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

Floods & storms, 1898

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Floods in America. LONDON, Thursday night

National Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 2

Floods have occurred in the States of Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) and have stopped the running of the railways and factories. Thousands…

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Gale on the English Coast. LONDON, Friday night

National Advocate · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 2

A heavy gale on the coast and a great snowstorm are reported throughout England. The railways are blocked, and many wrecks have occurred, resulting in loss of life…

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Storm in the North Sea. Forty-five Victims. London, Sunday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 3

Terrific weather is prevailing in the English Channel and the North Sea; 45 fishermen have been drowned off London Island (Norway)…

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The Leu[?]a in the Gale. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 9 May 1898 · page 3

The steamer Leura entered Sydney Heads at 1.30 this morning, after a very tempestuous and trying passage from Brisbane. Captain Ellis reports having…

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The Leura in the Gale. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1898 · page 4

The steamer Leura entered Sydney Heads at 1.30 this morning, after a very tempestuous and trying passage from Brisbane. Captain Ellis reports having…

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A Repetition of the Gale. Tremendous Seas at Newcastle. a Vessel's Narrow Escape. Newcastle

National Advocate · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 3

Frightfully heavy seas are breaking across the bar to-day. Navigation is exceedingly risky and the highest and angriest sea seen for years is breaking…

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The Storm at Genowlan. Narrow Escape

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 3

Once again, with but a short interval, has Genowlan been the scene of an accident, which, like the former, has been fortunately without loss of life, although in both eases it was a very narrow escape. On last,…

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Gales & Wrecks on N.S.W Coast. (By Telegraph),Sydney Monday

The Gulgong Advertiser and Western Districts Representative · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 9

Heavy gales in Sydney. The steamers Maitland and Mersksworth have been wrecked near Newcastle. Thirty lives were lost…

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Flood Mitigation. in the Hunter Valley. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 13 May 1898 · page 3

A large and representative deputation waited on the Minister for Works this afternoon to ask the Government to make provision for a general scheme of…

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Cyclone in Japan. 1500 Fishermen Missing. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 May 1898 · page 3

A cyclone has taken place on the north-east coast of Japan. Two hundred fishing-smacks and fifteen hundred fishermen are reported to…

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Sydney Squibs. the Storm.--the Mcsharry Case.--post Offices and Their Use.--hospital By-laws.--some Good Stories

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 May 1898 · page 7

Bad news travels fast, and, as a rule, it loses nothing on its journey. It is therefore needless for me to give any details of the awful catastrophes brought about by the terrible tempest…

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The Position in Santiago No Surrender. Heavy Rain and Yellow Fever. London

National Advocate · Friday 15 July 1898 · page 3

Latest information from Cuba states that Brigadier-General Shafter has bad a long interview with the Governor at Santiago, in which he vainly urged that…

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The River in Flood

National Advocate · Friday 2 September 1898 · page 3

At 10 o'clock this morning the Macquarie River was 21 fact at Wellington and 15 feet at Dubbo. At 3 o'olook this afternoon the river at Dubbo had…

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Floods at Maitland. West Maitland

National Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1898 · page 3

Owing to the heavy rains of the last few days, the flood waters have broken away Wallis Creek embankment and submerged the farms at Louth Park…

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A Record Dust Storm. Great, Heat at Bourke. Bourke

National Advocate · Friday 23 September 1898 · page 2

One of the most severe dust storms known in the history of Bourke has been raging all day. The whole sky is obscured by clouds of red dust, the effect being remarkable. There…

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Cargo. Violent Wind Storm

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1898 · page 5

ON Saturday last, the town and district came in for a very good share of the strong winds already reported in the daily papers of the colony. Between twelve and one o'clock at…

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A Severe Storm. 120 Fishermen Drowned. London

National Advocate · Monday 26 September 1898 · page 3

Great destruction has been caused by a severe storm to a fishing fleet off Memel, a seaport town at the mouth of the Dance, in the province of East…

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That Storm

National Advocate · Monday 10 October 1898 · page 3

We experienced a wind and dust storm yesterday afternoon, and the windy weather still continues. The drying nature of the wind has done…

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Gale in the British Channel LONDON

National Advocate · Friday 21 October 1898 · page 3

A gale is raging on the Eastern Coast of Great Britian. The steam service between Calais and Ostend has been suspended…

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The Storm

The Gulgong Advertiser and Western Districts Representative · Friday 4 November 1898 · page 8

The great wind storm last week was one of the heaviest known At Biragan[?]il and Guntawang trees were blown down in all directions The…

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