Cyclonic Storm at Forster. Forster
A cyclone swept over the town yesterday evening, accompanied by a deluge of rain, and caused considerable damage. The storm was confined chiefly to the…
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Floods & storms, 1904
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Cyclone at Reunion
LONDON, Monday.—The island of Reunion, near Mauritius, has been devastated by a cyclone. Twenty-four people were killed, and…
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The rain which act in a few days ago continued throughout yesterday in an almost continuous downpour. The wind in the forenoon was from the south-east, but…
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The weather yesterday and on Saturday was fine, otherwise the result in the lowlying parts of the district would have been disastrous. On Friday night and…
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The steamer Urmstan Grange met with an exciting incident during the voyage from Capetown to Melbourne. She left the former port on February 28. and immediately after…
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LONDON, Sunday.—Great floods have devastated the north-western and northern parts of the State of Ohio, U.S.A…
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The four-masted barque Benares, which arrived here from Tocopilla yesterday afternoon, met with some heavy weather during the voyage. On March 30, when…
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Mr. John Gillies, M.P., has received the following letter from, the Public Works Department:—"With reference to the communication of the 4th ultimo, presented by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Lady Norman in a Gale. Bundaberg
The steamer Lady Norman, which left Bundaberg last Monday for Suva, Fill under charter returned to port to-day. When about 120 miles outside Sandy…
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News has been received from Honolulu that a gale outside of Auckland detained the R.M.S. Ventura for 21 hours after her last trip from Sydney. The vessel was practically have to…
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The steamer Trebla on her run from New York to Australia, encountered a hurricane in the North Atlantic Ocean, and lost a considerable quantity of cargo and fuel. She left New…
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The British-India steamer Umta put into Moreton Bay on Saturday night for shelter, having experienced heavy weather after leaving Sydney. She is bound to…
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News has been received from Daru, in British New Guinea, stating a cyclone occurred there recently, which demolished almost the whole settlement, leaving less…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Wanganui. Auckland
Heavy rains and melting snows Inland have caused the Wanganui River to flood the town of Wanganui, and shopkeepers are removing the goods from their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Flood of Aliens
One out of every two foreigners who settle in England makes his home in London. Not including the children who are born here to aliens, the foreign population of…
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The city and suburbs were visited with a severe storm to-day. Torrents of rain fell, accompanied by hail, and there were incessant thunderclaps, with abundance…
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Mr. John Gillies, M.P., who has for some weeks been in communication with the Department for Public Works relative to the necessity of having the damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"The Moon and Its Motion." Lecture by Mr. W. F. Gale
In the large hall of Wickham School of Arts last night. Mr. Walter F. Gale, F.R.A.S., delivered one of the winter lectures which have been arranged by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kyarra in a Gale
Captain Osborne, of the steamer Kyarra, referring to his last trip to West Australia, says:—"On leaving Adelaide the weather was fine but cloudy, with a light northerly wind and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stockton. the Gale
Stockton always girls the full benefit of what is going in the way of weather, especially so far as wind in concerned, on account of its exposed position, and the gale…
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