Adelaide - Natural Disasters
A bushfire in the eastern villages is reported in the Observer,
6 January 1849, page 3d.
A "devastating hurricane" is reported in the Observer,
15 November 1851, page 5e.
"Unprecedented Hailstorm" is in the Observer,
7 and 14 October 1854, pages 10g and 7e.
25 October 1862, page 5c,
1 November 1862, page 4f,
Register,
14 May 1917, page 6h.
"Alarming Tempest & Fire" is in the Observer,
9 February 1856, page 4h.
An earthquake is reported in the Register,
29 July 1837, page 3c,
26 June 1856, page 2h,
Chronicle,
15 May 1897, page 17,
Express,
20 September 1902, page 1d,
The Critic,
27 September 1902, page 16 (cartoon).
The first record of same on a seismograph is discussed in the Advertiser,
2 July 1909, page 6e; also see
29 May 1914, page 15a,
Register,
29 May 1914, page 9a.
"Adelaide is Subject to Earth Shakes - How the Port River was Formed" is
in the Advertiser,
25 July 1931, page 5g;
also see under "Adelaide Shaken" on the same day at page 15c.
The flooding of the city and suburbs is described in
the Observer,
28 September 1844, page 4c,
SA Gazette & Mining Journal,
24 July 1847, page 2a,
Observer,
16 August 1862, page 8b,
12 July 1873, page 5f,
Register,
5 July 1873, page 6c,
10, 11 and 13 May 1875, pages 6a, 6 and 5f,
Advertiser,
6 March 1878, page 6c,
23 June 1883, page 5a,
28 July 1883, page 6c,
Register,
3 January 1889, page 5g and
18 and 19 April 1889, pages 5d and 5g,
Express,
17 April 1889, page 3b,
10 December 1895, page 3c,
26 November 1896, page 2d.
"The Lesson of the Floods" is in the Observer,
4 May 1889, page 34c.
A meeting of a Flood Relief Committee is reported in the Express,
30 July 1867, page 2c.
Also see Register,
24 February 1896, page 5h,
15 February 1897, page 5f,
18 May 1898, page 5i,
16 and 17 June 1898, pages 5f and 5i,
Chronicle,
22 June 1901, page 33a,
Register,
30 November 1903, page 5b,
Advertiser,
12 July 1905, page 5h,
29 July 1909, page 10f,
Chronicle,
28 August 1909, pages 30-31 (photos),
Register,
20 and 21 August 1909, pages 5a and 14a,
14 February 1913, page 7a,
Express,
14 February 1913, page 4a,
Register,
27 October 1913, page 6g,
23 June 1915, page 8f,
27 June 1916, page, page 5a,
Observer,
15 September 1917, page 18c,
Advertiser,
20 July 1917, page 7b, Advertiser,
20 July 1917, page 7b,
Express,
9 August 1920, page 1e,
15 September 1922, page 6h,
12 June 1923, page 1b,
Advertiser,
12 June 1923, page 9,
22 September 1923, page 13d,
The Mail,
22 September 1923, page 1a,
The News,
7 November 1934, page 7a.
Photographs are in the Chronicle,
28 July 1917, pages 24-25,
16 June 1923, page 31,
29 September 1923, pages 36-37,
Observer,
14 February 1925, pages 32-33.
"The Late Storm" is in the Register,
13 June 1878, page 6d.
A "great storm" is reported in the Observer,
15 November 1879, page 20a,
"A Cyclonic Storm" is in the Chronicle,
14 December 1895, page 17,
"Saturday's Storm" in the Register,
24 February 1896, page 5h,
Chronicle,
29 February 1896, page 17a,
"A Severe Storm" on
28 November 1896, page 21a,
"A Violent Thunderstorm" in the Observer,
20 February 1897, page 14,
"A Great Storm" in the Express,
22 January 1902, page 3c.
"Streets and Shops Flooded" is in The News,
6 February 1925, page 1,
"Adelaide's Problems - The Floodwater Question" in the Advertiser,
17 June 1927, page 17d.
"Sensational Storm - Widespread Damage" is in the Register,
11 March 1912, page 8.
"Adelaide Swept by a Hurricane" is in the Register,
18, 19 and 20 July 1916, pages 5a, 7a and 5a.
"Record Duststorm" is in the Observer,
25 January 1902, page 34a.
The aftermath of a cyclone is reported upon in the Register on
28 December 1903, page 5b,
"The Great Swirl - Sensational Storm" on
11 March 1912, page 8.
"Adelaide Under Water" is in the Advertiser,
14 February 1913, page 9.
Information on and photographs of a "great storm" are in the Chronicle,
22 July 1916, pages 16a-27.
"Memorable Floods - River Torrens Overflowed" is in the Register,
20, 21, 23, 24 and 25 July 1917, pages 7b, 6g, 4h, 4g and 7b; also see
13 September 1917, page 10f,
12 and 13 June 1923, pages 9a-10a and 9h,
22, 24, 25 and 26 September 1923, pages 7a, 6d-7-8, 9a and 8d,
30 May 1925, page 13a,
1 June 1925, page 10c and Torrens,
River.
"Metropolitan Flood Waters - Relief Measures Explained" is in the Register,
10 and 24 October 1924, pages 10g and 10a; also see
Advertiser,
14 June 1926, page 8e.
The effects of a gale are recounted in the Advertiser,
13 June 1878, page 6f,
"A Cyclonic Storm" on
10 December 1895, page 5g; also see
24 February 1896, page 7e.
"Record Duststorm in City" is in the Register,
22 January 1902, page 5b,
"The Great Storm" on
19 July 1916, page 7a.
"Memorable Hailstorm" is in the Observer,
19 May 1917, pages 5e-25 (photos).
"100-Mile Gusts - Houses Unroofed" is in the Register,
14 February 1918, page 4h.
Photographs of flooding are in The Critic,
26 September 1923, page 18.
"Worst Storm in History of Adelaide" is in the Register,
7 February 1925, pages 9-11; also see
The News,
3 October 1928, page 5.
"Beautiful Snow" is in the Chronicle,
3 August 1901, page 33a,
"Rain, Hail and Snow" in the Register,
22 July 1927, page 9a.
A photograph of the aftermath of a "tornado" are in the Chronicle,
18 June 1931, page 41.
Flooding of the city and suburbs is reported in the Advertiser,
4 and 5 September 1931, pages 19a and 15g,
The News,
1 September 1933, page 7b,
Advertiser,
8 November 1934, page 15a,
The News,
16 December 1936, page 1.
Photographs are in the Observer,
28 July 1917, pages 24-25.
Chronicle,
10 September 1931, pages 32-33,
7 September 1933, pages 44-45,
15 November 1934, page 34.
"Choking Cloud [of Dust] Over City" is in the Advertiser,
23 March 1933, page 9f.
