South Australia - Natural Disasters
Floods
Floods in the colony are reported in the Register,
13 August 1862, page 2d,
Observer,
15 May 1875, pages 7d-12g,
Register,
26, 27 and 28 March 1877, pages 5f, 5g and 5e,
23 and 25 June 1883, pages 6a and 6d,
3, 4, 5, 7 and 12 January 1889, pages 5g, 6e, 6d, 6e-f and 6d,
Observer,
5 January 1889, page 14c,
Register,
3, 4, 5, 7 and 12 January 1889, pages 5g, 6e, 6d, 6e-f and 6d,
Chronicle,
6 April 1889, page 8e,
Register,
17, 18, 19 and 20 April 1889, pages 5f, 5g, 4d-5d and 5f,
9, 30 and 31 May 1893, pages 4g, 6 and 6,
2 June 1893, page 4h,
22 February 1913, page 16f,
The News,
1 September 1933, page 1a.
"Floods and the Torrens Lake" is in the Register,
14 May 1884, pages 4g-5b; also see
Chronicle,
2 January 1930, page 43.
"Floods in the Far North" is in the Express,
25 April 1910, page 3i,
"Deluge in the North" in the Observer,
10 September 1910, page 44a.
"Rivers of Rain" is in the Observer,
26 December 1914, page 34a,
"Another Flood" on
15 September 1917, page 18c,
"Record Floods" on
5 March 1921, page 30,
14 February 1925.
"Storms and Floods" is in the Register,
24 and 26 September 1923, pages 6d-7a and 8d.
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Locusts and Grasshoppers
Their presence in South Australia and suggested remedial measures, etc, are discussed in the Register,
11 December 1844, page 3a,
12 and 23 April 1845, pages 4a and 4c,
17 May 1845, page 3f,
8 November 1845, page 1e,
Observer,
8 November 1845, page 4c,
Register,
28 October 1846, page 4c,
9 December 1846, page 3c; also see
South Australian,
3, 10 and 13 December 1844, pages 3c, 3b and 3a.
"The Locust Plague" occupied the attention of the Editor of the Register of
18 December 1871, page 4f and
voluminous comment and correspondence was forthcoming describing the plague - see
19 December 1871, pages 5a-b-6d,
20 December 1871, page 5 b-d-e,
23 December 1871, page 3f,
27 December 1871, page 6f and
2 January 1872 (supp.), page 11c,
30 September 1872, page 6b,
11, 13, 18, 21, 22, 23, 27 and 29 November 1872, pages 7e, 5a, 5a, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5c and 5c;
2 December 1872, page 5b;
12, 17, 19, 21, 27 and 31 March 1873, pages 5f, 6d, 5b, 5c, 5e and 6f,
The Irish Harp,
14 March 1873, page 5a,
Observer,
16 and 23 March 1872, pages 7d and 7f.
"Destroying Locusts" is in the Observer,
9 November 1872, page 4d; also see
Observer,
6 November 1875, page 14b.
"Locusts Here and Elsewhere" is in the Register,
18 December 1879, page 5f,
Observer,
20 December 1879, page 9c.
Also see Register,
10 January 1880, page 6e,
Advertiser,
13 October 1888, page 6b,
Register,
1, 2 15 and 25 December 1890, pages 5c, 5b, 5b and 5a-6h,
Advertiser,
5 February 1891, page 6b,
Register,
13 October 1891, page 6c,
30 September 1892, pages 4g-5c,
5 October 1892, page 5b,
Advertiser,
25 October 1892, page 3e.
"Destruction of Locusts" is in the Observer,
18 October 1902, page 12a,
"Grasshoppers - Means of Destruction" in the Register on
22 February 1921, page 7g,
"The Menacing Locust" on
19 and 26 November 1921, pages 30e and 5a.
"Grasshoppers" is in the Advertiser,
19 October 1934, page 20f,
7, 14 and 16 November 1934, pages 18f, 21e and 20f.
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Miscellany
"The Gales - Chapter of Accidents" is in the Register,
15 and 16 May 1865, pages 2e and 2c.
The prophecy of a tidal wave is commented upon in the Observer,
25 September 1869, page 3c,
16 October 1869, page 8a.
The aftermath of a cloudburst is described in the Register,
15 February 1897, page 5f.
"Earthquakes and Shocks is in the Chronicle,
16 February 1889, page 9d;
a State-wide earthquake is reported in the Observer,
15 and 22 May 1897, pages 13d and 34d;
Register,
9 June 1897, page 4g;
reminiscences of it appear in the Register on
12 and 15 May 1917, pages 5a and 6f; also see
Register,
20, 22, 23 and 27 September 1902, pages 7e, 4c, 8b and 10g,
23 August 1905, page 7d,
29 May 1914, page 9a; also see
Chronicle,
10 May 1902, page 30d,
Express,
20 February 1911, page 1i,
Advertiser,
25 April 1921, page 7e.
A mouse plague is described in the Chronicle,
12 July 1890, page 6f,
Observer,
14 June 1890, page 32c,
Register,
28 April 1904, page 7h,
Observer,
31 March 1917, page 5b,
28 April 1917, page 31b,
5, 19 and 26 May 1917, pages 14b-25 (photos), 29a and 29d,
9 and 16 June 1917, pages 4d and 28e,
7 July 1917, page 29e,
Advertiser,
18 April 1917, page 6h,
The News,
22 April 1932, page 1f.
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Mice, Snakes and Rats.
"Storms in the Country" is in the Chronicle,
9 January 1904, page 33b.
"Storms of Other Years" is in the Observer,
3 July 1915, page 51a.
"Adelaide's Narrowest Escape" is in the Chronicle,
31 December 1931, page 36.
"Worst Winter Duststorm in SA's History" is in The News,
19 July 1935, page 1c.
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