Heavy Thunderstorm
BARMEDMAN.—A heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by wind and rain, passed over this town at 5 o'clock yesterday evening, travelling from west to east. A number of houses were…
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Thunderstorm at Broken-hill. (By Telegraph.)
BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--A terrific thunderstorm burst over the town last evening, continuing for several hours and completely blocking all the telegraph wires. Rain fell for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Victoria. Flemington Course Under Water
MELBOURNE.—Reports continue to come in of the great floods caused by the rains last week. The Goulburn at Seymour is higher than it was during the big floods in August, and when the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
Reports from the country show that the floods are widespread. At St. Arnaud the embankment of the railway dam broke away. A greater part of Seymour is inundated, and much damage has been caused…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Serious Floods in Melbourne. a Sudden Rise in the Yarra. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The river Yarra has been rising since yesterday with great rapidity. In South Yarra, River-street, containing 20 houses, is completely submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Expected Floods on the Murray. (By Telegraph.)
ALBURY, Monday.--The very heavy rains which have fallen during the past three days have had the effect of raising the Murray 13ft. 6iu. over summer level, with every prospect of…
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EMMAVILLE.—A most destructive hailstorm occurred this morning. The whole country is covered for some miles, and great injury bra been done to orchards and vineyards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Floods at Albury. (By Telegraph.)
ALUBURY, Tuesday.--The river is now 14ft, 4in. over summer level, being the greatest height attained for seven years. Borne of the Streets are under water. The river is now…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Victoria. Loss of Life and Destruction of Property. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Floods, owing to the recent rains, have caused much damage, and in some instances loss of life has occurred. John Bowen, builder and contractor, Shepparton,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Victorian Floods
MELBOURNE.—Reports concerning the floods are still coming in from the country. In some parts the rivers are still rising, but it is not thought the damage will be very great…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yesterday's Telegrams. Murray District Floods
MOAMA.—Some heavy rainfalls occurred on Saturday and Sunday in the Murray district, causing great damage to crops, and rendering the roads in a bad condition. Some selectors in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Storm Near Melbourne. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A most extraordinary rainfall occurred at Williamstown to-day. The rain fell for two hours in sheets, and the whole country round about Newport,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Cyclone in Texas
A cyclone struck Brownsville, Texas, recently. The gale continued for two days, causing a freshet in the Rio Grande. Over 10in of rain fell, and the wind attained a velocity of seventy-eight…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To-day's Telegrams. Serious Floods
MELBOURNE.—Serious floods all along the Goulburn Valley are doing a great amount of damage to crops and gardens. The weir at Dunbulbalane has been washed away, and an enormous tract of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Flood Wave
ADELAIDE.—A tremendous fall of rain occurred in the Hills on Saturday, and resulted in bringing down Angas Creek in a flood wave, 10ft high sweeping several market gardens bare, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Victoria
Exceptionally heavy rain fell in some of the country districts on the 4th instant. In the cases of some new railways, owing to the ballast not having been properly solidified, it was found necessary to decrease the speed…
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A telegram received on Thursday, from Brisbane, states that during a thunderstorm on Wednesday on the Maryborough railway, three miles from Bundaberg, a large tree was struck by lightning and shivered…
Continued on Trove, page 1019 →The Gale
On the weather continued cloudy and unsettled, with a moderate breeze from west to S.W., until about 4 [?], when rain began to fall, which measured 0·180 inch at 9 a.m. yesterday. It continued in heavy showers…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Violent Southerly Gale. Two Ketches Ashore
Yesterday was an exceedingly boisterous day in Sydney. The southerly wind which set in on Friday culminated on Saturday in a violent gale. The storm was accompanied by heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gale on the Coast. Ketches Ashore But Sate
The violent southerly gale which commenced on Saturday afternoon increased in violence towards, nightfall, and for the following twenty-four hours blew with tremendous violence,…
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