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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1892

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[By Telegraph.] Storms in Queensland. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 2

Heavy weather has been experienced in most parts of the colony, especially in the interior. Cunnamulla especially suffered. The town was swept by a…

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Storm in Victoria. a Ketch Stranded. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 3

The weather was terribly rough in the metropolitan district last night, and along the coast a very "dirty time" was experienced. So far as…

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Storm in Victoria. a Ketch Stranded. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 September 1892 · page 4

The weather was terribly rough in the metropolitan district last night, and along the coast a very "dirty time" was experienced. So far as…

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Great Easterly Gale. The Effects in Town and Country. A Woman Killed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 September 1892 · page 4

The easterly gale, combined with heavy rain, which set in this morning, was the fiercest experienced for years. The velocity of the wind was 120 miles an…

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Great Easterly Gale. The Effecte in Town and Country. A Woman Killed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 4

The easterly gale, combined with heavy rain, which set in this morning, was the fiercest experienced for years. The velocity of the wind was 120 miles an…

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Destructive Floods in Sardina. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 October 1892 · page 2

Very destructive floods are reported in the island of Sardinia, in the Mediterranean. Three hundred houses have been destroyed by the floods and 100…

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General Cable News. Fearful Floods in China. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 2

Advices from China, received via San Francisco, state that the river Hoang-ho has broken its banks, causing disastrous floods in which 50,000…

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The Floods in Sardinia. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 4

Further details concerning the recent disastrous floods in the Italian island of Sardinia, in [?] the Mediterranean, state that five villages at Sana Perali were [?]…

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The Floods in Sardinia. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 October 1892 · page 4

Further details concerning the recent disastrous floods in ihe Italian island of Sardinia, in the Mediterranean, state that five villages at Sana Perali were…

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Willcannia Items. The Darling in Flood. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 October 1892 · page 4

Splendid rains have again fallen throughout the district. Very heavy downpours are reported on the watershed of the Darling. Over 5 inches fell at…

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Storm at Bendigo. The Streets Flooded. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 October 1892 · page 2

There was a severe thunderstorm at Bendigo yesterday evening, and in half an hour two inches fell. The streets were flooded, and the brokers…

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Bismarck Raises a Storm. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 2

In a recent Press interview Prince Bismarck re-affirmed his previously expressed opinion that Russia could safely occupy Constantinople in de…

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Floods in Mexico. Fifty Drowned. Hundreds Homeless. [By Cable.] London, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 3

Intelligence has been received that disastrous floods have occurred in the south of Mexico causing immense destruction of property and loss of life…

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Gales on Lake Michigan. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 November 1892 · page 2

Telegrams from New York state that disastrous gales have prevailed on Lake Michigan, U.S. The result was that several vessels plying on the lake…

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Floods in Victoria. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 November 1892 · page 4

Rainfall has been general throughout the colony, and in Saturday night there was fear of a flood in the Saltwater River, which ran very high. On the Werribee,…

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The Weather. a Severe Dust Storm

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 December 1892 · page 3

THIS morning in Broken Hill opened with a strong wind. Shortly after 10 o'clock a smart shower of rain fell, promising to lay the dust for the rest…

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The Atlantic Storms. LONDON, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 December 1892 · page 4

Several ships have returned from the North Atlantic covered with ice They report heavy and tempestuous weather. The overdue, Cunard liner Umbria…

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