deaths – Page 3 – Real Climate Records

May 17

EXTREME HEAT. 25 Jan 1896. So unexampled a spell of extreme temperature has caused much sickness and many deaths. In the Bourke district 35 deaths have occurred which are directly ascribable to heat. Persons drop down in the street and die without regaining consciousness.

EXTREME HEAT. (1896, January 25). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946), p. 33. Retrieved May 17, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139720730?# So […]

Feb 27

HEAT CAUSES 14 DEATHS 124 Degrees At White Cliffs SYDNEY. Thursday. 12 Jan 1939. 124 deg F = 45.5 Celsius

HEAT CAUSES 14 DEATHS (1939, January 12). News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), p. 7. Retrieved February 27, 2023, […]

Jan 25

EXTREME HEAT 25 Jan 1896. Wilcannia made a record with 123 in the shade. = 50.5 Celsius.

EXTREME HEAT. (1896, January 25). The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 – 1946), p. 33. Retrieved January 25, 2023, from […]

Jan 05

INTENSE HEAT. DEATHS FROM HEAT APOPLEXY. 4 Jan 1900. The dreadful heat experienced yesterday, last night, and to-day caused no less than ten deaths from heat apoplexy.

TELEGRAPHIC. (1900, January 4). Wagga Wagga Express (NSW : 1879 – 1917), p. 2. Retrieved January 5, 2023, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/145304306?searchTerm=heat%20deaths&searchLimits=# […]

Jan 05

INTENSE HEAT. DEATHS FROM HEAT APOPLEXY. 4 Jan 1900. The dreadful heat experienced yesterday, last night, and to-day caused no less than ten deaths from heat apoplexy.

Oct 03

THE NEW ICE AGE. EUROPE FREEZES, 18 Feb 1929. The Seine is freezing in earnest, and the ice has stopped water-borne traffic to Paris, where fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable.

THE NEW ICE AGE. (1929, February 18). Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 – 1954), p. 9. Retrieved October 3, […]

Aug 27

HEAT WAVES AT BOURKE. 6 Feb 1906. 120 deg F = 48.8 Degrees Celsius. Comparatively few deaths have been recorded this summer as the direct result of the abnormal heat — sad though those few have been — goes to prove that present conditions have not been so severe as those of the former period.

HEAT WAVES AT BOURKE. (1906, February 6). The Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW : 1873 – 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August […]

Jun 30

Heat in America Mon July 11 1910. 23 ADDITIONAL DEATHS.

HEAT IN AMERICA. (1910, July 13). The Bendigo Independent (Vic. : 1891 – 1918), p. 5. Retrieved June 30, 2022, […]

Jun 09

Heat Waves Tues 7th Feb 1939. 07 Feb 1939. The highest individual day was 115 on the 23rd. The concluding month of 1896 and the first two months of 1897 were hot. December, 1896, included two days of 114 and one of 110, and for five days on end, 30th January, 1897. to 3rd February, 1897, inclusive, the figures were: 104, 111, 116, 111 and 101. These figures included the hottest individual day (116, 46.6 Celsius on 1st February, 1897) so far as we have been able to ascertain, until last month, and they show an average for the five days of 108.6 daily.

HEAT WAVES. (1939, February 7). The Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW : 1873 – 1954), p. 2. Retrieved June 9, 2022, […]

Feb 26

HEAT CAUSES 14 DEATHS 124 Degrees At White Cliffs SYDNEY. Thursday. 12 Jan 1939. 124 deg F = 45.5 Celsius

1939 ‘HEAT CAUSES 14 DEATHS’, News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 – 1954), 12 January, p. 7. , viewed 26 Feb […]