Another Wreek. Nine Lives Lost. Due to Storm Shifting Buoy
LONDON, Sunday Evening.—The British steamer Forest Castle, owing to a storm shifting a buoy, struck on a rock in Brest Bay. Nine of those aboard were drowned…
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Snowstorm's Havoc. Trains Left in Deep Drifts. Britain's Worst Storm for 27 YEARS
The great snowstorm which swept over England on December 29 was the worst experienced in the United Kingdom since 18[?]1. The present generation has never before seen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thunderstorm in the City
At about 10.30 last night a sharp thunderstorm commenced in the city, and resulted in a splendid fail of rain. When the storm started, rain fell in shoots, but shortly after eased down to a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclone at New Caledonia
While the French ship Joilette was loading nickel ore at Thio. New Caledonia, on Monday, she was driven by a terrific cyclone against the foundations" of the Deviah tramway jetty, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Storm Incident
About 10.40 on Sunday night Mr. A. Price, of Alexandra-street, Drummoyne, was startled by a crash of thunder, apparently coming from the back of his house. The people of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cyclone at Noumea. Noumea
To-day telegraphic communication was restored with the interior of the colony. A terrific cyclone passed over the middle and north end of the island, doing great damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Storm on the Mainland. Maize and Coffee Crops Destroyed
NOUMEA, Monday.--A violent hurricane from the cast swept over, the island from Bourall to the north end. The barometer fell very low. Heavy rains fell, and the inundations were the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Caledonian Cyclone French Ship Joilette Founders. Barque Guethary and Small Graft Ashore
NOUMEA, Monday.--A terrific cyclone has swept the New Caledonian coast, with disastrous results to shipping. The French ship Joilette, while loading nickel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flooding at Surry Hills
Daring last year stormwater sewerage works of a very important character were completed by the Board of Water Supply and Sewerage, at an expenditure of about £6000, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gale at Tamworth. Tamworth
A serious gale raged over Nemingha last night, doing much damage. The roofs were carried away. In one instance a house was partly blown down…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Sea's Contrasts--Calm and Storm in the South Atlantic
Place: The South Atlantic; lat. 21deg south, long. 30deg west. Time, 3 p.m. This morning we sailed out of the southeast trade winds into the "Calms of…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Cyclone at Nemingha. Huge Trees Levelled to the Ground. Terrific Damage Caused. Tamworth
A terrific cyclone passed over Nemingha yesterday, tearing up giant forest trees, unroofing houses, and playing hav?] generally. Sheets of iron from the wrecked roofs were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific Storm at Bathurst
BATHURST, Thursday.—A heavy storm, precoded by terrific thunder and lightning, swept over the district yesterday. An exceptionally heavy thunderclap was followed almost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nemingha in a Whirl. a Terrific Cyclone
TAMWORTH, Wednesday.--A terrific cyclone passed over Nemingha yesterday, tearing up gigantic forest trees, unroofing houses, and playing havoc generally. Sheets of iron from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Old Australian Ballad. the Flood of Gundagai, 1851
Mourn, Australia, weep and mourn, For yonder floats as sad a wail As e'er on tempest-wing was borne, Piercing the Murrumbidgee's vale…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Wind Storm at Inverell
INVERELL, Thursday.--At Ashford yesterday there was a terrific wind storm, accompanied by hall. The contractors tents were blown to ribbons, chapman's buggy sheds were unroofed,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storms in the Country. Heavy Damage at Nemingha
TAMWORTH, Thursday.--A terrific hall-storm at Nemingha yesterday evening lasted for an hour. Sheets of water swept over the farms, levelling the lucerne with the ground,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Queer Story. Told by Ancient Mexican Tribe. Tale of the Deluge
A missionary who some time since returned to Los Angeles, California, from Mexico, where he worked among the Yuma Indians, says that there is a similitude between the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Storm Ay Narrabri. a Sensational Escape
NARRABRI.—On Wednesday night the district experienced a terrific thunderstorm. Rain commenced to pour, and in about half an hour the gutters and drains in the main thorough fares were running with…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrific Hail Storm. More Trouble at Nemingha. Tamworth
The Nemingha residents are having an exceptionally, rough time. Following the disastrous cyclone on Tuesday was a hall-storm of such pretentions as to be…
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