The Storm
AN exceptionally short and sharp easterly gale was experienced yesterday, but fortunately no great harm was done. The gale started about 1 o'clock, and increased in…
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The Weather. an Easterly Gale
Yesterday a strong easterly gale was experienced in Sydney and on the coast generally, accompanied by heavy and continuous rain. The wind was fresh from the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather. Destructive Gales. Floods in the Country. Loss of Life and Property. More Effects of Sunday's Gale. in the Track of the Storm. the Stranded Steamers. Orchards and Crops Damaged
The latest reports to hand concerning the eevere easterly gale on Sunday show that its effects were very widely and severely felt. It is now known that the gale first struck the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gale at Wardell
WARDELL, Monday.--This district was visited on Saturday by a severe gale, accompanied by heavy rain. The force of the gale may be judged from the fact that near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Gales and Floods. Great Damage to Property. the Steamer Tweed Ashore. a Copious Rainfall in the Country
Yesterday was, generally speaking, an uneventful day, so far as the weather was concerned, but telegrams were to hand showing the violence and extent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Arawatta in the Late Gale. an Anxious Experience
Rarely is it that the fine steamer Arawatta seeks shelter from the elements between Brisbane and Sydney. She usually faces even the worst weather, and has made remarkable trips in the teeth of some pretty stiff…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Gale at Byron Bay. the Steamer Tweed Ashore
BYRON BAY, Monday.--A very heavy gale blew here through Saturday night and Sunday morning from the east and north-east, and 735in. of rain also fell. The steamers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Destructive Gale in Queensland. Damage to Propfrty--a Schooner Wrecked
BRISBANE, Sunday (detained).--The wet weather of the past few days culminated in a terrific south-east gale on Saturday night, the wind blowing with hurricane force…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Gale at Casino. Trees Uprooted and Houses Unroofed. Casino
On Saturday evening a fearfully severe easterly gale set in, accompanied with heavy rain, and it blew the whole night, lulling at about daylight. In all directions trees were uprooted and honses partially…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Effects of the Gale. Shipping in the North. The Tweed Ashore. Byron Bay
A terrific easterly gale with heavy rain and high sea set in on Saturday afternoon, lasting about 24 hours. The steamers Karuah, Coraki, Helen Nicoll, and Tweed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) a Terrific Gale. Houses Unroofed and Blown Down. the Telegraph Lines Interrupted. Brisbane
A terrific-storm was experienced here on Saturday night, accompanied by torrents of rain. A gale blew throughout the night, the wind at times reaching the velocity of 65 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. the Late Cyclonic Storm. Two Steamees Ashore. Terrific Sea on the Northern Coast. Damage to Orchards and Growing Crops. Disastrous Landslips
There seems little doubt, now that telegraphic information is available from the northern parts of the colony, that the cyclonic storm of Saturday and Sunday first struck the Australian coast about Moreton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods at Lismore. a Youth Killed. LISMORE
Very heavy rain commenced to fall here on Friday, continuing till Sunday morning. On Saturday night 7[?]in. of rain fell, and old residents say Saturday…
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GRAFTON, Monday.--A strong south-east gale blew all Saturday night, and kept up until noon on Sunday, and nearly 4in. of rain fell. A great quantity of maize has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in the Richmond. Lismore Partly Inundated--great Damage to Crops
LISMORE, Monday.--Steady rain set in on Friday night and continued all Saturday and Saturday night. The wind was from the southward, and gradually increased in force…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Gale in Queensland
BRISBANE, Tuesday.-A terrific south-east gale passed over the colony on Saturday, the wind blowing with hurricane force for several hours. The gale interfered considerably with shipping…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Rodondo in the Late Gales
Captain Easton reports that the steamer Rodondo left Brisbane on the 20th instant at 3.20 p.m., and at 7.45 p.m., owing to the heavy sea on the bar, thick rain, and strong southerly gale, put back to anchor in Yule Roads. At…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Late Gales. [Bt Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Coolah
Rain commenced to fall early on Sunday morning, continuing until late last night; 247 points were registered. CORAKI, TUESDAY…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Orchard. Summer Pruning and Training. Guarding Against Wind Storms
The late boisterous weather would plainly show to all fruitgrowers the advisability, and I might say, the necessity, of keeping fruit trees dwarfed as much as possible, and of the constant use of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather. Remarkable Features of the Late Storm. Narrow Escapes From Wreck. the Flooded Rivers Falling. Reports From the Country. Damage to the Railway Line
Not only was the late storm remarkable for its crratic movement, but equally so for the unsteadiness of the force of the wind, and the variable quantity of rainit left in its track. It worked further inland…
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