A Barquentine Wrecked. a Severe Gale at Apia
AUCKLAND, Monday.—A severe gale has been experienced at Apia, the chief seaport of Samos, in the course of which the American barquentine Constitution was totally wrecked…
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Terrific Storms at Cairns. (By Telegraph.)
BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- A terrific thunderstorm was experienced at Cairns last night, and rain is still falling. A mob of 15 horses was struck by lightning at Boar's Pocket, near…
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APIA, February 18.--The heaviest weather experienced round the islands for years was felt last week. Since the beginning of the year the old identities have been foreshadowing a…
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THE steamer Arawata, at Auckland, brought news of the extent of the floods caused by the great inundations of the Rewa River, Fiji. This river, it appears, rose to a height of 34ft. above its normal…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.--The weather continues showery, and reports from various parts of the colony state that the drought is breaking up. Reports are also to hand of a gale raging on the…
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LONDON, March 10.—Disastrous floods have occurred in the West of England. Taunton, Bristol, and Exeter are inundated, and railway lines and bridges have been washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Floods in England. Railway Lines and Bridges Washed Away. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, March 8
Disastrous floods have occurred in the West of England. Taunton, Bristol, and Exeter are inundated, and railway lines and bridges have been washed away…
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BRISBANE, This Day.--The Government Meteorologist last week predicted a cyclone between New Caledonia and the Queensland coast, and the prophecy has…
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BRISBANE, Monday.--The labor schooner Eiiza Mary has returned from the South Seas with 77 recruits, and (reports that at the end of February, off…
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LONDON, March. 11—The disastrous floods which have occurred in the West of England are tow subsiding. The damage done to property in Bristol, which was partly inundated, amounts to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in England. London March 11
The disastrous floods which have occurred in the West of England are now subsiding. The damage done to property in Bristol, which was partly inundated,…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The Government Meteorologist announced on Wednesday that a cyclone was developing between Queensland and New-Caledonia, and a telegram has been received from…
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APIA, March 3.--On account of the Alameda being late on her last trip from 'Frisco to Sydney there in only a few days' later news. The gunboat Eber brought the mail from…
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Disastrous floods have occurred in the West of England. Taunton, Bristol, and Exeter are inundated, and railway lines and bridges have been washed away. In…
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A terrible disaster occurred during a strong gale in Derby, on February 3. In the branch barracks of the Salvation Army in Unus-street about 250 persons…
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At Monday's meeting of the North Willoughby Council it was decided, on the motion of Alderman Hobson, that applications be invited for the position of engineer and surveyor,…
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A disastrous gale is reported from the west coast of Scotland. A number of fishing smacks were much damaged. Twelve fishermen belonging to the town…
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The theory most generally accepted is that these violent atmospheric disturbances are due to the ascension of the air over an area of low barometrioal pressure, followed by an inrush from all sides to fill up the partial vacuum thus…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Severe Storm at Wilcannia. (By Telegraph.)
WILCANNIA, Tuesday.--A storm of a sensational nature occurred at 7 o'clock this evening. The wind blew a hurricane tho rain coming coming down very heavily for a short period…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News From the South Seas. Disastrous Gales and Floods. Several Vessels Wrecked. a Village at Tonga Swept Into the Sea. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) Auckland
The steamer Richmond, which arrived to-night, brings news of additional wrecks at the Islands, and disastrous floods and gales at Tahiti. During a violent storm on January 29, the American ship…
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