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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

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The Flood in the Darling. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 July 1893 · page 1

At present the flood in the River Darling has reached the maximum level. At Tilpa it is about one inch over the 1879 flood level, 5in. over…

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Destructive Floods in India. LONDON, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 August 1893 · page 4

Intelligence of destructive floods in the district of Serinughar, in the native State of Cashmere, in the north of India, has been received. No…

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Destructive Floods in India. LONDON, Monday [?]Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 August 1893 · page 1

Intelligence of destructive floods in the district of Serinughar, in the [?]native State of Cashmere, in the north of[?]India, has been received. No…

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The World's Disasters. Havoc by Fire, Flood, and Cholera. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 August 1893 · page 2

A despatch from New York reports that a destructive fire has devastated the town of Minneapolis, U.S.A. Two hundred houses were destroyed and…

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Destructive Floods in Galicia. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 2

Very destructive floods have visited the Austrian province of Galicia. An enormous quantity of crops and property have been destroyed, and great…

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Flood in the Darling. [By Telegraph.] Wilcannia, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 August 1893 · page 4

From various reports to hand a very large flood in the Darling may be expected, and there seems to be every probability of a repitition of the…

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Destructive Cyclone. Forty Persons Killed. a Town Destroyed. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 August 1893 · page 2

A despatch from New York gives brief particulars of the havoc wrought by a very destructive cyclone which visited the coast of Georgia and the…

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Cyclone and Tidal Wave. Destruction in the Southern States. Charleston Almost in Ruins. Probable Loss of 500 Lives. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 August 1893 · page 2

Later despatches from New York give further particulars of the destruction wrought by the cyclone which recently devastated the coasts of…

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Thf Cyclone Abd Tidal Wave. Further Details of Damage. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 September 1893 · page 2

Despatches from New York give farther particulars of the destruction wrought by the cyclone and accompanying tidal wave which have visited…

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The Carolina Cyclone. [By Cable.] London, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 September 1893 · page 4

It is stated that 20,000 people who were rendered homeless by the recent destructive cyclone in North and South Carolina, U.S.A., are in a starving…

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The Carolina Cyclone. [By Cable.] London, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 September 1893 · page 1

It is stated that 20,000 people who were rendered homeless by the recent destructive cyclone in North and South Carolina, U.S.A., are in a starving…

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General Cable News. Destructive Storms. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 September 1893 · page 2

Heavy snowstorms have been prevalent in England, Scotland, and the north of Ireland, doing mach damage. A fierce storm of rain and wind…

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The Victorian Floods. Loss of Life Reported. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 September 1893 · page 4

Additional reports have been received concerning the floods at Casterton, in the Western district. From these it appears, that a man…

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Rains and Rivers. Floods in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 September 1893 · page 2

The rain which began to fall generally throughout the colony on Sunday night has continued. It has been exceptionally heavy in the…

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The Victorian Floods. Loss of Life Reported. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 1

Additional reports bave been received concerning the floods at Casterton, in the Western district. From these it appears that a man…

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The Victorian Floods. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 2

The Yarra, which has been very high at Richmond after the recent rains, is now subsiding. The floods have caused disastrous…

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The Floods in the South. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 September 1893 · page 2

There is now no further danger of destructive floods at Casterton, which has been threatened and in part submerged dnring the past two days, as…

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Flood in South Australia a Township Deluged. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 September 1893 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon at about 4 o'clock there began at Langhorne's Creek one of the severest and most remarkable floods ever experienced in…

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The Weather. Storms General

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 October 1893 · page 2

SATURDAY'S storm—accompanied, unfortunately so far as Broken Hill is concerned, by nothing but dust and lightning in the evening—appears to…

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Destructive Storm at New Orleans. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 October 1893 · page 2

A destructive tropical storm has visited New Orleans, U. S. A. As a result of the storm 25 citizens were killed and many injured. Much…

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