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

Floods & storms, 1893

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More Storms in Queensland

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 3

A terrific storm broke over Canterbury, Queensland, on Sunday, and almost the whole of the township was destroyed…

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Moss Vale in Flood

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 2

A tremendous fall of rain occurred in Moss Vale on Sunday, 6in. being registered in four hours. The town was flooded, and women and children had to…

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Concert in Aid of the Flood Relief Fund

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 2

Mr. Hamilton Maynard, music master at St. Stanislaus College, has made arrangements to give "An Evening with Mendellsohn" in the Masonic Hall on…

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Bega in Flood. SYDNEY, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 2

Bega is flooded with the highest flood known in twelve years. Considerable damage has been done…

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Floods in England

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 3

The damage caused to the streets and buildings at Sandgate were the result of the extensive subsidences of earth by reason of the heavy rains, and not an earthquake…

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The Queensland Deluge

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 4

Money is rolling very freely into the hands of the administrative committee in Brisbane, and feeling of cheerfulness has now commenced to assert itself. On…

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Terrific Rain Storms

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 3

Tremendous floods have occurred South. Bowral on Sunday night was visited by a thunderstorm, and damage done to the roads alone to the extent of…

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The Brisbane Deluge. Description by an Eyewitness. a Visit of Painful Interest

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 4

The following remarkably interesting description of a visit to South Brisbane is cut from a Brisbane paper:— A visit to South Brisbane yesterday…

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Storm in the Transvaal. Many Persons Drowned

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 3

Telegrams to hand report that a disastrons storm has been experienced in the Transvsal, South Africa. Rain fell in torreuts for a time and several mines were flooded. A…

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Caught in a Cyclone

National Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1893 · page 2

News has been received in Paris of the loss off Madagascar of the French unarmored warship Labourdonnais, of 860 tons. She was caught in a cyclone, and became a total…

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The Floods Belief Fund

National Advocate · Thursday 9 March 1893 · page 2

A meeting of the Floods Belief Committee was held at the Town Hall on Tuesday, wiien the attendance numbered about half-a-dozen. Additional subscriptions…

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The Queensland Deluge

National Advocate · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 2

The Brisbane flood relief fund is being swelled rapidly. Over £100 was subscribed in Sydney yesterday, making the contribu­tion of that city to equal nearly £6000…

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A Deluge at Maitland. the Township in Full Flood. the Awful Rise of the River. and the Loss of Life. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 2

A terrible flood has occurred at Maitland. By this morning 13 inches of rain had fallen in 30 hours, and the rain is still coming down in torrents. The…

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Photos of the Flood

National Advocate · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 3

Some very excellent photos of Brisbane under the deluge are now being shown by the NATIONAL ADVOCATE in the window of Messrs. J. R. and A. Jones, whoso courtesy…

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The Floods in the North. the Maitlands Inundated. Newcastle in Flood. Dibbs and Parkes Weather­bound. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 2

Immense damage has been done by the storms at Newcastle. All the low lying places are inundated, and it is ex­pected them will be a very heavy flood…

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The Northern Floods. Maitland Under Water. the District Inundated. Newcastle

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 3

The following wires show the condition of affairs in the North:—A tremendous storm of wind and rain has been raging since yesterday morning. Windows have been blown in,…

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The Maitland Deluge. the Latest Particulars. Sydney, Friday night

National Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 2

All communication with Maitland is now cat off. The latest news states that there is 6 feet of water on the railway platform at East Maitland. Several…

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The Maitland Deluge. the Worst Floods Known. the Hunter in Its Fury Sweeps the District. the Tremendous Damage. and the Loss of Life. Colliery Dams Are Burst. Many Houses Collapse. Homesteads Are Swept Away. and All Business Suspended. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 2

The highest flood ever known is now over Maitland. All day Wednesday the Hunter rose, and on Thursday morning the firebells rang out to warn people to…

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The Northern Floods. the Situation at Maitland

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 2

The following wires famish fuller particulars of the disastrous flood in the Hunter district than were given in our brief telegrams yesterday…

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The Maitland Deluge. Tremendous Washaways. the Ruin Op the District. Another Case of Drowning. Stoppage Op the Collieries. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 2

The floods have stopped all railway communication between Newcastle and Muswellbrook, and portions of the line have been washed away. At Maitland…

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