Terrific Gale.—Disastrous Results
LONDON, January 26.—A terrific gale passed over the northern and western counties and the coasts of England last night and to-day, the full extent of which is at present unknown, but…
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Floods at Parramatta. PARRAMATTA
Rain fell in torrents during the night, doing great damage to private and public properties. The town dam has suffered considerably, a portion of the northern…
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The rains during the past two or three months have been most copious, but during the month just over have been extraordinarily so. Indeed, Mr. Russell, the [?]ent Astronomer, is our…
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The heaviest flood ever known here has occurred. The flood was most severe at Dapto and Albion Park. The mailman, in attempting to cross Duckholes with horse and coach, on Saturday afternoon, was…
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During last night it rained in torrents, causing great havoc to householders in all parts of the town, especially about the neighbourhood of Argyle-street, owing to the railway embankment…
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The Philadelphia correspondent of the Times says that a telegram from St. John's, Newfoundlend, reports the greatest storm to have raged there which was ever known. It continued for two days, and 35 vessels have been wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gale at Newcastle. NEWCASTLE
Violent southerly gales blew all Saturday night, yesterday, and daring last night, accompanied by fierce rain squalls. During the afternoon a shipwreck nearly occurred in North Shore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gale at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] Newcastle
Violent southerly gales blew all Saturday night, yesterday, and during last night, accompanied by very heavy rain. During the afternoon a ship wreck nearly occurred in North Shore bight…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods at Wollongong. [By Telegraph.] Wollolngong
The heaviest floods over known here occurred on Saturday. They were most severe at Dapto and Albion Park. Large quantities of maize about the Macquarie River were destroyed, and several cattle…
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George-street, Parramatta, is intersected by Vallack's drain, a noisome watercourse that sometimes smells acid, at others putrid, and always nasty. On ordinary occasions, rats live in it, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Floods at Windsor. [By Telegraph.] Windsor
During Saturday night and Sunday, the river rose bank-high, nearly 20 feet, caused by the coming down of the up-country waters, submerging Windsor Bridge, and some of the low lands round…
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ONE of tho heaviest nun storms ever experienced in Parramatta and district visited the town early on Saturday morning last. During Friday afternoon heavy rain set in, and as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamship Sorata in a Gale. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Orient liner Sorata, which arrived early this morning from Sydney, experienced extremely rough weather on the voyage round. After clearing Sydney Heads at 5 p.m. on Friday, the wind and sea rose with…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Terrible Thunderstorms in Queensland. (From the Toowoomba Chronicle, January 30.)
During the past few days the district has been visited with a series of thunderstorms unprecedented in their violence and injury to stock and produce. Since Wednesday last we have had a storm every day, generally coming up in…
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IT is remarkable with what unerring, if ruthless, accuracy a heavy flood exposes the deficiencies in the road-making and drain-making operations of…
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On the passage round the Sorata had an exceptionally rough, experience of winds and weather, and traces of the conflict she had with the elements are visible on deck and sloft, says the Melbourne "Argus." After completing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Shipping Company's S.S. Corea in a Gale. Several Men Washed Overboard. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
Considerable excitement prevailed in the city to-day when an official telegram was received from Cape Moreton that the steamer Corea had been disabled at sea, three men drowned, and…
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President Arthur has received a communication from Profossor E. Stone Wiggins, LL.D., Astronomer of the Canadian Finance Department, of which the following is a copy:—"Ottawa, Nov. 27, 1882. To…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Storm at Bungendore. BUNGENDORE
A heavy thunderstorm occurred here at midday. The lightning and thunder were terrific, being accompanied by very heavy rain and hail. The latter covered the ground for some time, and…
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The Orient liner Sorata, which arrived early this morning from Sydney, experienced extremely rough weather on the voyage round. After clearing Sydney Heads at 5 p.m. on Friday, the wind and sea rose with…
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