A Hongkong Storm Typhoon's Terrible Toll Great Loss of Life and Property London. Tuesday. 4.35 p.m
The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 5
A typhoon which occurred yesterday in Hengkong, and which lasted only two hours, Involved considerable loss of life and property…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"A Dangerous Storm Centre" Frenzied Efforts for a General Strike Disappointed Political Aspirants Meeting in Early Hours of the Morning
The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 5
The meeting of the Trades and Labor Council, which commenced early on Monday evening, and did not terminate till 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning, was, it is gleaned, an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Marrick Ville Flats Flooded
The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 7
The heavy rains of Monday have added further to the discomfiture of the unfortunate workpeople who have been so seriously inconvenienced toy the stoppage in the tram…
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The Australian Star · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 7
As usual on those occasions on which heavy rain falls, Cook's River overflowed its banks, and flooded all the adjacent lowlying lands. The land that is toeing resumed on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SHIPPING Storms, Snow, and Ice
The Australian Star · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 4
A varied adventure amid storm, snow and Ice befel the well-known Tyser line steamer Marere on her present voyage from London to port. She, however emerged from her trials seathlers, and reached…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Timber Steamer in a Gale. the Inga Damaged
Evening News · Thursday 30 July 1908 · page 3
The steamer Inga, a well-known New Zealand timber carrier, is now at anchor in Johnstone's Bay, having arrived during the night from Hokianga, New Zealand. A rough time was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boisterous Weather. Heavy Rain and Heavy Seas
Evening News · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 4
The long spell of wet weather in sydney was thought to have passed over when the sun shone on Thursday morning, but towards night the clouds gathered once more, and about…
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The Australian Star · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 5
This morning there were Indications that another gale would sweep the coast to-day. A moderate south-east gale was reported from Jervis Bay at 9 a.m. The sea was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southerly Gale. Further Showers. Snow on the Highlands
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 5
Boisterous weather again set in along the coast yesterday, the wind reaching the force of a gale. Gabo Island had a moderate southerly gale, and Jervis Bay reported a whole gale,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 7
The steamer Inga, flying the Norwegian flag, reached Port Jackson yesterday, bearing unmistakable signs of having had a severe battle with the elements…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in China. 250,000 People Starving and Foodless. £2,000,000 Worth of Damage Done
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 8
PORT DARWIN, Thursday.--A 10 days' tour of the flooded districts of South China revealed a terrible state of affairs. The flood waters, which reached, a record height, broke the dykes…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Our Watery Weather. Seasonable and Serviceable. Moist Warm Coastal Rain. a Westerly Storm Coming
Evening News · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 9
To-day is the sixth day of heavy rain in Sydney, and there is no immediate prospect of a clearance. It has ben a phenomenal storm, or, rather, a succession of small storms, which have been as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rain and the Rivers. the Parramatta and Lane Cove in Flood
Evening News · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 8
The very heavy rainstorms during the last few days have had their effect on the Parramatta and Lane Cove Rivers. The Lane Cove River is absolutely yellow in the reaches at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrie Storm at kiama. Flood and Gale
Evening News · Monday 3 August 1908 · page 3
KIAMA. Monday.— The weather cleared yesterday, but rain came on again last night, with a terrific storm from the sonth-east, of hurricane force, blowing in windows, damaging…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 August 1908 · page 8
Dirty weather conditions still rule along part of the coast, and heavy seas were running at the Heads last night. A strong gale was experienced during the early hours of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Deluge at Parramatta. Railway Trucks Washed Into Creek
Evening News · Monday 3 August 1908 · page 5
Parramatta had nearly nine inches of rain for the week ended 9 o'clock this morning. Daring the storm on Sunday a temporary railway used in connection with the construction of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In a Heavy Gale. Island Steamer's Experience
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 August 1908 · page 7
AUCKLAND, Sunday.--The steamer Hauroto, which arrived to-day from the Islands, on July 27 met a fierce gale. The hatches had to be battened down, and the heavy sea shifted all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gale at Sydney. Steamer Returns to Port. Fleet Decorations Blown Into Harbor
Evening News · Monday 3 August 1908 · page 5
Mr. A. Gibson, the signal master at South Head, this afternoon stated that a strong south-east, heavy gale, accompanied by a heavy sea, was blowing, and that steamers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Edition South-east Gale. Rough Sea on the Coast. a Steamer Ashore. Vessels Put Back Again
The Australian Star · Monday 3 August 1908 · page 5
At 2 o'clock-to-day the South Head signature master reported that the southerly blow which had prevailed during the morning had chopped round to the south-east, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Still More Rain. Sydney's Total Twelve and a Half Inches. New Monsoonal Storm. Useful Fall in the Far West
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 August 1908 · page 8
Steady rain continued to fall in. the city throughout Friday night and with but brief intervals during the whole of Saturday. The quantity registered at the Observatory…
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