The Ballaarat in a Cyclone
The P. and O. R.M.S. Ballaarat, due here tomorrow from London, was caught in a cyclone two days after leaving Aden. The storm, which was accompanied by a high confused sea, lasted eight…
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American Mail News. Baby Farming in Chicago. a Devastating Storm Ecuador's Capital in Flames. Daring Bank Robberies. the Would-be Tallest Policeman Bryan Breaks Records. a Few Election Items
The American papers of October 5, chronicle a baby farming discovery in Chicago, which promises to outrival even the noted Makin case. One journal says:—"Three dead babies have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Metropolitan District Court. Tuesday. (Before Judge Coffey.) Flood V. TROUP
His Honor gave judgment in this case to-day. It was an action brought by Eliza Stella Flood, of Rush-street, Woollahra, against William Truop, of Pitt-street, Sydney, for the recovery of £30…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Violent Thunderstorm. a Shop Struck by Lightning
BETWEEN 1 and 2 p.m. yesterday one of the heaviest thunderstorms that has visited the city for some time broke over the city, the peals of thunder being remarkably loud and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Saturday's Thunderstorm. a Heavy Rainfall. Houses Struck by Lightning
The heavy thunderstorm which burst over the city and suburbs on Saturday afternoon, flooding the streets and low-lving portions of Sydney, resulted in nearly an inch of rain falling. The weather has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. a Terrific Thunderstorm. Buildings Struck by the Lightning
People in the city will not soon forget the thunder-storm of Saturday afternoon last. The forenoon had been sultry, the kind of closeness which is peculiar to the atmosphere when it is heavily surcharged with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Thunderstorm in Sydney
A thunderstorm of remarkable intensity broke over the city shortly before 1.30 p.m. on Saturday. The storm was conspicuous for extremely vivid lightning and thunderclaps of unusual loudness. Mr. Russell, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrific Storm in Victoria. a House Blown Down. Much Damage to Property. a Farmer Badly Injured
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Terrific storms wore experienced at Numurkah this afternoon, and heavy hailstones fell. Considerable damage was done to property, and injuries to persons. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. Rain Results Of THUNDERSTORMS
Heat and thunderstorns in the country were the predominant features of yesterday's meteorologocal reports. The scope of the rainfall between Saturday and yesterday in the colony was over the western…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Southerly Change. Gales on the Coast. Thunderstorms, Rain, and Hall
Another southerly change appeared over the southern portion of the colony yesterday, and along the seaboard it seemed to he of unusual severity. At 3 p.m. fine fresh southerly winds prevailed at Green Cape and Gabo,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Severe Storm in the Seven Hills District. Damage to the Orchards
A storm broke over the Parramatta district shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, accompanied by hall. In the Seven Hills district the hail was very severe. It stripped the leaves off the trees like a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Intercolonial Letters. Victoria. a Calm After the Storm. Suburban Racing Again. The Victorian Club Meeting—Horses for West Australia—Gossip of the Week. Melbourne
Spotting has been very tame since the conclusion of the Carnival. It is the in-evitable clam after the storm. Things will remain quiet now until Now Year's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News by the Mail. Notes From Various S[?] Terrific Thunderstorm at Liverpool. Footballers Struck by Lightning
A heavy thunderstorm passed over Liverpool and the district on Saturday afternoon, 10th October, the city being for a considerable time enveloped in dense darkness. During the storm a shocking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Orchardists and Tuesday's Storm
A correspondent at Seven–hills states that the heaviest hailstorm yet experienced in the district was that which occurred on Tuesday afternoon. The storm had a disastrous effect upon the young…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Further Thunderstorms. Good Rain in the Country
At 9 o'clock yesterday morning 79 points of rain were measured at the Sydney Observatory, the bulk of which fell in a heavy thunderstorm that broke over the city about 1 a.m., and lasted a couple of hours. During the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Rain in Sydney. a Thunderstorm and Southerly Change
Heavy rain fell in Sydney during yesterday afternoon and last evening, amounting at 10 o'clock to 60 points, and at a late hour there seemed a prospect of more. In the morning the sky was fairly bright, but…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gale and Rain
The rain is general all along the coast, with southerly gale reported from South Head to Jervis Bay. At the latter the sea is rising…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Weather. Yesterday's Storm. a Woollahra Sensation
After the storm yesterday afternoon rain fell at intervals throughout the night, and according to the Observatory officials the total fall in Sydney for the previous twenty-four hours up to 9 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Weather on the Coast. a Gale at the Heads
The southerly weather extended along the coast as far north as Seal Rocks at 8 o'clock last evening, and it was raining between that station and Jervis Bay. Broken Bay reported a south-south-east gale, with rising…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A New Trial Motion. MITCHAM v. FLOOD
The Full Court to-day delivered judgment in the case of William Mitcham against Edward Flood. It was an application on behalf of the plaintiff to make absolute a rule nisi for a new…
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