Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), Monday 27 January 1896, page 2
UNDER FIRE.
[BY TELEGRAPH ]
SYDNEY, Monday.
Tbe reports received by Mr. Bussell, Government Astronomer, show that almost everywhere in the inlands the thermometers are rising again rapidly ; and as the winds have changed there are indications of further severe heat.
Though most of the colony has experienced more or less of a cool change, comparatively few have had any rain. The rain-bearing storm appears to have taken a line from Bourke, through Cobar, to Hillston, passing through Wagga, and thence going in the direction of Newcastle.
Brewarrina reports further deaths due to the heat.
A tornado passed over Forbes; several places were unroofed.