The Cyclone at Port Darwin
PORT DARWIN, January 16. -- On the night of the 6th instant Port Darwin was visited by such a calamity that, in the memory of the oldest inhabitant, it had never experienced before, and…
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The Floods at Bairnsdale
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The Inspector-General of Works has examined the effect of flood waters upon the Mitchell River in the neighborhood of Bairnsdale. He found the river had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Recent Gale at Brighton
The terrible gale experienced in the Channel on the night of Friday, December 4, and Saturday morning, caused serious damage in many of the towns on the South Coast of England. Brighton, however, was…
Continued on Trove, page 343 →Floods in Gippsland. MELBOURNE
Serious floods, attended by heavy loss, are reported from Gippsland. A. telegram received yesterday from Bruthen states that the river Tambo is in high flood, and there is great…
Continued on Trove, page 362 →A Heavy Storm. Floods near Adelaide. Houses Swept Away. Several People Drowned
ADELAIDE, Monday.—The weather has been, extremely hot and dry during the past week, bat on Saturday evening a thunder-storm of a most violent character burst over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Storm at Adelaide. Remarkable Downpour of Rain. Four Persons Reported Drowned
ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Last night, after several days of very hot weather, a thunderstorm from tho north-west broke over the city, but only a little rain fell, although the lightning was very…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Second Edition. Heavy Rains in Adelaide. the Suburbs Flooded. Two Persons Drowned. Adelaide
After a long spell of heat, very heavy rains fell this afternoon. Some suburbs, such as Goodwood, Mitcham, Kenttown, and Marryatville are inundated. In many cases furniture has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods at Adelaide Several Lives Lost. Great Damage to Property. Unprecedented Rainfall and Hailstorm--High Flood Mark. ADELAIDE
Adelaide having had a long spell of dry weather, the banking up of dark clouds gladdened the hearts of many yesterday afternoon. Many of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm at Cooma. Shock of Earthquake Felt
COOMA, Tuesday.—A distinct shock of earthquake was felt here yesterday moraine at 6.30, travelling in a direction from east to west. A heavy thunderstorm passed oVer the district on Sunday, l½£in falling in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Adelaide Storm. a Boy Killed by Lightning
ADELAIDE. Tuesday.—As a result of Sunday's heavy storm damage to the extent of £5000 has been done to the Glen Osmond-road. At Jamestown a boy named Norman Evans, a son of B. T. Evans, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Storm at Adelaide. Further Details. a Boy Struck by Lightning
ADELAIDE, Monday.--The storm which occurred yesterday afternoon has damaged Glen Osmond-road to the extent of £5000. During the progress of the storm at Jamestown, a boy named…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rains in Adelaide. the Suburbs Flooded. Two Persons Drowned. Adelaide
After a long spell of heat, very heavy rains fell this afternoon. Some suburbs, such as Good-wood, Mitcham, Kenttown, and Marryatville are inundated. In many cases furniture has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rain in W.A.
PERTH (W.A.), Thursday.—Violent storms, accompanied by heavy rain, visited several of the gold fields on Saturday and Sunday. At One and Day Dawn comparatively little damage was done, but the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →H.m.s. Orlando in a Gale
The storm experienced by the flagship Orlando on her passage from Hobart to Wellington is described by one of the officers as the heaviest during the two years of her present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Near Walcha. Heavy Downpour of Rain
WALCHA, Friday.—The picnic races at Europambela were stopped yesterday by a severe storm, which broke over there during the afternoon. Rain and hail fell in torrents. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Weddings. OWEN—FLOOD
The marriage of Captain Percy Owen, Head-quarters' Staff New South Wales military forces, second son of Colonel Owen, of Bellambi, Wollongong, to Miss Florence Hylda Flood, eldest daughter…
Continued on Trove, page 400 →Floods near Adelaide
ADELAIDE, Monday.—The weather has been extremely hot and dry during the past week, but on Saturday evening a thunderstorm of a most violent character burst over…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →The Weather. Storm Near Lismore. a Girl Killed Lismore
Yesterday afternoon during a short thunderstorm which passed over the district a few miles west and north of the town, a girl named Tanish, 13 years of age, while proceeding to Sunday school, was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Near Lismore. a Girl Killed. Narrow Escape of a Family
LISMORE, Tuesday.—A thunderstorm of a very severe character visited this district on Sunday, causing considerable damage. A few miles out of town the storm was exceptionally severe, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Country. Terrible Storm Near Lismore. a Gird Killed by a Falling Tree
LISMORE, Monday.--A thunderstorm passed over part of the district yesterday afternoon. Some mites out of town the storm was very severe, hundreds of trees being blown down. At Dunoon a girl named Tainish was…
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