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From additional particulars respecting the violent cyclone in the Tasman Sea received at the Observatory yesterday it appears that on the 19th instant, at 3 p.m., the barometer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Among the extraordinary phenomena observed on the plains of Patagonia are storms of dragon-files. They come before the southwest wind, which blows from the interior…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The cyclone, of which we have heard a good deal, and experienced little, is still slowly moving away in a south-easterly direction from the neighborhood of Norfolk Island and New…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The fear is expressed that shipping in the Tasman Sea has been very roughly handled by the cyclonic storm, and some days must necessarily elapse before the full extent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The postmaster at Farina reported to the Deputy Postmaster-General to-day that the Haddon mail is still three weeks late, and the Innamincka mail one week late. The last…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →When persistent flooding occurs, it is generally due to one of two things--failure of the needle valve to set properly, which can, of course, be overcome by grinding in the valve; or to a punctured float, which allows a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →It was the very last of the old year, on a wild night off the coast, midway between Sydney and Newcastle. A fierce gale at times blew with hurricane force, and the sea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A terrific storm broke over the town to-night. It was accompanied with hail, and 531 points of rain were registered in 70 minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A remarkably heavy downpour of rain in this district has done considerable damage, the principal so far reported being a washaway of 220yds of the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ST. MARY'S, Sunday.--A phenomenal thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lighting and hall, occurred at 6 o'clock last evening. Rain fell incessantly for 70 minutes, 531 points being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Conditions over the Tasman Sea have regained their normal conditions. The seas have gone down, and the winds have lost all force. But on the mainland, Mr. Hunt says,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The schooner Emile Mer[?]et, Captain Gaspard, whist recruiting native labor in the Islands, came in for the full force of a storm, and lost a whale-boat with all its…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The heaviest thunderstorm in the recollection of the oldest inhabitant worked up from the west at 6 p.m. yesterday. Rain fell Incessantly for 70 minutes, 531 points being…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The steamer Sonoma did not arrive until 11.30 a.m. yesterday, having been delayed on the passage across by exceptionally heavy seas and thick weather. A gale was met with the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"It was the most remarkable storm that I ever witnessed from a point of duration and persistency of thunder and lightning, said Mr. H. A. Hunt, Acting Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The cyclonic storm which passed over New Caledonia early last week resulted in considerable damage being done on the island. The French mall steamer Pacifique, which arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Heaviest storm experienced for some years broke east of the Mountains early on Saturday night, and travelling slowly to the coast reached the city towards midnight. In…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquiry at the Railway Department to-day elicited the reply that the landslip at the mouth of the Lapstone Tunnel was the worst trouble that was experienced in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A storm, with thunder and lightning, and accompanied by heavy downpours of rain, swept over that portion of the State between the Blue Mountains and Sydney late on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WINDSOR, Monday.—A phenomenal rainstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning and heavy thunder, occurred here on Saturday night. All low lands between Mulgrave and…
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