American News. by the Monowai. Terrible Tornadoes. The Mafia Victim. Monument to Chief Hennessy--New Oil Company--Mississippi Floods--Atlantic Whalebacks--A Big Company--The Fireat Titusvilie--Millions of Dollars Damage--Fear ful Scenes. A Terrible Cyclone-The Republican Platform
The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 July 1892 · page 5
BY the San Francisco mail steamer Monowai, which arrived in Port Jackson this morning, the following news is to hand:--Tornadoes did a considerable amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Balloon Adventure. Caught in a Storm. a Balloon Driven to Sea. Three Occupants Rescued. LONDON, July 18
The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 July 1892 · page 5
A sensational balloon experience has just been reported. Three aeronauts ascended in a balloon from Havre, in the north of France, and when up some distance came…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmania. a Heavy Gale--damage to Shipping
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 July 1892 · page 4
HOBART, Tuesday.--A heavy gale has raged during today. The barque Laura was towed in the stream and moored, but her lines parted and she was taken by the gale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tasmania. a Heavy Gale--damage to Shipping
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 July 1892 · page 4
HOBART, Tuesday.--A heavy gale has raged during today. The barque Laura was towed in the stream and moored, but her lines parted and she was taken by the gale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale in Port Phillip. Sinking of a Cutter. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 July 1892 · page 5
During the north-west gale yesterday the small cutter Annulus, moored inside the Pope's Eye Fort, capsized and sank, with about a ton of blasting gelatine on board, intended for blowing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale on the Irish Coast. Three Lifeboat Men Drowned
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 July 1892 · page 5
LONDON, Thursday.--A severe gale, occasioning several shipwrecks, has occurred on the Irish coast. The Liverpool lifeboat yesterday put off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →European Events. Boycotting Tradesmen. Peace and Poverty. Gales in Ireland-- Shipwrecks-- Diplomatic Appointment. LONDON, July 21
The Australian Star · Friday 22 July 1892 · page 5
Mr. Justice, Kekewich yesterday made an order prohibiting the Trades Federation from boycotting any non-union firms. The VOSSISCHE ZEITUNG, published at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in America
The Australian Star · Monday 25 July 1892 · page 6
A VAST concourse of people attended the funeral of Andrew Anderson, the Swedish engineer, who saved 27 persons from drowning in the flood waters of the Missouri, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mauritius Devastated. Effects of the Late Cyclone. Poet Louis Wrecked. Steeets of Houses Razed
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 July 1892 · page 26
We publish in the present number interesting illustrations of the effects of the late cyclone in the Mauritius. The calamity occurred on April 29 last, and in a few minutes after the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Mr. Wragge's Forecast. Rain and S.W. Gales BRISBANE
The Australian Star · Saturday 6 August 1892 · page 6
MR. Clemens Wragge, Government Meteorologist, has issued the following special ocean forecast this afternoon:--"The centra of a new barometric disturbance is now in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Terrible Fire. Oil Creek Valley a Fiery Flood and Flaming River. Many Lives Lost
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 August 1892 · page 20
The Oil Creek Valley disaster, a picture of which we give this week, will be remembered as one of the most appalling occurrences of modern times. The region in which it took place is…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Ministerial Visit to Morpeth. Diversion of Flood Waters. the Engineer in Chief's Reports to the Minister for Works
Evening News · Tuesday 9 August 1892 · page 6
MORPETH, Monday. The Minister for Works and the Postmaster General arrived at Morpeth from Sydney this morning. They were accompanied by Mr. J. W. Bowes, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Mine Flooded -- Two Men Drowned
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 August 1892 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- A fatal accident of a sensational character occurred early yesterday at Heidelberg at an antimony mine which is being worked there. Those…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Sunday's Storm
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 August 1892 · page 4
One of the effects of the storm on Sunday night was to be seen yesterday at the Home of Hope, Stanley-street, Newtown. The gale of wind had completely stripped the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Violent Storm. Great Damage to Property
Evening News · Tuesday 16 August 1892 · page 3
ALBURY , Tuesday. A report from Germanton states that a violent hail, rain, and wind storm which swept over the district on Sunday night wrought great destruction among stock on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. Rainfall and the Late Storm
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 August 1892 · page 5
Though no rain worth mentioning has fallen in Sydney with the late westerly blow, about half an inch fell on the western slopes south of Orange, and on the highlands it was heavier. Speaking…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Flooding of a Mine Recovery of the Bodies
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 August 1892 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The bodies of the two miners Grant and Young, who were drowned in the Antimony mine at Temple. stowe by a sudden inrush of water, were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Storm in the Germanton District
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 August 1892 · page 5
ALBURY, Tuesday. -- A report from Germanton states that very considerable damage was done in the district by the violent wind and hail storm on Sunday night. On one or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Flooded Mine. Inquest on the Victims. MELBOURNE
The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 August 1892 · page 6
An inquest is now proceeding at Heidelberg on the bodies of the miners who were drowned in an antimony mine. Mr. H. B. Nicholas, Inspector of Mines, is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →American News. Summary by Mail. Tasting Electricity. Terrible Cruelty to a Boy. Moving an Hotel--A Fatal Quarrel-- Terrible Boiler Explosion--Suicide of a Bank Director--Bled to Death-- A Noble Salvationist--Outrage by Negroes--The Chicago Flood--A Sister Avenged-- Tragedy in a Court-- Fire and Flood
The Australian Star · Thursday 18 August 1892 · page 8
THE following is a summary of news to hand by the R.M.S. Alameda :-- Arthur J. Yoe, an electrician, 27 years old, died recently at New York, the death…
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