The Fatal Heat Wave. Still Continues. Many More Deaths in All Parts of the District. Fifty Deaths Now Recorded in Less Than a Fortnight. a Dynamite Magazine Explodes Through the Intense Heat. a Panic in Oxley-street. a Cyclone Unroofs Verandahs, Sheds, Seables &C. the Exodus From Bourke. a Great Exodus From Bourxe. Business at a Stand Still
The Western Herald · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 2
The same dreary [?] heat continues. and our duty, unpalatable as it has been, becomes more graesome each issue. The number of deaths is stil increasing, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclone in Queensland. Sydney, Friday morning
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1896 · page 3
There has been a tremendous cyclone iu Queensland, causing floods and numerous shipwrecks. Many lives have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Terrific Storm. Vessels Wrecked, Lighthouses Washed Away. Towns Isolated. Many Deaths by Drowning. Fearful Damage to Property. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, January 31
The Western Herald · Saturday 1 February 1896 · page 2
A great storm has taken place in Northern Queeuslaud. and twelve small vessels were wrecked. The Adelaide Steamship Come pany's office is under water; houses were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gales in Queensland. Brisbane
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 3
Particulars of the flood at Clermont show that it is the most extensive and disastrous ver experienced. Fifteen miles out of 62 miles of railway lines were submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Floods. Brisbane, February 4
The Western Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 3
The Queensland floods have subsided. The work of restoring railway communication is proceeding rapidly. A famine is feared at Charters Towers unless some food is sent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Later Pa[?]ns. Heavy Rain Storm in N[?] [?] in an Hour and a Half. the Mail Train [?]Rns with the Passengers. No Syp[?] Mail
The Western Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1896 · page 2
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Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Rain at Cobar. (By Telegrafp.) Cobar, February 14
The Western Herald · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 2
About nine iuches of raia fell this week, There are thres breaks in the line to Nyngan. We have received no mail since Monday. All the tanks are full. The back country is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in Queensland Sydney, February 13
The Western Herald · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 3
Telegrams from the watershed of the Brisbane river late yesterday, stated thai the waters were subsiding. MacRossan Bridge on the Burdekin river is now free…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queensland Floods. Brisbane, February 18
The Western Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1896 · page 2
The Queensland railway lines have been considerably damaged. On the central line there are long stretches where only the rails and sleepers are left…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Brisbane Floods. Brisbane, February 21
The Western Herald · Saturday 22 February 1896 · page 2
Further heavey rainfalls have taken place at the head of Brisbane river and another fresh is considered probable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Floods. Sydney, March 3
The Western Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1896 · page 2
Further heavy rain has fallen at Townsville, and most of the low lying parts of the town are inundated. MacRossan Bridge is submerged, and there is every appearance of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Local Parliament. the Western Engineering Coy's. Account. the South Bourke Road Drain Again. Ald. Challoners Insinuative Motion. a Storm in a Tea-cup. Monday, March 9
The Western Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1896 · page 2
The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the Bourke Municipal Council was held on the above date at 8 p.m. Present: The Mayer and Aldermen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fatal Cyclone. London, May 18
The Western Herald · Wednesday 20 May 1896 · page 3
A cyclone destroyed the western portion of the town of Sherman, Texas. One hundred and twenty persons were killed by the falling ruins, and many were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclone at St. Louis. Terrible Destruction. London
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1896 · page 3
A terrible cyclone at St. Louis has razed hotels and many buildiugs, including manufactories, as well as grain aud other elevators. All steamers on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Telegrams. International. a Terrible Cyclone. London. May 28
The Western Herald · Saturday 30 May 1896 · page 3
A terrible cyclone which passed over St. Louis, America, [?] buildings, elevators, &c., sank steamers, and caused the less of a thousand lives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Municipal Storm
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1896 · page 4
DUBBO is not the only place where municipal storms rage, as the following from the AUSTRALASIAN will show:— There has been a tremendous storm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unparalleled Snow Storms. Trees Falling with the Weight of Snow. Railway Lines Blocked. Telegraph Lines Down. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, June 23
The Western Herald · Wednesday 24 June 1896 · page 3
Unparalleled snow storms bate occurred along the Central highlands; 18 inches fell in the vicinity of Mittagong and Bowral, and all along the southern line. It is falling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Experience of a Snow Storm in Africa. Chief Constable Hudson Could Not Get Shelter
The Western Herald · Wednesday 4 November 1896 · page 1
A terrible snow storm occured [?] while [?] in Gri[?] [?] South Africa. Mr. E. W. Hudson Chief Constable of T[?] in a letter dated 15th July writes as follows…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cablegrams. a Severe Gale. London
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1896 · page 3
The TIMES states that a south-east gale which was experienced on the English coast was the most terrific of the century…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. a Small Heat Wave. Bush Fires and Sunstroke. Deaths From Heat Apoplexy. a Terrible Cyclone. Nevertire Completely Demolished
The Western Herald · Wednesday 30 December 1896 · page 3
Since our last issue we have had just a taste of a similar heat wave to that which we had in the beginning of the year. Christmas Day and Boxing Day recorded 114…
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