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Yesterday was a delightful day, so far as the early part was conc[?]rned, and about 300 persons at least availed themselves of a trip up the Nepean in the motor launches. There…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The approach of the disturbance was manifest in Sydney early on Saturday afternoon, for a heavy bank of clouds rose up in the west, with flashes of lightning, though the thunder as yet…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our correspondent writes:—One of the heaviest thunderstorms experienced for a long time struck the district on Saturday night. At Jamberoo, no fewer than 500 points of rain were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The hailstorm here on Saturday night occasioned damage to the extent of over £80. In some places hailstones about an inch in diameter lay on the ground a foot deep. One…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest advices from the Noumea files received by the mall steamer Pacifique confirm the fears that the damage wrought in New Caledonia by the recent cyclone is widespread. Complete…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Messageries Maritimes Company's steamer Pacifique, from the New Hobrides and Noumea, which was yesterday released from quarantinc, brings news of extensive…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A "Star" man sought from Mr. J. E. Donohue, Acting City Electrical Engineer, an explanation of the Stygian darkness into which the city was plunged in the small hours of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →RIVERSTONE. Monday.--A phenomenal thunderstorm occurred on Saturday night. The rain lasted two hours, six inches being measured. Rouse-hill reports 4½ inches in two hours…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Referring to the phenomenal rainstorm which occurred late on Saturday night, and continued, during the early hours of Sunday morning,. Mr. H. A. Hunt said yesterday:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Saturday night a terrific thunderstorm passed over the district, and in some parts, particularly in the neighbourhood of the Vineyards, Mulgrave, Riverstone, Marsden…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Towards the close of the day on Saturday. Premonitions of an approaching storm began to be noticed, and shortly after nightfall the storm broke with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday afternoon about thirty members of the Manchester unity, I.O.O.F., accepted the invitation of the Pride of Riverstone lodge to a social…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The borough engineer to the Ashfield Council (Mr. Goodwin) has reported that the Saturday's storm had done immense damage in the borough, which would cost a large s[?] to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The storm of Saturday night should have beneficial effort upon streams which received the tropical downpour. The parramatta and Nepean Rivers caught most of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The disturbance, according to the statements of those who reside in the vicinity, gathered strength in the Artarmon gully, and went in almost a southerly direction. Its progress is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The French steamer Saint Louis, which arrived here yesterday, had a lively time in Noumea Harbor during the recent cyclone. The vessel was moored at the wharf, and was buffeted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The tail-end of the storm seems to have been at the head waters of Lavender Bay. It was not quite 2 o'clock when the wind swept down there, and in some respects the damage done indicates…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Acting Government Moteorologist, Mr. H. A. Hunt, when interviewed by a representative of the "Herald" last night respecting the disastrous storm at North Sydney, said…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →COBARGO, Tuesday.--Since 9 o'clock this morning 5 inches of rain have fallen, causing the biggest flood on record. Several buildings are in danger. The waters are now abating…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sydney was visited by an exceedingly heavy rain squall at 2.20 p.m. yesterday. Information from the Observatory shows that the rain tell at the rate of 4in per hour for the first 12…
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