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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1882

171 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 9

The Late Gale

Evening News · Thursday 30 March 1882 · page 2

LONDON, March. 27.-Accounts continue to arrive of the loss of life and property occasioned by the late gale. Off the coasts of Devonshire and Brighton immense…

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Gale in Western Australia

Evening News · Thursday 30 March 1882 · page 3

A telegram from Perth states that a hurricane swept the coast of Western Australia on March 7 and 8, especially near Cossack and Roeburne, where buildings were unroofed in all directions. At…

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Heavy Gale in the British Channel

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1882 · page 9

LONDON, March 27.—One of the heaviest gales experienced for some time past, occurred yesterday in the British Channel. The wind blew with great force,…

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Disastrous Floods in Louisiana. London, March 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1882 · page 5

Most disastrous floods have occurred in Louisiana, United States, by which 120 persona have been drowned, and an immense amount of property destroyed…

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Reported Floods in Louisiana

Evening News · Monday 3 April 1882 · page 2

LONDON, April 1.-The report that disastrous floods had occurred in Louisiana, United States, has been contradicted…

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Reported Floods in Louisiana. London, April 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1882 · page 5

The report that disastrous floods had occurred in Louisiana, United States, has been contradicted…

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Yesterday's Storm

Evening News · Thursday 6 April 1882 · page 2

THEY have been praying for rain in many parts of the colony, and it was last evening a master of remark that they'd be praying for fine woa'her again, a remark that was caused by a rush of water from above,…

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Floods in Sydney

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1882 · page 3

Yesterday at about 8.80 p.m. a downpour of rain set in in Sydney, the like of which has not been experienced for some years. Early in the day a light wind was blowing from the north-east, veering to the…

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The Gale

Evening News · Saturday 8 April 1882 · page 6

The passengers by the Morpeth, from Newcastle, which arrived this morning, are desirous of testifying to the able manner in which Captain Carter, his officers, and crew, worked the ship into port, under…

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The Gale on the Coast. the Voyage of the Leura

Evening News · Saturday 8 April 1882 · page 4

It was with feelings of the greatest satisfaction yesterday afternoon that the signal was received from the South Head notifying that the steamer Lenra. from Melbourne, had entered the Heads, and the…

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Disastrous Floods' in Louisiana

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 April 1882 · page 8

LONDON, March 31.—Most disastrous floods have occurred in Louisiana, United States, by which 120 persons have been drowned, and an immense amount of…

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The Llewellyn During the Late Gales

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1882 · page 2

The s.s, Llewellyn arrived in port on Saturday night at 11 o'clock, in low of the [?].s. Havilah Captain Amora has furnished has with the following particulars of the narrow escape his vessel had from…

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Severe Storms in the United States

Evening News · Monday 10 April 1882 · page 2

NEW YORK, April 8 Very severe weather has been experienced over the whole of the United Surtes. end destructive cyclones are reported to have taken place in…

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Storms in the United States. New York, April 8

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1882 · page 3

Very severe weather has been experienced over the whole of the United States, and destructive cyclones are reported in Kansas and Michigan. Several persons were killed, and a…

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Severe Storms in the United States. New York, April 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1882 · page 5

Very severe weather has been experienced over the whole of the United States, and destructive cyclones are reported to have taken place in Kansas and Michigan. Several…

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The Steamer Lindus in a Gale. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1882 · page 5

The steamer Lindus, which arrived from Newcastle at half-past 9 this morning, experienced a very [?]ough passage. The vessel, which left Newcastle on the 5th instant, the same afternoon encountered a strong…

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The s.s. Lindus in a Gale. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Tuesday 11 April 1882 · page 2

The Lindus, steamer, from Newcastle, arrived yesterday morning after a fearfully rough passage. She left on April 6, and encountered the south-easterly gale the same afternoon, with a…

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The Rain Storm. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1882 · page 5

Sir,—While the damago done by the rain storm on Wednesday last is still fresh in our memories, the following notes may be of interest:— Such tropical rains have frequently been recorded on this…

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The Rain Storm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1882 · page 591

Under date of April 8, Mr. H. C. Russell wrote as fallows to the Herald:—While the damage done by the rain storm on Wednesday last is still fresh in our memories, the following notes may be of interest:—…

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The Llewellyn in a Gale

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 April 1882 · page 37

One of the finest displays of good seamanship during the late gale was shown by Captain Almora, of the collier Llewellyn, which vessel broke her main shaft during the height of the gale when off Wollongong on the morning of…

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