Terrific Storms in Great Britain. Flocks and Herds Embedded. London
The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 5
During the last fow days terrific storms have occurred throughout Great Britain, and the heavy foil of snow has impeded railway traffic. Flocks and herds have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Cyclone in America. Half a Town Des Proyed. Many People Burned to Death. Panic Amongst the Inhabitants. [By Cable.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 20
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 9
Intelligence has been received here from New York to the effect that the settlement of Mount Vernon, in the State of Illinois, was visited by a disastrous cyclone on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Recent Discoveries of Gold in Western Australia. Effects of the Late Floods. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Perth
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 9
Payne, who was a member of Anstey's party at Yilgarn, and discovered a reef there has found gold 20 miles north-east of New Norcia. He is now prospecting about the head of the Moore River, where…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Floods in Northern Queensland
The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 5
ROCKHAMPTON, Tuesday.--The flood waters of the Fitzroy are now subsiding, but the river is rising at Yamaha. Rain has been falling in town all day in light…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Australia. The Late Floods
The Australian Star · Wednesday 22 February 1888 · page 5
PERTH, This Day.--Subscriptions are being collected for the relief of the sufferers by the Greenough floods. There are fully 100 families who stand in need…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian. Queensland. The Gales on the Queensland Coast. Loss of a Schooner
The Australian Star · Thursday 23 February 1888 · page 8
BRISBANE, This Day.--Another shipping disaster has been occasioned by the recent boisterous weather on the coast. Captain Heath, Postmaster, has received a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Cyclone in the United States. 1000 Persons Homeless. London
The Australian Star · Thursday 23 February 1888 · page 5
Over 1000 persons are reported to have been rendered homeless by the terrific cyclone which completely wrecked the township of Mount Verner, in the State…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm at Goulburn
The Australian Star · Friday 24 February 1888 · page 5
GOULBURN, Thursday.--A violent rain and hail storm occurred bere about 4 o'clock to-day. Several horses took fright. The water inundated the streets and damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Storm at Goulburn. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1888 · page 5
GOULBURN, Thursday.-- This afternoon the most violent rain and hail storm experienced in Goulburn for years occurred. The rain commenced to fall about 4 o'clock, and several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Ship Loch Tay in a Gale. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1888 · page 8
The ship Loch Tay, which arrived to-day from Adelaide, experienced a heavy gale on the 8th and 9th instant. The wind raged with hurricane force from W.S.W., with a dangerous sea, which smashed the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Destructive Cyclone in America. London, Feb. 20
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 406
Intelligence has bean received here from New York to the effect that the settlement of Mount Vernon, in the State of Illinois, was visited by a disastrous cyclone on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 406 →Heavy Floods in Northern Queensland
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1888 · page 415
Between 3.30 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday last week 20 inches 72 points of rain fell at Rockhampton. The greater part of the town was under water, and boats were plying to some…
Continued on Trove, page 415 →Further Heavy Rain in Queensland. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1888 · page 5
BRISBANE, Sunday.-- Brisbane and the coast district of the southern portion of the colony have experienced another incessant downpour beginning yesterday and containing for the past…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Barque Diamond in a Gale. Narrow Escape From Foundering. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1888 · page 8
The barque Diamond, which arrived on Saturday from Kaipara, had a narrow escape from foundering on the 16th instant. She was caught in a fearful squall from the southward, in lat. 37 and 154 E. long…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →QUEENSLAND. The Floods In Northern Queensland. Railway Traffic Stopped
The Australian Star · Monday 27 February 1888 · page 8
BRISBANE, This Day.--The Commissioner of Railways has received telegrams from Mackay and Townsville advising that traffic has been stopped on the Mackay…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy Rain in Brisbane. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 February 1888 · page 5
BRISBANE, Monday.--The rainfall for two hours has totalled 5in. about Brisbane and heavier on the coast. Owning to the steady rising subsiding of the flood water on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Brisbane. Serious Damage Feared. BRISBANE, This Day
The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 February 1888 · page 6
Almost continuous rain fell in Brisbane from Saturday morning until into last night. Many of the suburbs are under water, and much damage has been done to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →QUEENSLAND. The Floods in Northern Queensland
The Australian Star · Tuesday 28 February 1888 · page 5
ROCKHAMPTON, This Day.--The weather is fine, and this is the first fine day since Thursday week last. The river covered the upper wharves at high tide, but fell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Storm Or a Teapot
The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 29 February 1888 · page 2
THE singularity of the discussion which was held at the last meeting of the Parramatta Borough Council respecting a paragraph in the Evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Impending Doom. Chapter Xxi. a Storm Brewing
The Australian Star · Thursday 1 March 1888 · page 2
The fever of love, the fever of jealousy, like other chills and fevers, have their hot spells and their cold ones…
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