What Not to Do in Thunderstorms. Secrets of Safety
If you find yourself indoors during a thunderstorm don't go near a stove, it is dangerous. Keep away from the chimney avoid the close vicinity of…
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Queensland Floods. Succor for Mackay. Brisbane
A delayed telegram from the Police Magistrate at Mackay has reached the Queensland Justice Department, stating that the temporarily-covered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Cyclone
THE cyclonic storm in Northern Queensland has assumed the gravity of a national calamity. The interruption of telegraphic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer in Cyclone. Sensational Experiences. Sydney
The captain of the steamer Burwah, which reached Sydney to-day, gave a graphic account of the vessel's sensational experience during the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyclonic Storm Off Coast. Sydney
Boisterous weather continued in Sydney throughout the night. A cyclonic storm centred oft the coast is expected to cause further severe cast to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Floods. Sensational Rise. Rockhampton Record. Brisbane
The latest messages from Rockhampton indicate that the flood waters have made a sensational rise and have now reached the highest point at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods. Threatened with Famine. Special Government Measures. Brisbane
A special train left Mount Morgan with provisions for the famine threatened settlers at Dululu. Fish have been caught in the streets of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mackay Cyclone
The latest estimate of the damage by the cyclone, [?] wave and flood at Mackay (Q.) make a total of between two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Wires. Melbourne Storm Sydney, This Day
Further particulars of the great storm in Melbourne on Saturday shows the damage to amount to fully £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cyclonic Storm. Great Damage Round Melbourne. Tidal Wave in Bay. Melbourne
Cyclonic weather reached Melbourne yesterday afternoon, bursting from the west. Great damage was done. The full force of the storm was felt at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rockhampton Flood
The river at Rockhampton is slowly subsiding. Two more deaths are reported from drowning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Floods. Brisbane
The flood situation at Mackay (Q.) is improving. The flood waters in the north are very slowly receding. It is reported that the schooner Orete has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Mackay Cyclone
The last estimates of the damage by cyclone, tidal wave and flood, at Mackay, make the total between two and three million pounds. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Sydney Letter. The Queensland Cyclone
The cyclonic storm in northern Queensland has assumed the gravity of a national calamity. The interruption of telegraphic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Storm Centre on South Coast. Sydney
The disturbance responsible for the violent storm in Melbourne on Saturday was located to-day south-east of Gabo Island. It is now developing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather. the Melbourne Storm. Melbourne
The damage in Brighton district was far greater than was at first reported, but it is impossible to give an adequate idea of the full extent, as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic News. Sydney, Monday. the Melbourne Storm
Further particulars of the great storm in Melbourne on Saturday, show the damage amounts to fully £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rockhampton Flood
The river at Rockhampton is slowly subsiding. Two more deaths are reported from drowning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Cyclone
A cyclonical storm of great violence occurred in the Long reach district, Queensland, on Tuesday. A number of business…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Cyclone
A cyclonial storm of great violence reached Longreach district (Queensland) on Tuesday. A number of business premises were…
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