Thunderstorms
NEWS is to hand that in Gunning on Tuesday nearly three inches of rain accompanied by hail as large as marbles fell on Tuesday night. The country was…
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Floods & storms, 1893
18 stories in Southern Highlands's papers
Heavy Floods in Queensland
Unprecedented floods have occurred in Queensland. Brisbane was cut off from telegraphic communication, Ipswich wad under water, four children and seven men…
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OUR unfortunate neighbours over the borders are suffering a visitation of flood of the most ruinous and disastrous character ever known in Australia. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods. Meeting at Bowral
A FAIRLY-ATTENDED public meeting was held in the School of Arts on Monday evening last to take steps to raise subscriptions on behalf of the Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extraordinary Storms and Floods in Moss Vale and the District. Great Damage to Property. Bridges Carried Away
On Saturday evening last, at the conclusion of the sale of Mr. Waller's furniture at Sutton Forest heavy clouds and distant thunder warned of the approach of a storm. A number of Moss Vale folk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Bowral. Unprecedented Rainfall. Narrow Escapes. Heavy Damages to Property. Nearly £500 Damages to Streets and other Council Property. Also Heavy Losses to Owners
ALTHOUGH the weather during last week was beautifully fine, a change took place on Saturday evening. From an early hour clouds began to rise, preceded by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clarence River Floods
As foreshadowed by one of the speakers in the recent public meeting, on the Queensland flood, the Clarence River sufferers are now making an appeal to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in Bowral. M.R. Farrow's Official Report
THE following report, dated Thursday last, March 9th, was read at the Council meeting that evening by Mr. W. R. Farrow, Clerk of Works:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hunter River Floods. Bowral Ladies to the Rescue
As the daily papers, have fully furnished our readers with particulars of the alarming and appaling floods that the districts abounding on[?] the Hunter River have been…
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Allread communication with Maitland was cut off by the floods, and much anxiety was felt regarding the desperate condition of affairs at that town. At Raymond Terrace…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods Relief Entertainment at Sutton Forest
An entertainment given by the Sutton Forest Literary and Debating Society, took place on Friday evening last, in the Church of England Schoolroom, in aid of the Floods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Debts Court. Wednesday—Before F. R. Wilshire, P.M., John Cullen, G. Fate, D. Clifford, J's.P. C.C. GALE v W. BARNSLEY
The plaintiff sought to recover for defendant a bill of cost for £5 11s 6d which was owing to him. He said that they were the usual costs, and had never been taxed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cyclone in America. a Town Swept Away
After the destructive cyclone which passed over the States of Georgia and North and South Carolina a tidal wave arose and nearly swept away the town of Port Royal,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coalminers' Strike. Attempt to Flood a Mine
On Tuesday last an attempt was made By the miners on strike to flood a colliery at St. Helens, iN Lancashire, which is being worked by free labourers. A number OF…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When the Flood Comes
FOR the first time since its construction, we ventured our lives on the footbridgeover the creek in Bong Bong-street on Sunday. In fact, we enjoyed the walk so…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gales on the British Coasts. Vessels Wrecked and Lives Lost
Two hundred persons have lost their lives by drowning during the heavy gales which have swept the English coast. Many wrecks have occurred, one of them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scientific Notes. Seek the Beech During Thunderstorms
No tree is entirely protected against being struck by lightning. When the atmosphere is overcharged with electricity all of them are liable to became the aim of some bolt, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in New Zealand
Very serious floods have been experienced in the Hawke's Bay district (N.Z.) Bridges have been swept away, and great damage done. At Clive and Meanee the people had…
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