'Twas a Big Storm
The storm which delayed the Oruba was a big affair in its line. We learn that the Sydney bound new cable steamer Iris, now at Fremantle, was in the…
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987 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 50
The Steamer Burrumbeet in a Gale
While steaming from Melbourne, the Huddart-Parker liner Burrumbeet encountered a terrific sen and a heavy south-westerly gale. When off Cape Otway the vessel shipped a big sea, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Minute A. Caine From Grey's Harbour.—a Cyclone Met
After a passage of 64 days from Grey's Harbour the four-masted schoomer Minnie A. Caine arrived at Sydney yesterday with a cargo of nearly a million feet of tumber, and took up an anchorge in Johnstone's Bay. Captain Olsen,…
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Heavy rains have fallen in the far west. The Georgina River is in flood, a mile wide The telegraph line is swept away…
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The steamer Mintaro, from Newcastle, arrived this afternoon over two days late. owing to boisterous weather. She encountered three separate gates, during the last of which she shipped…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Voyage of the Oruba—a Cyclone Encountered
The R.M.S. Oruha. of the Oriental Pacific Company's line, arrived at melbourne yesterday, and is due here ina few days. The Oruba, under command of Captain E.E. Lavington. Left Gravesend on Feb…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hard A-port. Any Port in a Storm
H.M.S. Royal Arthur is in port again, and Jack is ashore for his usual "Jollo." Last night a bluejacket, "water"-logged and rolling heavily, steered a course up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Nemesis Has a Bad Passage. the Saloon Flooded
PERTH, Thursday. -- The steamer Nemesis, which arrived yesterday afternoon, experienced the full force of the gale during the run from Adelaide, which took seven days less two hours…
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The coal hulk belonging to Messrs. Burns, Philip, and Co., which went ashore in Cape Marlow during the cyclone at Townsville was successfully floated to-day. The hull was not damaged. An attempt…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Western Dust-storm
The accompanying picture, drawn from a photograph taken at Narrandera, will serve to give city dwellers a more vivid notion of what during this drought time has been one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Remarkable Storm in Great Britain. Train Blown, Off the Rails in Lancashire. 32 Persons Injured, 4 Missing
Not for many years has so severe and disastrous a gale been experienced in the British Isles as that at Friday, February 27 (writes "St. James's Gazette"), Indeed, it is stated that at least in one place, North…
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LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Heavy falls of snow have been reported from all parts of England…
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LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Heavy falls of snow have been reported from all parts of England. (Published In portion of yesterday's issue.)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rain on the Coast and Highlands. Gale on the South Coast
Showers fell on the highlands and coast south of Newcastle, according to the reports received for the 21 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday. Only in a few instances were there falls of over half an…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Deputations. Cook's River Flood-gates. Canterbury Industries Stopped
Mr. T. F. H. Mackenzie, M.L.A. for Canterbury, yesterday introduced to Mr. J. Davis (Under-Secretary for Public Works), in the absence of the Minister, a deputation from the Canterbury…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Icebergs in the Atlantic. Severe Storms—many Wrecks
LONDON, April 16, 2.45 p.m.—The steamers Dune and Berwickshire, which have arrived at New York, report having met tremendous icebergs in the Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Vortex of a Cyclone. Rough Experience of the Cable Steamer. Iris Hurricane Squalls and Mountainous Seas
The Pacific Cable Co.'s new steamer Iris, intended for cable work in the Pacific, has arrived from London, and her officers give a thrilling account of tho vessel's experience in a cyclone on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Causes of Consols' Fall. Flooding the Market. London, April 10
Sir Edgar Vincent, M.P. (Conservative, Exeter), in a letter to the "Times," attributes the fall in Consols to flooding the market with high-class British securities beyond the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Editor's Easy chair STORM-BOUND
One of the most exciting chapters in the history of Alpine exploration is the story which, has just come to hand of the daring adventure of Miss G. Bell, of London, a…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Icebergs in the Atlantic. Severe Storms—many Wrecks
LONDON, April 16, 2.45 p.m.—The steamers Dune and Berwickshire, which have arrived at New York, report having met tremendous icebergs in the Atlantic…
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