The Recent Storm
The stormy weather experienced at the end of last work did considerable damage to property in Parramatta and owners are busily angered repairs. The streets and footpaths have also been badly cut up, but…
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The stormy weather experienced at the end of last work did considerable damage to property in Parramatta and owners are busily angered repairs. The streets and footpaths have also been badly cut up, but…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A strong westerly gale was, experienced along a considerable portion of the South Coast yesterday. At 3 p.m. Bombala reported a heavy gale, increasing in force, and veering from west to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our correspondent at South Head telegraphed at midnight last night that a west-north-west gale was blowing with considerable violence. At an earlier hour in the evening Bombala and other coastal stations in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ADELAIDE, Thursday.--To-day has been one of the stormiest experienced in Adelaide for many. years! Heavy storms, wind, hall, and rain swept across the plains, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A thunderstorm swept over Adclaide this morning, accompanied by a strong wind and lightning. A number of gum trees were laid low in the park lands. Further general rain has fallen over the State; splendid…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The river is falling slowly, reaching the 18ft level to-day. The flood waters on farms and grazing lands have receded six miles in the last 12 hours. Coal and passenger traffic was resumed on the East…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The flood waters are receding very slowly. The water is still over the bridge at the river…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The George's River reached its highest altitude about 3 a.m. on Sunday morning, when the water was within a couple of feet of the decking of the bridge. A…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mr. H. J. Herbert suggests the establishment of a system of storm warning such as exists in the United States and Great Britain. by which shipping would be enabled to note…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →BOWRAL, Friday.—At the council meeting, last night, the clerk reported that he thought a low estimate of the damage done by the recent heavy rains and flood at Bowral would be £150. In…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir, -- Had we a system of storm warnings, such as exists in the United States and Great Britain, shipping would be enabled to note dangerous probabilities after leaving port. The…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →During the height of the storm on Saturday night, the police at Parramatta station received a call from a Parramatta townsman to the effect that burglars…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir, -- Had we a system of storm wa[?]ning, such as exists in the United States and Great Britain shipping would be enabled to note advices of dangerous probabilities after…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The news published in Wednesday's "Daily Telegraph" from the Director of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture, in reference to successful experiments at the Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Little did we think on Friday night of last week when the rain fell gently down that we were in for such ft terrific downpour as we experienced during the two following days. Up…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TARAGO, Saturday.—The Braidwood mail coach on Thursday night encountered a terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by a high wind, rain, and hail, which continued for ten miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →RICHMOND, Friday. -- The river is still 5ft. over the bridge. The contractor for the new bridge has suffered a loss of at least £500. One concrete cylinder snapped off, and toppled…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Few of us realise, says a writer in "The Treasury," how subtle and complex a thing the weather is, and how beautifully adjusted all the interacting forces of…
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