Cyclone in New Caledonia. Widespread Destruction. Sydney
News has reached Sydney to the effect that a cyclonic disturbance recently swept the northern end of New Caledonia and extended practically to…
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Gales in Sydney Harbor. Two Lighters Sunk. Water Covered with Flotsam. Sydney
During the gale yesterday a lighter loaded with timber, overturned in Darling Harbor. Dozens of small boats were on the water at the time…
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A cyclone is raging at Cairns, Queensland, accompanied by torrential rains and mountainous seas. No particulars are yet to hand as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Severe Gales. Vessel Overdue. London
It is believed that the grain steamer Whittingham, bound from Baltimore to Rotterdam, foundered in the Atlantic Ocean during the recent severe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping Hampered. Cyclone at Darwin. Worst on Record. Sydney
Severe gales continue on the north coast of Queensland and shipping is considerably hampered. Steamers going north met the full…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Queensland Houses Swept Away. Heavy Losses by Storm. Narrow Escape of Residents. Brisbane
Delayed telegraphic advices from Cairns S[?]e in connection with the recent cyclone, that unpresedented floods are being experienced. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Floods. Houses Swept Away. Heavy Losses in Stock. Brisbane
Disastrous floods continue in Queensland. The Mareeba River broke over is bank and swept houses away. The court-house at Biboogra is flooded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seine in Flood. Paris Inundated. Paris
The Seine river is rising. The flood waters have already inundated the lower parts of Paris, and are now threatening the greater part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thumb Cut Off Little Girl Victim of Dust Storm. Melbourne
A little girl named Eily Banister (4) was to day playing in the front garden. D[?]ning a dust storm the wind dislodged a slate from the roof…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrific Gale. LONDON
A terrific gale swept the English and Scottish coasts. There have been numerous casualties…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gales in Britain Marine Disasters Reported. Vessel Capsized. Glasgow Dock Flooded. London
During a gale a hopper, proceeding up the Mersey, was capsized and eleven men were drowned. The gale which raged violently, did…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Flooded Creek. Two Fatalities. Sydney
Allan Seaword was returning home with his father, W. T. Seaword, in a sulky from church, near Gundy, Scone, yesterday, when the vehicle…
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A press representative who has just returned from an infection of the sugar areas reports that at Bahana Creek, where the men were at work at a new…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →How Scott Died Completely Overwhelmed. a Fearful Storm. London
Commander Evans states that Captain Scott and his four companions were returning towards their base after having found Captain Amundsen's records at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Torrential Rains. Flood at Adelaide. Adelaide
A terrific dawnpour of rain to-day occasioned widespread damage in the city, suburbs and country. In Adelaide streets and parks there was a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →South Australian Floods Disastrous Innundation of the Country. Railway Lines Blocked. Driver Washed Off His Engine. Adelaide
As telegrams pour in from [?] country to-day it is realised that [?]terday's floods were more disastrous than was at first thought. All centres…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm at Narandera
On Friday night at about 8 o'clock a severe thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning, occurred at Narandera. In some cases the lightning…
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In the evening of yesterday the townspeople were given a great shock and a sudden one. The season is dry, and all nature wear a pronounced…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Monday's Storm
IT is seldom the vagaries of climate are found more pronounceable than in Tumut. For several days prior to the 17th inst the heavens above…
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A Violent storm, one of tin: most severe experienced her for years, passed over Adelong on Monday evening last. About 4.30 p.m. vary heavy…
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