250 Points in 30 Minutes. Terrific Thunderstorm in W.a
PERTH, Thursday.--At six o'clock last night a terrific thunderstorm broke over Maekering, two and a half inches of rain falling in half an hour…
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Storm in a Tea Cup. a Hornsby Episode
During the discussion on the question as to whether the estimates should be considered on the basis of a rate of 1d in the £ or of l 1/2d in the £ at the Hornsby Shire Council…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Liner's Awful Voyage. Sailors on Their Knees During a Storm
Fearing that their last hour had come some of the steerage passengers and also some of the sailors on the Hamburg-American liner Pretoria fell on their knees and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Monsoonal Rain Storm. Splendid Falls Inland. a Wet Saturday in Sydney
Splendid rains, which have been falling in many parts of the State, continued daring to-day. A steady and unceasing fall at Sydney since 4 o'clock in the morning caused a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrific Thunderstorm. Narradri
One of the most terrific storms over known in this district was experienced here last evening. About 6.20 the rain pelted down for half an hour, and 60 points were…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Storms in Queensland. Buildings Unroofed. Man and Horse Struck Dead. Brisbane
At Cunnamulla there was a heavy storm on Friday night. Torrents of rain fell, and the wind blew with cyclonic force. The interior of houses were drenched. Numerous sheds…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Cyclone. Passes Over New Caledonia. Loss of the Barque Joliette. Castaways Arrive in Sydney
The French island steamer Pacifique, which arrived at Sydney yesterday afternoon, brought complete details of the disastrous results of the recent terrille cyclone that…
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THARGOMINDAH (Q.), Sunday.--A terrific thunderstorm burst over the town on Friday night. The storm was accompanied by a cyclonic wind. The morgue at the hospital and the…
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Last Friday night there was a violent storm at Cunnamulla, when the wind blew a hurricane and rain fell in torrents. A number of buildings lost…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Caledonia Cyclone. Extent of the Damage. Noumea, Feb. 17
The aerial trainway at Thlo which was severely damaged by the bumping of the foundered barque Jollette against the destroyed wharf, was finished about two years…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gale at Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island was the centre of a heavy gale this month. Our correspondent at the island, writing under date February 17, says:--"For some days previous the weather was very unsettled until Friday evening, when…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In a Queensland Storm
Mr. Murdo M'Kenzie, son of Mr. Hugh M'Kenzie, of the Richmond River, in a letter to his father, describes a recent storm which occurred in Central Queensland, where he is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sydney Steamer in a Cyclone. Rough Trip of the Malaita
The island steamer Malaita, of Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co. s line, passed through the tall-end of the cyclone which wrought great havoc in New Caledonia. Advices received yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Floods in Germany. Mant Towns Under Water. Icebreakers in Use. London, Feb. 23
Fifty thousand acres of country in the valleys of the Elbe and the Havel, North Germany, are still inundated, and eighty towns and villages are under water…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floods in Fiji. Loss. of Life Feared
The country districts in Fiji (writes our Suva correspondent under date February 16) have sustained serious losses to crops through very heavy, floods. A planter on the Rewa reported…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Severe Winter in Germany. Frost After Heavy Floods. Vast Tracts Inundated
LONDON, Tuesday.--Fifty thousand acres of the Elbe and Havel country, in North Germany, is still inundated. Eighty towns and villages are under water…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrific Storm at Cowra
COWRA. Wednesday.--A [?] storm bust over the town this afternoon about [?] points being registered in half an hour. [?] were blown down, and the [?] where tine public school pupils…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Severe Storm at Emmaville
EMMAVILLE.—A storm last week was very severe in some part of the district, and, from accounts to hand it would appear as if several waterspouts had burst. About four miles down the Vegetable Creek six…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Last Night's Storm. Collision in Darling Harbor
During the heavy north-east blow at Sydney on Wednesday evening, just before the heavy rain storm, a collision occurred at Darling Island, Darling Harbor, when damage was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yass Partly Flooded. Yass
A portion of Yass was flooded this afternoon. A storm passed over the town shortly after 2 o'clock Heavy rain set in, and one inch 16 points fell in half-an-hour, flooding all the creeks. The water…
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