Last Night's Storm. Baged Over City and Suburbs Rain, Hail, Lightning, and Thunder. Several Places Struck. an Unusual Winter Occurrence
Evening News · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 8
Much water has flowed under the bridge of time since each a great storm has raged at this time of the year in Sydney and suburbs as that which Nature let loose for the space of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Latest Edition. "Evening News" Office, 4.50 P.M. Last Night's Storm. on the Harbor. the Ferry Arrangements. (Continued from page 6.)
Evening News · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 7
It was evident to the -water workers afloat that there was going to be a change in the wither, and this made itself manifest in a manner pronounced just as darkness was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Record Floods in New Zealand
Evening News · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 5
New Zealand is suffering badly from floods. In the South Canterbury district, the country between Orart and Timaru is under water, and the Opihi and Temuka rivers are raging…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in New Zealand. Worst for 40 Years. Trains and Mails Delayed
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 7
WELLINGTON. Thursday.--The whole country from Oran to Timaru, in south Canterbury, is covered with water. The Opihi and Temuka Rivers are raging torrents, nearly a mile wide…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrific Thunderstorm. Hail and Rain. Heavy Downpour in the City. Sharp Squall From the South
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 8
The unsettled conditions in the city through out yesterday culminated last night in a terrific thunderstorm accompanied by a heavy fall of rain and hail. The storm burst shortly after…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods in New Zealand. Train Service Stopped. Wellington
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 8
[?] rain continues in Canterbury, Otago, [?]thland. The train service between [?]urch and Dunedin is interrupted by [?]d washouts, and the railway is under…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Storm
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 4
Welcome rain fell throughout the district on Thursday night and Friday morning, accompanied on Thursday with electrical disturbances, a good deal of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Storm. Local in Character. Some Heavy Rainfalls
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 14
Thursday night's storm proved to be purely local in character. Reports received at the Observatory yesterday morning showed that the heaviest rain was in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Floods in New Zealand. Station Under Water
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 12
WELLINGTON, Friday.--The floods in the south are now subsiding. One farmer on Taleri Plain lost 480 sheep and 40 cattle…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Floods in New Zealand. Waters Subsiding, Wellington (N.z.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 12
The floods nt the South Island are subsiding. The train service from Christchurch to Dunedin has been resumed. The telegraphic service is still disorganised. The most…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Floods in New Zealand
Sunday Times · Sunday 12 July 1908 · page 12
Host parts of the Dominion report heavy rains and floods. Advices state that bad weather of an exceptional nature has been experienced. Christchurch…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Aldebaran in a Gale
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 July 1908 · page 8
The barque Aldebaran, which arrived yesterdat with a cargo of 380,000ft of timber, had a tempestuous passage. The vessel left Auckland on June 16, and shortly afterwarda ran into a SW gale, with mountainons[?]seas…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 July 1908 · page 5
The violent thunder and hall storm which passed over the metropolitan area resulted in 132 points of rain at Sydney, which constitutes the largest amount since April 18 last, when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Narrow Escape. Storm at Broughton Island
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 15 July 1908 · page 147
Broughton Island, off Port Stephens, was visited by a heavy storm about ten days since. The lightning struck a small house in which a boatman named Nicholas and two…
Continued on Trove, page 147 →Storm Swept Vineyards. Great Destruction in France. London, July 16
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 July 1908 · page 7
Great destruction has been wrought in Central France by a storm. Vineyards over an area of 6000 hectares (14,820 acres) at Beziers have been destroyed, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The New Zealand Floods. Serious Position. Wellington (N.z.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 July 1908 · page 6
Reports from Central Otago regarding the bad weather experienced go to show an unpleasant state of things. Old residents affirm that they had never seen the roads…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Force of Storm Waves
Sunday Times · Sunday 19 July 1908 · page 5
The average storm-wave is 30ft in height ; the highest storm-waves ever measured were between 44ft and 48ft high. The gigantic force of storm-waves is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm- Beaten Vessel. the Volador Loses Her Topmast. Gales in the Tasman Sea
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 July 1908 · page 8
Another vessel to suffer in the recent gales In the Tasman Sea was the barquentine Volador. The little vessel, which loaded timber at Grey- mouth last month, reached port yesterday, with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gales in Tasman Sea. Volador on Her Beam Ends. Heavy Seas Break Aboard
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 July 1908 · page 7
The barquentine Volador, which arrived yesterday from Greymouth, with a cargo of lumber, had a most exciting experience in the run across…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late Cable News. Received Today. Terrible Floods. Great Loss of Life. 500 Soldiers Drowned on Parade. 300 Prisoners Victims
Evening News · Monday 20 July 1908 · page 4
LONDON, Sunday Evening.—Terrible floods occurred in Asia Minor. Two thousand persons perished at Tokat, including 300 who ware in prison and 500 army…
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