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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1894

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Yesterday Evening's Storm. a Man Struck Dead by Lightning

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 October 1894 · page 3

AT between 7 and 8 o'clock last-evening clouds banked np in the southwest, and from behind them several vivid flashes of lightning darted out…

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The Weather. Thunderstorms in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 October 1894 · page 4

Severe thunderstorms are reported from many country districts, and generally the short spell of hot weather which the colony has been having has…

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The Weather. Thunderstorms in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 26 October 1894 · page 1

Severe thunderstorms are reported from many country districts, and generally the short spell of hot weather which the colony has been having has…

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The Council. The Goal Mines Bill. A Slight Storm

Barrier Miner · Thursday 1 November 1894 · page 3

The consideration of the Coal Mines Regulation Bill was resumed in committee. It was found necessary, in…

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Storms in the Channel. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 2

Storms have been very prevalent in the English Channel, and heavy weather has been experienced along the coast generally. Numerous…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. Storm and Flood. Great Damage in England. [By Cable.] London, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 November 1894 · page 4

The recent heavy weather in the Channel has been accompanied by a heavy downpour, causing disastrous floods in parts…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Storm and Flood. Great Damage in England. [By Cable.] London, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 November 1894 · page 1

The recent heavy weather in the Channel has been accompanied by a heavy downpour, causing disastrous floods in parts…

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The Floods in England. Valley of the Thames Inundated. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 November 1894 · page 2

The River Thames, which is in a flooded condition through the recent heavy rains, has overflowed its banks in parts, and the whole valley of the…

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Floods on the Thames. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 November 1894 · page 2

Owing to the very heavy rains which have fallen in the Western Midlands, the Thames is everywhere swollen, and in parts the floods are…

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The Weather. Thunderstorms Prevalent. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 2

A severe thunderstorm passed over the city last evening. During its progress a house occupied by Mrs. Baker, at North Parramatta, was…

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3rd EDITION Miner Office., 6.30 p.m. Cyclone and Fire. An American Township Destroyed. Families Buried Alive. [By Cable] London, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 December 1894 · page 4

A New York message reports that a terrible cyclone has devastated the State of Georgia. In Reynolds township many houses were blown down,…

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Cyclone and Fire. An American Township Destroyed. [By Cable] London, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 December 1894 · page 1

A New Tork message reports that a terrible cyclone has devastated the State of Georgia. In Reynolds township many houses were blown down,…

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The Gales in Europe. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 December 1894 · page 2

The Lynx, warship, strack on a rock on the coast of Cornwall. She was floated off, but her damages are stated to be serious…

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General Cable News. The Gales Round Britain. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 December 1894 · page 2

News continues to be received of disasters caused by the recent gale. The most serious latterly reported is the wreck of the Abydos, steamer, off…

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