Lost in a Dust-storm
MENINDIE, Wednesday.--Last Sunday afternoon a 15-year-old son of Mr. Eagle, a rabbiter on Kinchega station, 12 miles from Menindie, was sent by his father to hobble a horse a short…
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Terrible Gales. Wrecks and Loss of Life. LONDON, January 4
The terrible weather in the English Channel and elsewhere has resulted in disastrous losses of shipping. The Peninsular and Oriental Co.'s steamer…
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LONDON, January 4.—The terrible weather in the English Channel and elsewhere has resulted in disastrous losses of shipping. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's…
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Further information was received yesterday with regard to the recent cyclone at New Guinea, which resulted so disastrously. The Rev. W. E. Bromilow, writing to the Wesleyan Mission office,…
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Stormy weather in the English Channel and elsewhere has resulted in disastrous losses. The peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Victoria landed at Plymouth the…
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The Bishop of New Guinea, in letters to the Rev. A. Yarnold, "which arrived on Saturday, gives particulars at the loss caused' by the cyclone on December 3. He stales that the mission loss is…
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Letters were received on Saturday by the Rev. A. Yarnold from the Bishop of New Guinea giving an account of the loss the Mission has sustained by the fearful cyclone which swept along the north-east…
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LONDON, Monday.--A terrific gale has raged over the eastern portion of the Mediterranean. The damage resulting from the storm included the destruction of the lighthouse at Fort Said, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sand Storms in South Australia. a Main Road Blocked. ADELAIDE
At Virginia, about 18 miles from Adelaide, the west winds that have been blowing lately have had the effect of shifting thousands of tons of sand from the adjoining country, and…
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Mr. Russell received a telegram from Wilcannia last evening stating that a heavy thunderstorm passed over Tibooburra during the afternoon, resulting in a fail of 30 points of rain. Reports…
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The thunderstorm which passed over city and suburbs yesterday had the effect of reducing the temperature by about 10deg, but unfortunately the reduction was of short duration. After the storm,…
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About 2 p.m. a thunderstorm passed over the city, and for some minutes heavy rain fell, accompanied by a few flashes of lightning. The direction taken by the storm was from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Heat Wave. a Disagreeable Day in the City. High Temperatures in the Country. Thunderstorms and Rain
There is no heat more trying than a moist heat. The significance of this was fully borne to Sydney people yesterday when the close, muggy weather of the past week reached a climax in a…
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A "Star" representative spoke to Mr. H. C. Russell, Government Astronomer, this afternoon. while the sudden 'thunder and rain storm which had swept down upon the city…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destructive Cyclone at Wellington. a Church Unroofed--Other Damages. WELLINGTON
A cyclone passed over the town at half-past 2 o'clock to-day, doing very serious damage. The roof of the Catholic Church was blown off, and. a window, valued at £100, was…
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About 1 o'clock to-day a storm of unusual force broke over Wellington, and rain fell in torrents. As the hurricane increased matters assumed a most serious aspect, and it soon became evident that a…
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"WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--One of the most severe and disastrous storms ever witnessed in Wellington occurred between 1 and 2 o'clock this afternoon, resulting In the destruction of…
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BRISBANE, Friday.âA telegram from Gayndah reports that Mr. J. J. Keenan, who has passed through from St. Helens with bullocks for Widgen Station, states that when between…
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MUDGEE, Thursday.--Yesterday afternoon, about 2 o'clock, a terrible hailstorm burst over the town, preceded by vivid lightning and loud thunder. In a few minutes 35 points of rain…
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