney to Puget Sound, has put into Auckland, having met a heavy gale on February 8th, when her…
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A TREMENDOUS flood has occurred at Ross Island, Queensland, which is nearly all submerged. The inhabitants were removed in loots, and occasionally relief…
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SAYS the Geelong Advertiser of March 4 .—The usually quiet neighbourhood of the hilly portion of Latrobe-terrace, near its junction with Virginia-street, was started…
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NEW YORK, Sunday.—A disastrous cyclone has occurred in America, with great loss of life and property…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Gale.—loss of Life and Great Damage
A violent gale, which commenced in London and its surrounding suburbs on January 22, and subsequently abated, giving place to heavy rain, sprang up with renewed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Flood at Dubbo
SYDNEY, Monday.—Dubbo was flooded on Sunday. Nearly three inches of rain fell, and the railway is much injured. Everybody is jubilant at the fall of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Floods in South Australia
THE rains of the Past few days culminated in heavy floods in several parts of South Austrasia. On Monday, at Quorn, the creeks were running higher…
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