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

Floods & storms, 1893

295 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 15

A Fearful Storm

National Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1893 · page 2

A tremendous storm broke over Quirramacks (S.A.) on Monday, upsetting a school chimney which, crashing through the roof injured, though not…

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Bourke. Flood Items

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 July 1893 · page 4

The river continues falling slowly, the guage now showing 38ft, 6in., or 9½in, of a fall. The water is still flowing over the approach to the North Bourke billabong…

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The Cargo Bank Robbery, Threatening Crown Witnesses Rearrest of Flood

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 August 1893 · page 3

The charge against the Stines Brothers, Love and Flood, was brought to a conclusion this morning, it having been under consideration for fifty hours, the court being occupied…

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The Deluge

National Advocate · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 2

Sir Henry Parkes denounces "the deluge of talk which has drowned the capacity of Parliament for business." Merely a repetition in political history…

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The Cargo Bank Jury. She intimidation by the discharged accused Flood, and other matters to which it gives rise

National Advocate · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 2

THE intimidating approaches made by Flood, the acquitted one of the four accused in the Cargo Bank robbery, is not so much to the discredit of the person…

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A Cargo Accused Found Not Guilty, Is Flooded Out of Bathurst

National Advocate · Friday 4 August 1893 · page 3

Confined temporarily in gaol, locked, also temporarily, behind tho bar, and the Flood was banked as securely for himself as a fixed deposit in an unburgled safe,…

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A Big Wina Storm

National Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1893 · page 3

Bathurst last night was visited by a severe wind and dust storm. Blowing from the north the wind started about eleven o'clock, and had continued with…

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A Deluge in New Zealand

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1893 · page 3

Tremendous rains have occurred in New Zealand, causing immense landslips at Auckland, where 5000 tons of earth have been moved bodily into the sea…

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Snow Storms

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1893 · page 2

Snow storms have, within the past few days, been both painful and free on the mountains, where, from Katoomba to Sunny Corner, falls have really been…

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The New Zealand Floods

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 2

The Floods in New Zealand, recently reported, were most serious—in fact, almost as bad as those which were recorded from Queensland some months…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. Terrific Ocean Storms

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 17 August 1893 · page 2

Disastrous storms have taken place in the Pacific, during which thirty fishermen were drowned…

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Floods in Hungary

National Advocate · Thursday 17 August 1893 · page 2

Tremendous floods are reported from Galicia and Upper Hungary, where the loss of property and crops has been fearful…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Heavy Rains. Dibbs in a Flood

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 August 1893 · page 2

Heavy rains are reported from all parts of the country. Some of the rivers are very high and others are flooded. Sir George Dibbs and party are weather…

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The Flood at Gunnedah. the Namoi Bursts Its Banks. Sydney, Friday night

National Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1893 · page 2

The Namoi River rose rapidly yesterday, and the water is now well into Gunnedah. Numerous settlers have abandoned their homes. The big…

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Destructive Cyclone

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 August 1893 · page 3

A cyclone has destroyed the town of Savannah, in America, and caused great devastation amongst the shipping…

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A Fearful Cyclone

National Advocate · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 2

A telegram from New York states that the town of Savannah, Georgia, has been devastated by a cyclone. Forty persons were killed, and the damage to…

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Storms In America

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 3

Great storms are still raging in North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. It is believed that 500 lives have been lost, and it is feared that the warships…

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The Cyclone In America. a Thousand Lives Lost

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 4 September 1893 · page 3

The mortality through the cyclone in the United States is estimated to have reached rooo. In Port Royal, South Caroline,…

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The American Cyclone

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 September 1893 · page 3

The terrible cyclone which occurred in the United States, caused great loss of life in the districts it reached. Fifteen hundred deaths are reported, and there…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Saturday. The Cyclone in America. a Thousand Lives Lost

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 5 September 1893 · page 3

One thousand inhabitants were killed by the cyclone in Beaufort County, South Caroline, alone, all being negroes except three…

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