Commentaries. Storm in a Tea-cup
WE are not clear of war of the solnblance of war yet, and won't be while the gay and warlike Kaiser can…
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Floods & storms, 1903
28 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 2
Floods Out West. Miles of Country Under Water
Writing under date. Farrars creek (on the Birdsville and Windorah road). 4th instant. our Birdsville Correspondent says:—I wired you yesterday the welcome news…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Useful Dust Storm
THE great storm of red dust which swept from Africa over Europe last year performed a service for which men of science should be grateful, by colouring the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Heat in Queansland. Severe Storm at Taroom. a Church Blown Down
A HEAVY cyclone occurred at Oiio, near Winton, on Friday. The railway station goods shed was partly unroofed. On Monday the maximum temperature in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Terrific Cyclone Predicted. on the Coast of West Australia
THE Government Astronomer, Mr. Cooke, at Perth (W.A.), interviewed on Monday, says that as a result of the heavy rains which have been recorded in the north-west, he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floods in Western Australia. Fitzroy River Overflows. Great Loss of Stock
A GREAT flood is reported at Perth (W.A.) from the Upper Fitzroy. Tho telegraph lines have been interrupted some days. It appears that the river and the creeks…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Island Cyclone. Villages Swept Away. Great Loss of Life
NEWS by the steamer Ovalau at Auckland states that a terrible cyclone struck Puamotn, or the Low Archipelage, on 13th January, devastating the islands of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storms on the British Coast. LONDON
Heavy gales and wrecks have occurred on the British coasts. The steamer Fingal, for Australia dragged her anchor and became stranded at Northwall. Incoming…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclone at Townsville. Great Loss of Life and Property
ON Monday morning last at Townsville a stiff breeze was blowing from the north-west, but nothing exceptional as noticed till 10, when the wind increased…
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News received from Tahiti by the Ovalau gives particulars of the cyclone which devastated the Low Archipelago on January 13. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclone at Townsville. Townsville, March 9, 11.40 p.m
At midnight last night the wind suddenly shifted from the north to north-west. Sunday was hot and dry, and the night very oppressive…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Cyclone at Townsville (Q.) Collapse of Churches. Hotels, and Other Buildings. Ten Lives Lost. Damage £200,000
ON Monday morning a stiff breeze was blowing from the north-west, but nothing exceptional was noticed till 10, when the wind increased [?] force. The barometer fell rapidly. At 11 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cyclone at Townsvile
IN addition to those who were killed, as already reported, over a dozen had limbs broken, and many were cut badly by flving iron. J. Hancox, an elderly man, was blown between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Cyclone. Townsville, Thursday, 12
Messages from private sources from Ayr state that the cyclone did terrible damage there. The losses are estimated at £40,000. It is stated that the township…
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MANY applications are being made at Townsville to the executive committee for relief. The damage on the Lower Burdekin by the recent cyclone is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Great Floods in Scotland
THREE days' continuous downp[?]ur of an abnormal character ended in many ports of Scotland being visited by floods without precedent within the memory of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods in Queensland. Nine Inches at Koorn Station. the Drought Broken Up
A BRISBANE wite says.—It may now be safely stated that the drought throunghout Queensland has broken up, with the exception of a small portion of the country of which Hughenden is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cyclonic Storm at Cootamundra. COOTAMUNDRA, April 25
A cyclone swept across the town from west to east at 12 o'clock last night. It blev. clown chimneys at the City Bank, wrecked the balcony…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Violent Storm and Heavy Rain. a Strong Fresh in the River
A CHANGE in the weather took place on Saturday, and rain set in during the evening, some heavy showers falling during the night. Showers fell at intervals on Sunday, and as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclone in Southern Queensland. Nerang Town Hall Demolished
AT Brisbane steady rain was experienced on Saturday and Sunday, which culminated in a terrific storm in the early hours of Monday morning, accompanied by wind of cyclonic…
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