The Storm in Sydney
Howling and shrieking winds, with the velocity of gales, and heavy rain, driven before it at a sharp angle, or falling with the weight of a hailstorm between the fiercer gusts, prevailed from…
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A Union Liner in the Gale
The Union liner Rotomahana appears to have passed through the full force of the recent gale on her run from Sydney to Wellington. The Rotomahana left here on Saturday last, and should under…
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During yesterday's storm several tolegraph poles about a mile from Wellington were displaced by the wind, and on the line from Wellington to Bodangora nine posts were split by lightning…
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The great gale of Sunday ana Sunday night, while it brought with it a magnificent rainfall, which has broken up the dry spell throughout the country—a service of incalculable value—also brought in its…
Continued on Trove, page 374 →New Zealand. the Rotomahana in the Receipt Gale
WELLINGTON, Friday.--The steamer Rotomabana, from Sydney, encountered exceptionally heavy weather on the passage. She was spoken by a steamer bound to Westport. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Gale in District. a Welcome Downpour - Flooded Creeks and Submerged Bridges. -Effects on the Orchards. Around the Hills
It is surprising that, so far as the southeasterly gale of Sunday last was concerned, the fruitgrowing districts around Parramatta fared so well as they did. The…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Heavy Gales. Wreck of the Brig Amy. All Hands Lost. Loss of the Marion Fenwick. Foundering of the Malcolm. Big Flood at Camden. Floods in Queensland
BULLI, Monday.—During the violent southerly gales which have been raging here since Sunday morning, the brig Amy, a well-known collier on the southern coast, was totally wrecked on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In the Country. the Storm at the Macquarie Pass
WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--The men employed on the Macquarie Pass-road works, numbering about 80, had a trying and dangerous experience during the height of the storm. Their camp was pitched on the top of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Terrible Storm in the Gulp of Finland. London, Feb. 17
A terrible storm has passed over the Gulf of Finland. During the storm the ice broke, and 200 fishermen were carried out to sea…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Storm in the Gulf of Finland. Forty Fishermen Rescued
LONDON, February 18.-Forty of the fishermen who were carried out to sea on ice by the recent storm in the Gulf of Finland have been rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Storm in Finland. Fishermen Swept to Sea. Two Hundred Missing
LONDON, Thursday Night --A terrible storm has passed over the Gulf of Finland. During the storm a large mass of ice broke, with the-- result that 200 fishermen…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Hunter River District. Mitigation of Floods
The member for Gloucester (Mr. R. A. Price, M.P.) has communicated with the Minister for Works, urging that some definite action be taken to mitigate the dangers of floods in the Hunter…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Big Flood at Camden
CAMDEN, Tuesday.—About 12 o'clock on Saturday sight a heavy couth-easterly gale sprang up, and continued with unabated fury till late on Sunday. Heavy rain accompanied…
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BRI BANE, Monday.—Good rain has been falling over the colony generally. Showery weather has seis in locally, with appearances of continuons heavy rains. In the central and western districts of the colony…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Terrific Storm. Ships Wrecked and Lives Lost
THE storm of wind and rain which was experienced in and around Sydney on Sunday was one of the most severe on record, the wind piping from east and south-east at a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Gales Off the Queensland Coast
The steamer Cintra reports that when preceeding through Whitsunday Passuge on the morning of the 15th instant, shortly after leaving Bowen, the ship was boarded by the captain and crew of the schooner Mary [?]verel. The…
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Captain J. E. Butcher, of the steamer Cintra, which arrived yesterday from Brisbane, supplies the following When proceeding through Whitsunday Passage on the morning of the 15th…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Recent Gales. on the Queensland Coast
When proceeding through unit Sunday Passage on the morning of the 15th inst., and shortly after leaving Bowen, the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Cintra was boarded by the captain and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Ketch in the Recent Storm
Captain Rockwell, of the 40-ton ketch Annie, from [?] bourne, reports that his present trip was market by the worst weather he eve expertenced on the Australian [?]. He left Melbourne on the 8th instant, and arrived [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Hilda in the Recent Gale. a Perilous Experience
The fore-and-aft schooner Hilda, which went ashore at Terrigal during the late heavy weather, and was aftewards floated with the loss of her rudder, was yesterday towed to Sydney by…
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