The Weather. Thunderstorms Predicted. Monsoonal and Antarctic Combination
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 13
Since Saturday the rain area has contracted rapidly north-eastward, and by Sunday morning had practically passed off the mainland by way of the north-eastern corner. This…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Peer's Tragic Death. Victim of Fog and Flood
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 December 1911 · page 9
LONDON, Sunday Evening. -- The coroner's inquiry held regarding the death of the young Marquis of Waterford resulted in a verdict of accidental drowning…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Damage by Storm. Portland
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 22
A terrific rainstorm occurred here last night, during which 260 points of rain fell. The storm did considerable damage in various parts of the town and district At the…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Storm. Wrecks at Guildford
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 2
The fury of the tornado was nowhere more marked than at Guildford. A line two-storey brick building—a store In Gulldford-road belonging to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Polygamy in India. Rajah Gives Daughter. Storm of Indignation. King George's Rumored Presence Denied
The Sun · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 10
How far social reform actually has progressed in India is a question that has often been asked, but never satisfactorily answered. The controversy now fiercely…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Great Rain Storm. Boisterous Weather. Damage at Broken-hill. Wreckage by Wind and Rain
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 23
BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--A few vivid flashes of lightning, followed by the distant roll of thunder, heralded the approach of a storm, which broke over the city with unusual…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Over 6 Inches of Rain. Flood at Goulburn. Water Bushes Through Houses. Poultry Drowned and Gardens Destroyed
Evening News · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 8
GOULBURN, Wednesday—The downpour of rain on Monday night and yesterday was responsible for a deal of damage. At 4 o'clock on Tuesday morning the water was two feet…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods in the Country. Railway Washaways. Five Inches of Rain. Bathurst
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 22
News reached Bathurst to-night that a big washaway had occurred on the railway line in the cutting between Graham and Newbridge. Passengers by the 4.15 train from Bathurst…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Thunderstorms Over the State. Heavy Rains in Central Parts. Three to Five Inches in Places
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 23
Due to a combined monsoonal and Antarctic disturbance, rain, with thunderstorms, has fallen over the eastern half of Australia, the only exception being our north coast, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Wild Night at Murrumburrah Damage by Flood
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 December 1911 · page 23
MURRUMBURRAH, Tuesday.--Violent, thunderstorms passed over the district last night, and heavy rain fell, 116 points being registered in town, but at Currawong, near the head of…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The Storms. Havoc in the Country. Experiences at Broken-hill
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 3
BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday.--Reports to hand show that Monday's storm, though confined to a comparatively small belt of country, was severe, leaving uprooted trees, distorted fencing,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Plucky Ghurkas. Rose to the Occasion. Cross a Flood and March All Night
Evening News · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 9
CALCUTTA. Wednesday Evening.—In connection with the British pun[?] expedition in Assam against the Ahors three hundred Ghurkas performed a remarkable feat…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Flood on the Lachlan. Cowra
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 10
Owing to a washway on the line near Bathburst, the mail train was delayed three hours this morning. On Monday the Burrow[?] River, a tributary of the Lachlan, rose 4 feet higher than it has been during…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Calmer Conditions. Rainstorms Passing Off. Damage by Flood Waters
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 10
Only a few light to moderate showers were recorded during yesterday, and these were at scattered places in the north-eastern quarter of the State. The heaviest was 57 at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Macquarie in Flood. Dubbo
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 10
The Macquarie River at Dubbo is a surging flood. It rose 18 inches an hour last night, and is rising still. All the arms are overflowing. Tons of rubbish, bay, straw, and farm produce are floating past…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Floods in the Country. Bourke
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 December 1911 · page 10
A rapidly falling barometer on Monday afternoon denoted a disturbance of no mean force approaching. Shortly after 6 a heavy dust storm was seen approaching…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Gale in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 10
A heavy north-weaterly gale did considerable damage in Christchurch and neighbourhood. At Lancaster Park the roof of the stand was lifted bodily, the larger portion…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Killed by Lightning. Severe Storm. Longreach
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 December 1911 · page 9
A very severe storm occurred on Tuesday at Talleyrand. A flash of lightning struck an elderly man, Robert Gillies Jamieson. He was killed instantly. His dog, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mailboat in the Gale
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 December 1911 · page 15
During this height of the a north-west, gale In the harbor, yesterday some difficulty was experienced in handing the P. and O. mallboat Mongolla. The vessel was shifting from…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Pending Conferences. Railway Storm-clouds
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 December 1911 · page 13
LONDON, Friday.--The conference between representatives of the railway companies aud the railwayman's unions mot yesterday to discuss, within the limits adopted by the House…
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