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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1890

277 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 14

A Cyclone at Randwick

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 3

Early this morning a cyclone visited Randwick, and though of short duration and confined to a limited area, considerable damage was done. The iron roof of a cottage was…

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To-day's Cablegrams. London, Monday. Floods in America

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 2

It in estimated that the floods in Louisiana have destroyed one-fith of the sugar crop, causing the loss of about one million sterling…

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The Floods in the Darling

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 2

The floods in the Western district are subsiding slowly. In some place at Louth the water reached the coilings of houses. The weather continues fine at Bourke and the…

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The Flood in the Darling

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 April 1890 · page 3

The river darling is rapidly falling, and it is expected that the railway boat service will only be available for three days longer…

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The Floods on the Darling. BOURKE

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 April 1890 · page 4

The special commissioners left at an early hour this morning for Sydney. Considerable interest is generally felt here as to what the nature of their report to the…

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Out of the Floods

National Advocate · Thursday 1 May 1890 · page 3

Our enterprising contemporary, the Central Australian, comes to us in a diminished form, the result of the floods at Bourke. It is printed on a jobbing press, and consists of four pages,…

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The Floods at Walgett

National Advocate · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 3

The Walgett floods have now abated, but there are still many distressed sufferers who require relief. The loss of live stock is considerable. No human fatalities are yet recorded…

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The Bourke Floods

National Advocate · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 3

Messrs. Willis, Waddell, and Torpy condemned the action of the Commissioners in not dealing with the railway embankment at Bourke. They said the disaster there was due…

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The Floods in the Darling. Bourke

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 2

With the Special Commissioners, and the two active members for the district in Sydney, there remains nothing of any moment to be chronicled. Affairs generally…

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The Flood in the Darling. Mud Deposits

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 4

Looking into some of the houses where the water had receded (says a correspondent) mud from 2in. to 2in. thick was seen on the verandahs and the floors Many…

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The Bourke Floods. Public Meeting

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 2

A PUBLIC MEETING, convened by the Mayor, was held in the Town Hall, Molong, on Monday night for the purpose of expressing sympathy with those suffering from the effects…

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The Bourke Floods. Bourke, Friday. 8 p.m

National Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 3

The waters are slowly subsiding, having fallen over a foot. Boats still, navigate the town, but Mitchell-street will be unnavigable to-morrow or next day. Other parts of the…

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The Flood in the Darling. BOURKE

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 2

A farther sum of 750l was wired on Thursday from Melbourne, in aid of the general distress caused by the floods. The contributions from that quarter have now reached the respectable total of 2800/…

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The American Cyclone

National Advocate · Monday 5 May 1890 · page 3

The following is an account taken from our our American exchanges "just received" of the terrible storm at Louisville. Kentucky, a city of about half the size of Sydney…

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Late Telegraphic. a Child Burned Alive. the Defunct Bank Lottery. Fatal Accident in a Mink the Floods Subsiding a Dissolution Mooted. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 May 1890 · page 6

A rich lode has been struck at the four hundred feet level in the Central Broken Hill mine. Great prospects are anticipated…

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Floods in the Darling

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 5 May 1890 · page 2

The floods in the Darling are continuing to subside…

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Further Floods Anticipated

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 6 May 1890 · page 2

Serious results are feared at Wilcannia, through the further rise in the Darling…

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The Flood in the Darling. BREWARRINA

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 May 1890 · page 2

The flood water is subsiding fast. The damage to the town is not so great as was anticipated. Donnelly's coach from Byrock, with Friday's letters, arrived…

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The Flood in the Darling. WALGETT

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 8 May 1890 · page 3

A large meeting of the residents was held at the School of Arts last night, Mr. Vaughan, J.P., in the chair, to consider the serious losses and destitute condition…

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The Grafton Floods

National Advocate · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 3

Mr. John Sec wired to the Mayor of Grafton to-day that the Hawkesbury Flood Relief Committee had granted £500 towards the alleviation of distress from the floods in Grafton…

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