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

Floods & storms, 1893

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A Storm

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1893 · page 2

Many people in Bathurst were startled by an exceedingly loud thunderclap which occurred about three o'clock on Saturday morning, and which was followed by a…

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Heavy Storms at Fiji

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 3

During the recent hurricance in Fiji the barque Chases was dismantled, and a few , small vessels were wrecked…

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Heavy Gales

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 2

Heavy gales still continue along the coast, and the various ports are filled with crafts taking shelter. At Newcastle the lifeboat crews and…

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The Gale

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 5 January 1893 · page 3

The southerly gale has abated, but heavy sea is still running on the coast…

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Heavy Gale

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 January 1893 · page 3

A terrific southerly gale occurred yesternight, and there were several narrow escapes in the harbor. The ex-training ship Wolf erine broke from ber moorings and drifted into…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Thursday. Violent Storm in Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 2

A violent thunderstorm accompanied by torrents of rain and vivid lightening passed over the city yesternight. During the afternoon the sky presented a phenomena…

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Heavy Rain

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 2

At abbot noon "yesterday rain set in and continued without intermission until daylight this morning. At times the wind rose almost to a gale, the weather turning quite…

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The Result of the Storms

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 2

The Richmond River rose 25ft, in a few hours. During the recent storm many families were flooded out. At Lismore landslips, damage to crops, etc., occurred in all parts of the country. Shipping…

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The Storm of Sunday. Sweeping Through New South Wales and Queensland. the Damage It Did

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 2

Dame Nature has baptised the harvest by one of the most wide-spread gales recorded in the history of the colony. On Sunday the rain fell heavily in Bathurst we know, but…

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Terrific Storm. School Teachers Difficulties

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 3

Writing to hid parents at Perth, Mr. Arthur Paddison, Public School Teacher at Angledool, thus describes the experience of his scholars and himself daring a recent…

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A Millthorpe Storm

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 3

A terrific thunderstorm passed over Millthorpe between three and four o'clock yesterday afternoon. It lasted about half-an-hour, during which time nearly an inch of rain…

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Floods in Queensland. 23In. of Rain in 24 Hours. the Brisbane Unemployed. the Capital Threatened. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 2

Late wires from Brisbane give news that the floods in Northern Queensland are likely to be tremendous. In one place, Woodlands, Rockhampton, 23in…

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The Deluge in Queensland the Waters Still Rising. Towns Completely Destroyed. Thousands of Families Homeless. Miners Drowned in Their Drives. Hundreds of People Ruined. All Business Paralysed. the Rain Still Falling. Sydney, Sunday Night

National Advocate · Monday 6 February 1893 · page 3

THE floods in Queensland are worse and worse. The trains are blocked this side of Ipswich, and at Bundamba (a town further on), every house is under…

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Floods in Queensland. the Mails Delated. Charges Submerged. a Town Under Water

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 6 February 1893 · page 3

The Postmaster General has received the following information from Toowoomba, Queensland:— The Sydney mail train is stuck up this side of Ipswich, and it is…

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The Deluge in Queensland Sydney, Monday Night

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 1

At Ipswich the flood waters have now receded a little. So far as is now known twenty two people were drowned, and all houses are wrecked, and many broken…

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The Tweed District Flooded. Sydney, Monday Night

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 1

Heavy floods have occurred in the Tweed district, and immense destruction to property has been caused thereby…

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The Queensland Floods. Terrible Devastation

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 2

The flood waters in. Northern Queensland are slowly receding. Hundreds of fansilies in South Bast Bandsberg have taken refuge" in the Exhibition…

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The Deluge in Queensland. Appalling Scenes

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 1

Terrible of desolation are exhibited at Ipswich (Q.) as the result of the floods. The GOvernor is detained there, being unable to get a train to Brisbane. Passengers…

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The Floods in Queensland. Devastation in Brisbane. 600 Houses Washed Away. Many Persons Missing. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 February 1893 · page 2

Reports are to hand of great devastation in Brisbane. About 500 houses have been washed away and there has been enormous destruction of property…

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The Deluge in Queensland. Latest Particulars. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1893 · page 2

Every fresh scrap of news from Brisbane is but further record of the devastation wrought by the great deluge. The report that the Victoria and other…

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