Muggy Day. Clammy Heat and the [?]Plk-storm
The damp muggy heat yesterday [?] and suburbs marked its preuence by the languid perspiring salt of the public [?] was a clammy, swamp-like heat which liqu[?]ed the…
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Violent Storm. Woman Struck by Lightning. Lithgow
A violent storm, accompanied by thunder and vivid lightning, passed over Lithgow just before 1 o'clock this afternoon, and much damage was done to property. Portion of a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sweltering Heat. Followed by Storm. Terrific Thunder Clap
Collars drooped limply, perspiration poured freely, and the sweltering public yesterday besieged the retailers of cool drinks. It was not a dry, burning heat, but a moist, vaporous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Storm. City in Darkness. Heavy Thunder and Rain. This Afternoons Change
"I have been an observer of thunderstorms for the past twenty years. and I cannot recall a case where a storm has been accompanied by such darkness, and has come over so suddenly,"…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Breezes From the Bushland Glimpse of Australian From Within Won Through Fire and Storm (Continued.)
Just as Millie's little feet -- the admiration and envy of that web-footed community -- had become submerged in the water that poured through the broken boards of her boat -- just…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gales Forecasted
The ocean forecast issued last night by the Commonwealth Meteorologist, Mr. W. A. Hunt, was to the effect that gales may he expected off the southern New South Wales coast…
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Shortly after noon on Thursday a violent storm broke over Parramatta. The rain fell in torrents. There were two or three very vivid flashes of lightning, one of which struck…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Flooded Out Severe Storm at Gundagai
GUNDAGAI, Friday.—The district was visited by an almost phenomenal storm last night, and the force of the wind was terrific. Miles of fencing has been swept away. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Storm at Parramatta
Parramatta registered 240 points of rain yesterday. Heavy falls at Wentno[?]ille and Toongabble caused a big flood in the river in Parramatta park, and a volume of water to fail…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Stops Cricket
At the Rushcutter's Bay oval a cricket match between teams representing the Town-hall and the Water Supply and Sewerage Board officers was in progress when the storm broke. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm and Flood. in Spain and Portugal. Great Loss of Life and Damage
MADRID, Wednesday Evening.--Spain and Portugal have been visited with a series of disastrous storms, resulting in wrecks, floods, and other damage, as well as loss of life…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Last Night's Storm. Wind at Forty-five Miles an Hour
The wind blew in Sydney last night without fear or favor for any point of the compass. It darted from all directions in a most erractic fashion, and [?] settled down to a good…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Storms. in Spain and Portugal. Damage and Loss of Life. Madrid, Feb. 7
Great storms have occurred in Spain and Portugal. The Guadalquiver River has risen 36 feet above normal level. Extensive floods have…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Remarkable Storm. Torrential Rainfalls. Atmospheric Depressions Meet. City and Suburbs in Darkness
Following a record darkness for near midday, one of the most severe thunderstorms for some time past broke over the city at 1.50 p.m yesterday. Torrential rain fell for 10…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Breezes From the Bushland a Glimpse of Australia. From Withnin Won Through Fire and Storm (Continued.)
There had been rough times in Bayneville for a while. But thereafter came peace-- peace and the understanding that Jack Masters, from the Snowy River and other…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Havoc. Floods in Portugal Corpses Float Down the River
LISBON, Thursday Evening.—The recent floods and storms in portugal have been responsible for terrible scones of havoc and desolation…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Thunderstorms in the Country
COOTAMUNDRA, Friday.—The a[?]ing heat of the past three weeks was broken last night by a thunderstorm, when 38 points fell. The grass and vegetation of all kinds has been burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Floods. Loss of Life in Portugal. Lisbon
As a result of the heavy rains the River Tagus is a roaring torrent. Scores of bodies of persons who have been overwhelmed by the floodwaters have been swept out to sea…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Conditions Throughout Australia. Many Thunderstorms
Victoria.--Cloudy to showery in Gippsland, elsewhere fine and clear or fine, with few clouds; light to heavy rain recorded over the eastern half of the State. Queensland.--Cloudy near the Gulf and in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Storm
During the storm on Wednesday a large tree was struck near Mr. J. Arundel's, Baulkham Hills. Baulkham Hills got half-an-inch from Wednesday's storm, and 13/4…
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