Heavy Floods in England
There are further reports this morning of inundations from various parts of the country. At Hampton-wick the paths on both sides of the Thames are impassable, and the cellars of many…
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Thunderstorm at Sydney
Between three sad four o'clock this morning, the city was visited with a violent storm of wind and rain, accompanied with load peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning. The storm brought with at many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News of the Day. Thunderstorm at Kama
The Kiama INDEPENDENT says:—On Tuesday night, this part of Illawarra was visited by a thunder-storm of uncommon violence and grandeur, accompanied with a smart though not very' prolonged fall of…
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THE unusually heavy rains have again caused the waters to rise at Peterborough and many other parts of the country. The fens are all under water, and the river Ness is rapidly rising. There has not been so…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods in Tasmania. (From the Hobart Town Mercury, December 31.)
THE main road at Oatlands was flooded, and a considerable area of land under crop submerged.At St Peter's Pass the floods have caused much more extensive damage. The main road was covered with water, and is blocked up with…
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ON the 16th November, between 2 and 3 o'clock a.m. the tide on the Thames roee to an extraordinary height, and for many miles, extending from Gravesend to the tidal limits up the river; the water overflowed the banks on each side, and,…
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There are further reports this morning of inundations from various parts of the country. At Hampton-wick the paths on both sides of the Thames are impassable, and the cellars of many…
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During a heavy storm on Sunday evening at Ryde, Mr. Alderman He[?] He[?] had a very narrow escape of losing one of his little girls who was struck with lightning. It appears that one of the rooms was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Storm in Gympie
A FURIOUS storm of wind, lightning, hail, and rain passed over Gympic about 4 o'clock on the 11th instant (says The Times). When at its height it was the severest storm which has occurred here since Gympie was inhabited; but,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods in London. (From the Times.)
ON the 15th November, between 2 and 3 o'clock a.m., the tide on the Thames rose to an extraordinary height, and for many miles, extending from Gravesend to the tidal limits up the river; the water overflowed the banks on each side, and,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Storm at Ryde—Further Particulars
At Ryde, during the thurderstorm on Sunday afternoon two children were struck by lighting, and had a marvellous escape from death: as it was, they suffers severely. It appears that at Alderman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Remarkable Storm in Brisbane. (Abridged from the Brisbane Courier.)
ON Saturday evening last a storm of hail, rain, aud wind, more violent than any inhabitant of this city has before experienced here, passed through Brisbane. It commenced about 4.15 p.m., and lasted twenty minutes. It came from…
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ON Saturday evening last a storm of hail, rain, and wind, more violent than any inhabitant of this city has before experienced here, passed through Brisbane. It commenced about 4.16 p.m., and lasted twenty minutes. It came from…
Continued on Trove, page 143 →Destructive Floods and High Tides in the Thames
The tide in the Thames River on Monday morning reached a higher mark than ever known before. Greenwich and the lowlands along the river there partially inundated, and numerous wrecks have also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Storm (Monday) Yesterday. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—Having noticed in your valuable paper of this day, Tuesday, an account of one of the houses in Macquarie-street North, opposite the Infirmary, for which I, the undersigned am the architect, having been, it is said…
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We are informed that about five o'clock yesterday afternoon, while the thunderstorm wag passing over the city and suburbs, a gentleman was reading by the window of a house near the Darling Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Courts. Water Police Court. Saturday. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Lester, Chartlton, Bird, Flood, Harris, Stratford, and Goldring)
Three persons were punished for drunkenness. William Kelly, seaman, was fined 10s or in default to be imprisoned for riotous behaviour in Argrle-street. John Chirk, seaman, for a similar offence, was fined in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News of the Day. Heavy Thunderstorm at Coonamble
A correspondent writing from Coonamble, 29th February, says—We had a very heavy thunderstorm here on last Saturday. The lightning was very strong—it killed a man and his horse instantancously at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Courts. This Day. Water Police Court. (Before the Police Magistrate and Messrs. Senior, Goldring, and flood)
Harriet Thompson, servant, was fined 20s, or, in default, to be imprisoned for seven days for having stolen a purse, tome Berlin wool, and other articles of the value of 15s, the property of Thomas George Smith. John French, no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Heavy Floods in Queensland. (From Our Correspondent). Clermont, Peak Downs
THE past week has been eventful. WE have had a flood, Rain commenced to fall on Wednesday, at noon, and continued almost without intermission until Thursday evening. At times it came down in perfect torreats. Sandy Creek showed…
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