Yesterday's Storm
Lismore and the surrounding district was visited yesterday by a storm of short duration but considerable severity. The disturbance first appeared in the west, and…
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Floods & storms, 1912
216 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 11
A Sydney Storm. Streets Temporarily Flooded. Sydney
A terrific thunderstorm swept over the city this afternoon. Rain descended in a perfect deluge. All the gutters overflowed, temporarily flooding the streets. Heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Spain. Loss of Life and Property. Madrid
Great storms have swept over Spain and Portugal. The Guadalquiver is 36 feet above its normal height, and there are extensive floods at Seville, Cadiz and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Storm at the Tweed. Murwillumbah
A heavy storm, accompanied by high winds and driving rain, broke over the town at three o'clock this afternoon. The rain came down In sheets, flooding streets…
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THE weather conditions underwent a most welcome change on Thursday, when a thunderstorm broke ove portions of the district and yielded…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Relief for the Flood Victims. Lisbon
The Government has voted £20,000 for Hood relief. Corpses, merchandise, furniture and debris are floating down the Tagus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Spain. Madrid
King Alfonso was ovutioned in touring the flooded Andalusia, and the Hoods in Seville. There were 15,000 idle, and much merchandise at Huelva was destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Floods. Twelve Villages Under Water. Madrid
Twelve riverside villages on the Guadelquiver, with a population of 34,000, have not a house above flood level. The first boats, with bread from Seville, reached…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Cablegrams Flood Relief Vote. Madrid
A million pesetas has been. voted to flood relief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in England. Valley of the Medway 'Like an Inland Sea. Provisions by Boat. Fishing Fleet Weather-bound
Only a short while ago the country was crying for water, now Home parts are suffering from floods. The south in particular has been hard hit in this respect…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Terrific Thunderstorm. Much Ramge Done. Harbcr Collision Narrowly Averted. Church Stkuck by Lightning. Sydney
A terrilic thunderytarm burst over the city yesterday afternoon, causing considerable damage. There were several accidents, and water poured down to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Sydney Storm. Point of Saturation Reacdhed
A most remarkable storm, causing considerable damage and several accidents, passed over Sydney last Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Storm In Sydney
A most remarkable storm, causing considerable damage and several accidents, passed over Sydney on Sunday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Storm at Lithgow. Damage by Washawys. Whole Township Flooded. Sydney
Near Lithgow many thousands of tons of debris, including huge rocks, were washed by the deluge from the mountain side, and descending upon the tramline and bridges…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Storm, Sydney Again Deluged. Sydney
One of the heaviest storms on record passed over the city this afternoon. Rain dcscended in a perfect deluge, flooding. the thoroughfares, and compelling pedestrians…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Their Last Hour. Sensational Effect of the Storm. Damage by Flood and Fire. Four Feet of Water in Pittstreet. Sydney
This afternoon's storm in the city was one of the most violent on record. Four inches of rain fell in two hours, and the lightning was extraordinary, All business…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. the Storm in Parliament. Chamber Leaks Like a Seive. Sydney, Thursdy Afternoon
The rain in Sydney had the effect of damping the ardour of members in the Assembly this afternoon, and the enthusiasts in the public gallery numbered six. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Storms in Sydney. Sydney
A terrific storm, accompanied by deafening thunder, vivid lightning, blinding rain, and cyclonic wind broke over the city yesterday. On the harbour there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney's Great Storm
The following extracts are taken from the account in the "S.M. Herald" of the great storm which visited Sydney last Thursday afternoon; and of which general…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge Over Flood's Crossing
At last the residents in the vicinity of Flood's Crossing are to obtain what they have been agitating for during the past three years. The contract for the bridge…
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