A Turret Ship in a Storm
A PLYMOUTH correspondent writes that on the 27th and 28th of November the Hotspur encountered a server gale in the Channel. The vessel put to sea from Plymouth at dusk…
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7 stories in Riverina's papers
Disastrous Floods in Northern Italy
FIRE has done its work in Southern Italy, water is now devastating Northern Italy. The heavy rains of the last few weeks have carried away the banks of the river Po, near…
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ON Friday last there was s tremendous fall of rain over Cape Town—some believe a waterspout to have burnt over the mountain —and for one hour some of the streets were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →English News, by the Northumberland. Violent Storms in England
THE rain during Thursday and Friday, 18th and 19th July, in the neighbourhood of Manchester, was accompanied with thunder and lightning, and at…
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BY the steamer Egmoot, which arrived this morning, wo havo received an account of the disastrous storm that burst over Rockhampton on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Floods at Bathurst. (Abridged from the Western Independent November 29.)
THE weather of late has been fearful. The Macquarie has overflown its banks, and every creek in the neighbourhood has been transformed into a swollen, rushing river. Many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Thunderstorm in Melbourne Narrow Escapes
THE rain and thunderstorm which burst over Melbourne and its victory on Thursday u[?]ing (says the Ar us) was the most violent that has visited this locality for some years…
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