A Severe Gale. Sydney
The telegraph lines are down from Condon to Wyndham (W.A.), and no news is available, consequent upon the gale which was raging at Derby and on the Pearling…
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Floods & storms, 1912
216 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 11
Cyclonic Storm. Stemer Driven Ashore. Lighthouse Blown Off Jetty. Sydney
A violent cyclonic disturbance visited the South Australian coast on Saturday. The steamer Walpori was driven ashore at Edithburg, but is apparently not in any…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Heavy Storm
At about 6 p.m. on Wednesday a violent thunderstorm broke over Casino. Coming up suddenly from the southward, the boisterous wind…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm of Ciudad Rodrigo. JAMUARY 19,1812
The Peninsulat War had many turning points, but that of which the centenary was celebrated on January 19 is perhaps the most important of Ciuded Rodrigo was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Destructive Gale. Dozen Lives Lost. Buliara's Rough Experience. Houses Razed to the Ground. Sydney
further particulars of the gale on the north-west coast of Australia show that at least a dozen lives were lost. The steamerr Bullara had a rough passage from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Western Gale. Tarticulars of the Wreck. No Word of the Koombana. List of the Dead and Missing Swelling. Sydney
Further particulars of the wreck of the Crown of England in Western Australia show I that the men took to the rigging, but two hours later the masts began to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Cyclone. Buenos Ayres
A violent, cyclone blew over the city and surrounding district. Eighteen were killed and fifty injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Western Gale. Shocking Loss of Life. 620 Persons Drowned. Sydney
A cablegram, from Port Hedland, sent via Banjoewangie, Port Darwin, and Adelaide this morning, states: Scarcely any damage was caused by the hurricane at Port…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Cave In. the City Tubes Flooded. Berlin
A tunnel under the Spree caved in, flooding a section of the city tubes at night time when the traffic had ccased…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Storm at Nimb[?]n
On Wednesday evening a very severe thunderstorm occurred at Nimbin. The storm clouds gathered in the west, but the disturbance appeared to have divided, one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A.remarkable Thunderstorm. Sydney
A remarkable thunderstorm, broke over Sydney last night Torrential rain [?]ell for two hours. The fire station and police station; at Canterbury were struck by…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Tube Flooded Tower Blown Down. Berlin
The tube railway continues under a twelve feet flood,and is useless. A tower ar potsdam, 680 feet high, which was regarded as a remarkable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods Heaviest on Recor[?]. Railway Communication Suspended. St. Louis
The floods in Missourl, Illinois, and Kentucky are the worst recorded. Property losses amount to millions. Rain is falling continuously, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Town Flooded. Kentucky
The Mississipor broke in a levee and flooded the town to a depth of eight feet. The inhabitants abandoned their dwellings and boats were utilised for transport…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Floods. Railway Line Destroyed. Durnand (Wiseonsin)
An ice bridge formed at the Crippowa River. Floods have destroyed a large section of the Chicago-St. Paul-Milwaukee railroad. Many homes have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mississippi Floods. Illinois
The city is surrounded with water and without trains and street cars. The Mississippi tore a large rent in the protecting embankment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death Roll Rising. Results of the Mississippi Floods Thousands of Refugees Stranded St. Louis
The death list caused by the floods is growing. Ten persons are known to have been drowned in the river (Mississippi), which is ever increasing in volume. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mississippi Floods. Jllinois
The Ohio River is now rising, and hundreds of men are working to prevent the destruction of the water front levees. Many acres. of the surrounding country Is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Man of Money. the Deluge
For three weeks it had rained, rained almost without ceasing. The rain was still pelting against the windows and doors and walls of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When Winds Blow. Great Gales Scientifically Considered
Mcst of us are apt to look on a storm as simply a strong wind blowing straight from one place to another. It is not so at all, for a storm, wind always…
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