Battered in a Gale. Rough Time on a Sydney-bound Ship
LONDON, Saturday.--The ship Celtic Race (1783 tons), from Liverpool to Sydney, after being battered by a gale in the Irish Sea for a fortnight, has reached Milford…
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1,348 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 68
Wild Weather. Storm in New Zealand. Followed by Earthquake
WELLINGTON (N.Z.). Sunday.--A fierce south-east gale accompanied by heavy ruin and a thick driving fog. swept through Cook Strait on Saturday. Incoming steamers had a terrible…
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A sharp thunderstorm burst over the city on Saturday evening. It came up from the southwest, and commenced shortly after 8 p.m. Steady rain resulted from the thunderstorm,…
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After the deluge--the drought. True, the summer is but two days old; it rained only last Saturday night. What matter? A drought is as old as it feels, which is as true as when you…
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News from Waggs states that a violent thunderstorm passed over The Rock and Uranquinty districts on Saturday afternoon. The lightning was vivid, and rain fell in torrents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Call a Constable!" an Aldermanic Storm. Vaucluse Council Meeting
The proceedings of the Vaucluse Council were somewhat more animated than usual last night. The council was dealing with a report of the council as a committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Storm at Wagga. Several, Houses Unroofed. Motorists' Trying Experience. Wagga
A storm of terrific violence passed over the Rock and Uranquinty districts on Saturday afternoon. For half an hour the lightning was very severe, thunder crushed, and rain fell in…
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WALGETT, Tuesday.—Five couples came through flood waters from the famous coal field at Lightning Ridge to the Gooraway Hotel, where they were wedded the Rev. Armstrong…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flood in the Barwon. Mails Interrupted. Collarenebri
The Barwon River started to fall here on Sunday night, after reaching 19ft 3in, being about 3ft below last year's flood. Owing to a high flood in the Narran, the mails from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crossing a Flooded Creek. Grafton
Mr. W. H. Froggitt, district architect ([?]smore), and Mr. W. E. Kemp, district works officer (ballina), while being driven in a buggy at Nymboida last week had an…
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Light to moderate rainfall, associated with thunderstorms, has been recorded over the south-east half, scattered in the northern portion, but general in the south-east quadrant…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Last Night's Storm. Magnificent Aerial Flirtation. Wind, Rain, and Sunset-glow
Although unattended by any distressing effects of disastrous winds or defencing rains, the storm in Sydney last night let loose with a phenomens which can only be described as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Vengeful Farmers. Flood Waters Released. Masked Men Caught. Melbourne
Masked men have cut the channel banks at Tooroop, near Cohuna. Flood water is backed up against the south bank of the Cohuna channel, and spreads back some distance over…
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Thunderstorms, with light to moderate and in some instances, heavy rain, have been recorded over Riverina, the extreme south-west and south-east corners of the State, and on the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →"The Storm Centre." Gathering in the Far East. Who Will Hold Manchuria?
"Manchuria is undoubtedly the storm centre of the Far East, and who is to hold it must soon be settled " This is the opinion of Mr. W. Gillanders,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Traveller Among the Pygmies. Explorers' Adventures in New Guinea. Imprisoned by Floods
Mr. W. R. Ogilvle Grant, the originator and secretary of the British expedition in Dutch New Guinea, has informed Router that the explorers now in New Guinea…
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BREWARRINA, Tuesday.--The Culgoa River is in high flood Collerin[?] is unapproachable, and most of the residents had to move to higher ground. The Brewarrina to Goodooga mail service, via the Culgoa, is held…
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A good deal of damage was done in various parts of the Albury district by a violent storm on Saturday.A fierce gate , accompanied by rain…
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Owing to the flooded state of the rivers the mail traffic to outlying parts is considerably interfered with. Coach-drivers are meeting with some exciting experiences. A serious…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclone in Queensland. Shipping in Danger
MACKAY, Friday.--Cyclonic weather was experienced yesterday, the wind reaching the force of a gale the whole day, and causing a disorganisation of shipping. The steamers…
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