Thunderstorms
The severest thunderstorm [?]r this year was experienced in the city yesterday. It was accompanied by all the meteorological essentials which go to make up a complete…
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Floods in Africa. Loss of Life. Capetown, Feb. 19
The unprecedented floods on the East Coast belt continue, and are causing great damage. It is reported that a serious shortage in the sugar crop is imminent. In the Umfolosl…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Thunderstorm in the City. 117 Points of Rain
A total of 117 points of rain fell in the city yesterday afternoon as a result of a heavy thunderstorm. The storm burst into violence between 1 and 2 o'clock, and while it lasted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland Floods. Damage to Railroads
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The board appointed by the Commissioner for Railways to inquire into the report on the damage done by the floods and cyclone in central and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Storm-passed Over
The storm that attacked the State Cabinet a few days ago lias passed over and Parliament is once more a scene of calm, the differences, having been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storms in the Country. Cootamundra
During a storm on Monday night 205 points of rain were recorded. GEURIE, Thursday. Several thunderstorms, accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cyclone and Rain Topographical Chances in Queensland. Effects of the Floods
Members of a special board appointed to inquire into the flood damages in the North und Central districts of Queensland have visited the directed areas. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm Awaited. Allies' Confidence, "Will Hold Their Own." LONDON, [?] Evening
Reports from [?] Belgian-German [?] received in [?] state that many train [?] of German troops and guns, going [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South African Floods a Sugar-growing District Submerged. Appalling Loss of Life
Queensland is not the only sufferer from floods recently. Terrific rains in the Transvaal, Natal, and Mozainbique are causing many washaways and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Floods. Rockhampton
A letter received in town from H. Katte, of Ingle Downs, in the Dingo district, gives a vivid idea of the floods in that district. Mr. Katte, in his letter, states he started to go…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →N.S.W. Loan a Gloomy Prospect Money Market Flooded London, Friday Night
The New South Wales conversion loan of £12,600,000 is expected to close to-morrow. It is feared that the war bonds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Preventing Floods. Tocumwal's Scheme
TOCUMWAL, Friday.--The question of protecting the land fronting the Murray to the west of Tocumwal from inundation during floods is at present engaging the attention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Telephones and Thunderstorms
Last Wednesday's thunderstorm brought its usual crop of telephone troubles in the suburbs of Sydney, but the eastern portion of Willoughby seems to be suffering undue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclonic Gale at Fiji. Island Steamers Buffetted
The FIJI group was visited by the recent cyclonic gale which was reported off the Australian coast, and reports resolved yesterday show that the island steamers were severely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thunderstorms in the North-east. 120 Points of Rain at Armidale
During the week-end light to heavy rain was recorded at a number of places in the northeast quarter. In connection with thunderstorms, and light at three or four places in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Floods in Java
Amsterdam advices report that there have been seve[?] [?]dations in Java. Batavia is half submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Flood-damaged Bridges. Work of Re_building at Culcair
The Works Department, through their engineer, estimates that it will cost £344 to repair the damage done to the Culcairn, Brooklyn, and King Bridges over the Billabong in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Street.) Originating Summons. Gardner v Gale
This was an originating summons taken out by the plalatiff, Charles Gardner, as truste[?] of the will of Thomas Whicker Gale, deceased, a Goulburn woolbuyer, whose estate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Cyclone. Queensland Coastal Towns Warned. Brisbane
The following special advice was issued by the divisional meteorological office at 11 o'clock this morning:—"A new tropical disturbance was shown by this morning's data…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Cyclone. Queensland Again in Danger a Warning Issued
The divisional meteorological office at Brisbane yesterday issued the following:—"A new tropical disturbance was shown by this morning's data to be a cyclone storm system of…
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