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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1891

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Fresh Floods in Victoria. the Ballarat Line Blo[?]d Bacchus Marsh Under Water. Damage and Loss of Life. [By Telegraph] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 August 1891 · page 4

Rain fell generally throughout the colony on Saturday and Sunday, being very heavy in some places, and it is now raining steadily in Melbourne…

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Fresh Flood's in Victoria. the Ballarat Line Blooded. Bacchus Marsh.under Water. Damage and Loss of Life. [By Telegraph] Melboubne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 August 1891 · page 4

Rain fell generally throughout the colony on Saturday and Sunday, being very heavy in some places, and it is now raining steadily in Melbourne…

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Terrible Floods in Gippsland, Victoria. Loss of Life. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 2

Later news of the flood ia Gippsland, which began on Saturday night, show that terrible, damage has been done. Businees is at a complete standstill at…

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Disastrous Floods. Eighty Persons Drowned. [By Cable] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 August 1891 · page 2

News has been received that disastrous floods have occurred in several parts of China. At Foochow the waters swept away…

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Terrible Storm. Sixty Persons Killed. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 August 1891 · page 2

A terrible hurricane has passed over the island of Martinique, in the West Indies. Very great damage was done to property and shipping, and 60 persons…

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The Martinique Cyclone. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 August 1891 · page 3

Further details concerning the recent destructive cyclone in the West Indian island of Martinique state that, in addition to the loss to shipping, enormous…

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Terrible Catastrophes Further Cyclones in Martinique. Great Gale at Boulogne. Fearful Railway Disaster in America. [By Cable] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 3

Reports from the French Island of Martinique, in the West Indies, the capital of which recently suffered great damage in a cyclone, show that further cyclones…

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Heavy English Storms. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 September 1891 · page 3

Very unsettled weather continues in many parts of the United Kingdom. A heavy south-westerly gale has been blowing in the English Channel, as the…

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Destructive Cyclone. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 September 1891 · page 2

A cyclone of a destructive nature has visited the port of Halifax, in Nova Scotia. Many houses in the town were wrecked and great injury done to the…

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Destructive Floods. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 September 1891 · page 2

Destructive floods have occurred in the south of Spain. Several villages were destroyed and many drowned. Thousands have been rendered homeless and destitute…

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Floods in Spain. Great Damage and Loss of Life. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 September 1891 · page 2

Further particulars regarding the floods in Spain, reported yesterday, show that they have been of an extensive and disastrous nature…

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The Spanish Floods. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 September 1891 · page 4

It appears that the floods came upon Toledo, in Spain, as a sudden suprise, while the people were asleep in bed, and a large number of people were drowned in…

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The Spanish Floods. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 2

Reports of fearful destitution amongst the populace continue to be received in connection with the floods in Spain. The people are suffering dreadful…

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Floods in Spain. Further Tremendousdamage. Riot and Pillage. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 September 1891 · page 2

News from Spain states that the recent destructive floods have been renewed owing to the swollen condition of the Guadalquiver and other rivers after the…

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Storm and Flood. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 September 1891 · page 2

Heavy storms and rains have recently visited Scotland and Wales, much damage being done to shipping on the coast. Following the rains,…

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Famine and Flood Relief. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 2

The Government is extending relief to the sufferers by the terrible famine in Russia, regardless of creed. The Emperor William of Germany…

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Atlantic Gales. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 October 1891 · page 2

Frightful weather is being experienced in the Atlantic. The Augusta Victoria has just arrived at New York from Hamburg. On the voyage she…

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Atlantic Gales. a Terrible Experience. Buffalo Bill's Pavilion Blown Away. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 October 1891 · page 2

During the recent severe Atlantic storms, the Cunard liner, Umbria, had an experience similar to that related by the Hamburg and American Company's…

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Storm and Flood in Britain. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 October 1891 · page 2

The heavy gales in the English and Irish channels continue. The harbor extension works at Dover have been destroyed. Inland houses have been greatly…

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Flood and Gale. Great Damage in England. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 October 1891 · page 2

The gale which has been raging for several days in the English Channel and adjacent country continues unabated. A French brig has been wrecked near the…

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