Great Thunderstorm. Several Persons Killed. LONDON, September 30
A great thunderstorm occurred in London to-day, several persons being killed…
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Thunderstorm in London. Several Persons Killed
LONDON, Thursday Night. -- A great thunderstorm passed ever London to-day, during which several persons were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Powys Castle in a Terrific Gale. Captain Jones Washed Overboard. Brisbane
News reached here that the sailing ship Powys Castle, which arrived at Moreton Bay to-day, encountered very severe weather running down the casting. Captain Jones, master of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Severe Thunderstorm. Struck by Lightning
Information received from Boobyalla states that a terrific thunderstorm passed over the town, and the lightning, which was very vivid, struck the telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Among the Ponies. Selections. Moorefield—Goodman Wins the Welter, but fails in the Kogarah—Aluminum Cuts up Badly—Storm in the Humer—Kensington— A Good Day for the Books—Mica Scores Again—Rat-a-tat Puts Up a Record
THE Canterbury Park Club will dispose of a meeting this afternoon, and as the entries are numerous, and the sport promises to be excellent there will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Story of the Sea. a Fearful Gale. Two Men Washed Overboard
The barque Powys Castle arrived in Moreton Bay yesterday from Hamburg. The vessel left that port on June 1 last, with Captain R. Jones in command, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thunderstorms. How to Avoid the Light Ning
As you go about Just now you very frequently hear the remark, "What a lot of thunderstorms we have had this summer" (says a "special" in the London "Dally Chronicle"). "Yes," another…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Cyclone of Crime. a Simoon of Sexual Sins. a Tidal Wave of Libidinous Lust Human Ghouls Outrage Children Of Innocent and Tender Years
THE last few weeks have been responsible for a most extraordinary exhibition of synchronous sexual sign, and it would really appear that this class of crime, like that of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Fishing Disaster. a Boat Upset in a Gale. Two Men Drowned—and Three Have Very Narrow Escapes,—Gallant Rescue Work. KIAMA, Saturday Night
A FATAL boating accident occured here to-day. A party of five men were out fishing in a 22 foot centre-board boat, and while endeavoring to return to the harbor to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Taviuni in a Cyclone. Second Officer Drowned
When on her voyage from Sydney to Suva the Union Company's steamer Taviuni had some rough handling in a cyclone, durng which the second officer was washed overboard and drowned. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Sydney Steamer in a Cyclone. Rough Experience or the Taviuni. the Second Officer Lost Overboard
The U.S.S. Company's steamer Taviuni, which left here last month on her monthly excursion among the Islands, had a tempestuous time of it on the run to Suva. The vessel had only been a couple of days out…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Cyclone at Sea
The captain of the barque Ravenscourt, which arrived in port from Simon's Bay, South Africa, today, reports having encountered a violent cyclone, during which the foresail, fore lower topsail, main…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Storm in Japan
The steamer Tsinan, from Japan, has news that a severe typhoon swept over Yokohama on September 12, causing severe floods, doing much damage to property, and being attended by some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Rough Time. In the Reeent Gale
At an early hour this morning the four-masted ship Kate Thomas, which left Newcastle coal laden on Wednesday last for San Francisco, was towed in to Sydney harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Taviuni in a Cyclone. an Officer Lost Overboard
The Union Company's steamer Taviuni, which left Sydney on the evening of September 22, encountered some severe weather on her voyage to Fiji, Immedately after leaving the harbour she stamed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damaged in a Cyclone. Arrival of a Ship From Brazil
The Atacama is a Chilian ship, a little old, but a fine wholesome wooden vessel strongly built and well preserved, a vessel of 1224 tons register, and when she hove in sight yesterday off Sydney Heads…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Free-trade Blessings. For the Farmers. Flooding the Market
The manifold blessings of the free-trade so strongly advocated by the "jolly and fat" politicians of this benighted colony are amply demonstrated by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Princess Spinaway's Competition. Adventures in a Flood
It was late one evening, some twelve or thirteen years ago. In Hunter River district were a number of houses not far from one another. Between 5 and 6 o'clock a heavy wind arose, blowing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Steamer in a Gale. Several Lives Lost
The steamer Woolloomooloo, which left Sydney on September 4 for London, has, according to cable advice, arrived at Durban, after experiencing terrible weather on the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Taviuni in a Cyclone. The Second Officer Lost
During the passages of the U.S.S. Co's Taviuni from Sydney to Suva last month there was an exciting time in a cyclone. On the morning of the 26th ult. the weather had been…
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