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The early reports from island yesterday were that an inch of rain had fallen at Bourke in 24 hours, and that Nymagee in the centre of the colony, had over an inch. During the day reports came that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A report from Yass on Wednesday states that heavy thunderstands passed round the town every day since Sunday, with vivid lightning. Several inched of rain had fallen. On…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →A terrific thunderstorm with a waterspout occurred at Lyndhurst last evening. The Two Mile Creek overflowed. Two houses were almost swept away. A woman named Williams was carried into the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →One day last week the Signal-master at Cape Otway, on the Victorian coast, reported that the barque Musselcrag, bound from Antwerp to San Francisco, had signalled the station and reported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The whole of the eastern side of the colony, the Eastern Riverina, and north-west districts participated in thunderstorms during Wednesday afternoon, and some good rainfalls resulted. In…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →COOTAMUNDRA, Friday.—After a long spell of hot, dry weather, a terrific thunderstorm passed over the town on Wednesday, about midday, accompanied by a gale and rain, 46 pointe being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The beehive and its inhabitants are like the conjurer's inexhaustible bottle, only there is no trickery about it; nevertheless, they contain a never ending theme. Dr, John on said: "I have often amused myself with…
Continued on Trove, page 67 →One day last week the Signal-master at Cape Otway, on the Victorian coast, reported that the barque Musselcrag, bound from Antwerp to San Francisco, had signalled the station and reported…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On Wednesday afternoon a tremendous storm of hail broke over Wallabadah and Castle Mountain, causing a great deal of damage to the roofs, windows, and fences. In parts it seemed as if the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →LADYSMITH (undated). -- The following is typical day of the siege of Ladysmith; -- I awake at midnight with the words "Sons of Satan" in my ear…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--General Sir Redvers H. Buller, commanding the Ladysmith Relief Column of 33,000 men, has made an important forward movement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Further Particulars are to hand relative to the recent engagement between a section of Major-General French's troops and the Boers, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WILCANNIA, Thursday Afternoon.—This, afternoon, a heavy dust storm broke over the town, all business being suspended. A dash of rain fell for about 15 minutes, but the dust again got…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The London "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent, describing the battle of Tugela, says the object of General Buller's advance was to force a passage across the river, carry the Boer entrenchments,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →During one of the recent electrical storms lightning struck the residence of Mr. J. Armitage, Derry Bawn, tore a great hole at the rear of the upper story, and set the place of fine [?] Brigade hastened out two miles to the scene and worked a manual engine from an underground tank, but only the lower portion of the house and [?] floor could be saved. Strangely enough, the place was insured a fortnight before for £1200. It will probably have to be pulled down, as the wal [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 157 →SAN FRANCISCO, December 27.--The financial storm which for several months had been threatening the United States broke in full force on the Monday before Christmas. It came in spite of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bengal Government has issued an official announcement with regard to the floods in Bhagulpur, of which we were recently advised by cable. This document stales that the centre of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LIVERPOOL, Thursday.--A terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning and heavy rain, occurred here about 1 o'clock this morning. The storm lasted about four hours, and upwards of 5in. of rain fell. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A thunderstorm, accompanied by a fall of rain almost unprecedented in the district, passed over Parramatta early yesterday morning, the total fall being the heaviest for the same space of time of which there is any local…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Early this morning n thunderstorm occurred and Min fell in torrents, overtaxing the drains and guttering and flooding the residences and shops in the low-lying parts of the town, causing a good deal of…
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