Storm at Newcastle. House Struck by Lightning
A very violent thunderstorm broke over Newcastle yesterday afternoon. The air was unusually still and sultry for about an hour before the change occurred. At 5…
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Floods & storms, 1903
115 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 6
Floods in Austria
LONDON, Thursday.—A thaw has occurred in Austria, which has caused heavy floods. Many fatalities have occurred…
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The Sydney-owned barque City of Hankow, which arrived in Port Jackson on Tuesday, after a passage of 78 days from Eureka with a cargo of timber, encountered a terrific…
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The sweltering heat of the last week was tempered for a few hours on Monday night by a heavy thunderstorm, which came up from the south-west. The day…
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LONDON, Monday.—Heavy and continuous rains have fallen for fifty-four hours in Scotland, and unprecedented floods have occurred between the…
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In the northern part of the State the wet season appears to have sot in with a vengeance. It is a most welcome change from the prevailing drought of the past…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Heavy rain, which has fallen in the Glasgow district for 70 hours, has caused the Clyde to burst its banks at…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The damage done by the floods caused by the Clyde overflowing its banks at Ruther-glen is estimated a £60,000…
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Hot weather prevailed on Saturday throughout the State, thermometer readings from 90 to 100 degrees in the shade being reported from a large number of…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The White Star Line Royal Mail steamer Germanie encountered a terrific gale on the voyage from Liverpool to New York…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Brisbane Letter. Brisbane, February 19. Storms in Brisbane
The scorching heat of last Saturday culminated in the evening in one of the heaviest storms ever experienced in this city. About 5 o'clock in the evening…
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The Italian ship Wallacetwn, which arrived at Sydney on Saturday evening from Honolulu (whence she sailed on December 30) had a rough voyage. On the 6th and 7th instant…
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There was an exceedingly remarkable feature about a hailstorm on the watershed between streams flowing, south-west towards Lake Winnipeg and east towards…
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The American newspapers, as is their wont, apparently exaggerated the importance of the tidal wave that was said to have devastated the Society Islands…
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On Saturday forenoon Newcastle experienced what is regarded as the heaviest thunderstorm that has broken over the city and suburbs for many years. Slightly…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A severe storm occurred in the west and midland counties of England on Friday. Great damage was done at Liverpool…
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LONDON, Monday.—Fresh squalls occurred on the western coast of England yesterday. An unknown barque, after showing signals of…
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As might naturally be expected the storm and phenomenal rainfall on Saturday did considerable damage to the streets and before they can be put in order a…
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LONDON, Tuesday. — Twenty-five deaths occurred during the gale in Great Britain, and also thirty-three wreeks…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Floods have occurred in Pennsylvania, submerging 56 miles of country, and, rendered 40,000 people idle…
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