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

Floods & storms, 1895

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The Recent British Gales. LONDON

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1895 · page 3

The effects of recent disastrous gales are still severely felt. At Holyhead a barque was wrecked and 26 lives were lost…

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Terrific Storm in Dubbo. (Liberal.)

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 2

Brilliant weather, tempered with pleasant breezes and accompanied by cool nights, made the holidays pleasant and enjoyable,these conditions prevailed until New…

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Terrific Storm at Dubbo. Dubbo

National Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1895 · page 3

About 5 o'clock yesterday evening a thunderstorm broke over Dubbo with terrific violence, and lasted for an hour and a half. Three hundred and sixty…

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A Terrific Storm

National Advocate · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 2

The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Chusan encountered terrible weather in the Bay of Biscay during the later heavy gales, and sustained great damage. A…

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Floods in New Zealand

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 2

Floods have done great damage in South Island, Now Zealand. Miles of country have been submerged…

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Heavy Rain in Adelaide

National Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 2

Heavy rain fell in Adelaide on Thursday and the wicket for the intercolonial cricket match was in a very bad state for the time…

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Floods in New Zealand

National Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1895 · page 2

Floods caused by rain have done great damage in the Nelson and Marlborough districts of the South Island of New Zealand, miles of country near Blenheim being under…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney. SYDNEY, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 3

Heavy rain is falling in Sydney…

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Storm at Brewongle

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 2

On Monday afternoon the storm which passed over this district gave vent to its greatest force at Brewongle. The force of the wind was so great that the…

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A Flooded Mine

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 January 1895 · page 2

A shocking colliery disaster has occurred at Hanley, in Staffordshire, England. An inrush of water occurred while a number of miners wore at work. The pit became flooded…

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A Gale

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 21 January 1895 · page 2

The weather continues wet with an easterly gale working along the coast…

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Floods In South Australia

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 21 January 1895 · page 2

There are great floods in South Australia. The railway lines have been washed away in several places…

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Continuous Gale. Later

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 2

The weather continues wet with a south-easterly gale. All stations along the coast report heavy seas and much rain…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney and North. SYDNEY, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 3

Heavy rain has fallen all day. Floods are feared on the Hunter, Macleay and Clarence. Much damage has been done the grapes and ungarnered crops…

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The Storm in Fiji

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 3

It is stated that it well take years of prosperity for Fiji to recover from the calamity of the recent hurricane. Hundreds of Fijians, rendered homeless by the…

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Floods In Queensland

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 2

All the low-lying parts of Brisbane and the suburbs are flooded…

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Floods in the North

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 22 January 1895 · page 2

Latest from the Northern rivers report that the rivers are rising and that there is every appearance of floods…

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Another Deluge. What Is Feared in the North

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 2

A month ago it was all drought, fears of drought. Now it is all floods, fears in parts and realisations in others, Australia is a land of extremes, and…

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A Boom in Floods. All the North Affected. Sydney, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 2

Floods have occurred at Kempsey. Ten inches of rain fell in ten hours. The rivers and creeks are running bankers. The outlook is serious…

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Floods in Queensland

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 3

The threatened flood at Brisbane has been apparently averted, as the rain has eased off and the rivers are subsiding…

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