Our Brisbane Letter. the Late Terrific Storm. December
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1878 · page 5
BRISBANE this morning presents a remarkable [?]cle. Roofs are torn off wholly or in part, was are smashed, the streets glisten with brok[?]d pounded glass, and the shrubs and trees are [?]ed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dreadful Gale Around the British Islands — Marine Disasters
Evening News · Thursday 3 January 1878 · page 2
London, November 26. — A fearful gale raped around the British Isles on Saturday night. Thirty vessels are ashore between Ramsgate and Deal, and many lives are reported lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Storm. Brisbane, December 29
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1878 · page 24
BRISBANE this morning presents a remarkable spectacle. Roofs are torn off wholly or in part, windows are smashed, the streets glisten with broken and pounced glass, and the shrubs and trees are stripped…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Dreadful Gale Around the British Islands—marine Disasters
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 January 1878 · page 42
London, November 26.—A fearful gale raged around the British Isles on Saturday night. Thirty vessels are ashore between Ramsgate and Deal, and many lives are reported lost…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Gale's Great Walk. (From the Daily Telegraph, November 19.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1878 · page 8
AFTER the medical and other reports of Friday, William Gale's successful conclusion of his terrible task could have been no surprise to the vast assemblage that crowded the Agricultural Hall when the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Inland Dust Storm
Evening News · Monday 14 January 1878 · page 2
On Monday (says the Central Australian) Bourke was visited by a dust storm. As the dust was seen in the distance arching in the sky, and presenting that dull, reddish, brown, brick-dustry colour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Floods in New Guinea
Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1878 · page 3
The telegraphic statement in our morning contemporary with respect to heavy rains and floods in New Guinea is evidently incorrect. The rains and floods referred to have taken place at Cooktown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Storms in the Northern Territory
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1878 · page 5
For the following telegram we are indebted to the Superintendent of Telegraphs, Mr. E. C. Cracknell, to whom it was addressed:— "Port Darwin, 10 a.m. January 21…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams This Day. (A portion of the following appeard in our second edition of yesterday.) Fearful Storm at Merriwa.—Death by Lightning
Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1878 · page 2
MERRIWA, Tuesday.—There was a terrific storm here lost night, at half-past 8 o'clock. A flash of lightning struck a house at Church Hill, occupied by a Mrs. Harris, and penetrating the slabs, struck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods in Sydney and Suburbs. A Woman Drowned. Most Distressing Accounts. Great Destruction of Property
Evening News · Wednesday 6 February 1878 · page 2
THE fearful storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by torrents of rain, which swept over the city and suburb of Sydney last night will long be remembered. As so often happens with storm and floods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further Damage by tie Storm
Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1878 · page 3
Among the numerous places that have sustained great loss through the recant violent storms are the poemises nad goods of Messrs. Alderson and Son's tannery works at Redtern. Yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Storm at Parkes
Evening News · Friday 8 February 1878 · page 2
PARKES, Wednesday.—We have had continuous thunderstorms here, with heavy rain, since yesterday morning. The telegraph office received a tremendous shock by the electric fluid; all the…
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Evening News · Friday 8 February 1878 · page 2
GULGONG, Thursday—A terrible storm broke over this town at half-past 2 yesterday. The gale of wind was accompanied with rain, thunder, and lightenning. Jackson's tannery was wrecked; Wood's store, the…
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Evening News · Friday 8 February 1878 · page 2
The confectionery works of Messrs. Biddell Bros, at Darling Harbour, sustained considerable damage by the recent heavy storms. Entering the factory, signs of destruction present themselves to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wotonga steamer, in a Storm
Evening News · Friday 8 February 1878 · page 3
The A.S.N. Co's steamer Wotonga, Captain Stuart, came into port, this morning, after a very protracted voyage, form Melbourne, caused by encountering a agale of great violence. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Destructive Flood at Bega
Evening News · Friday 8 February 1878 · page 2
BEGA, Thursday.—The rain still continues, and a Hood has taken place, surrounding the corn crops, some are now submerged, and considerable damage has occurred. Certainly a great deal will be totally destroyed. Business is at a standstill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storms and Floods in the Country. the Traffic Restored Today
Evening News · Saturday 9 February 1878 · page 5
At daylight this morning the Southern line presented an usual state of bustle and excitement. Overnight the flood waters had subsided sufficiently to allow gangs of workmen with ballast engines to restore…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 February 1878 · page 14
Among the numerous places that have sustained great loss through the recent violent storms are the premises and goods of Messrs. Alderson and Son's tannery works at Redfern. On Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Heavy Floods in the Campbelltown District.—the Railway Damaged and Traffic Suspended
Evening News · Saturday 9 February 1878 · page 5
Within the last few days the Campbelltown district has been visited with two or three of the heaviest storms of rain known for many yean. At Liverpool the George River was quite low at 1 o'clock yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Sydney and Suburbs
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 February 1878 · page 14
THE fearful storm of thunder and lightning, accompanied by torrents of rain, which swept over the city and suburbs of Sydney on Tuesday night will long be remembered. As so often happens with storms and…
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