Severe Gale at Albury
After 48 hours of extreme heat a thunderstorm occurred at Albury on the night of the 9th, accompanied by the heaviest gale of wind experienced for many years past. A large…
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688 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 35
Proposed Storm-water Channel for Liverpool. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 13
A few months ago Dr. Ashburton Thompson, Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Health, inspected the main drain of the town at the request of the local council, and reported that, although he…
Continued on Trove, page 150 →Funerals. the Late Mr. Flood
The remains of the late Mr. J. W. Flood were interred yesterday afternoon in the Waverley Cemetery in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. The cortege proceeded by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather. Dull in Sydaey. Excessive Heat in the West. More Deaths Reported. a Heavy Country Rain Wanted. Death Bate in Sydney. Result of the Great Heat
The records of the Necropolis and Waverley Cemeteries show that owing to the excessive heat the death rate during the past week or two has been more than doubled. Within a short distance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather. Storms in the Country. Several Houses Damaged. Persons Struck by Lightning
MURRURUNDI, Wednesday.—A terrible storm of wind and rain passed over Murrurundi last evening, at half-past 6 o'clock. Rain fell in torrents for half an hour, and the wind blew with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Heat in the West. 118 Degrees at Bourke. Rain and Thunderstorms on the Coast--Generally Lower Temperatures
While the temperature is considerably lower in the city and many parts of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Terrific Thunderstorm. Kempsey
A terrific thunderstorm occurred here yesternight, and lasted from 8 to 9 o'clock. The central telegraph office was struck by lightning. The telephone connecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Destructive Storm at Tamworth
TAMWORTH, Wednesday.--The storm last night was the most severe and most destructive experienced for a long while. The galvanised iron roofs of many buildings were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deputation. a Storm-water Sewer
Mr. C. E. Russell-Jones, M.L.A,, to-day introduced a deputation from the Ashfield and Petersham Municipal Councils, who asked that the storm-water sewer connecting with Long…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclonic Storm at Gregra. Cudal, Wedensday
The weather is again hot and sultry. Thunder-storms travel over every day, but very little rain falls; 18 points fell last night. News has just been received of a cyclonic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm at Lismore. an Hotel Struck .By Lightning
LISMORE, Wednesday.--A thunderstorm occurred last night, when 35 points of rain fell. Immense good was done to the crops and herbage. During the storm the lightning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclonic Storm at Murrurundi. Much Damage Done. Murrurundi
A terrific cyclonic storm passed over the town between 7 and 8 o'clock last night. For about half an hour the wind, rain, hail, thunder, and lightning were most alarming. The whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Storm at Kempsey. the Post-office Struck by Lightning. Kempsey
Last evening a terrific storm broke suddenly over the town from the south. The thunder was the loudest and the lightning the most vivid ever known here, the storm lasting for over an hour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Another Hot Day. Storms in the Country. Continued Excessive Heat. Several More Deaths. Yesterday's Rainfall. a Sensation at Bourke
The temperature at the Sydney Observatory at 9 o'clock this morning was 82.7deg. The glass was gradually rising, and there was every likelihood of another hot day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather. Thunderstorms and Rains. Further Fatalities in the Country
Generally hot and muggy were the meteorological conditions yesterday. The wind early in the morning shifted to the south, and at 9 a.m. the thermometer registered 77. After…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Violent Storm at Gregra
MOLONG, Thursday.--Reports are to hand of a phenomenal heavy storm which occurred at Gregra on Tuesday afternoon. There was very little thunder or lightning, but the wind…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Severe Storm Near Molong. Considerable Damage Done. Molong
News is to hand of a terrific storm which occurred at Gregra on Tuesday afternoon. After threatening for some time the rain came down in torrents, and the wind blew at hurricane force…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Violent Storm at Cooma
COOMA, Friday.--The heat was most Intense to-day, registering 103 in the shade. About 4 o'clock a heavy storm of wind arose, unroofl[?]g several places and blowing down trees. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wreck of the Aldinga. The Vessel Broken Up. Almost Out of View. Effects of the Gale-Onslaught of Wind and Tide -- Position of the vessel. WOLLONGONG
Although a very strong north-easterly wind was blowing all day yesterday it appeared to have very little effect on the wreck of the stranded collier on Bellambi…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Welcome Southerly. Thunderstorms in the Country. Rain at Bourke
At 9.30 last night a strong southerly came up, accompanied by a great deal of thunder and lightning. A considerable fall in the temperature followed immediately. This change…
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