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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1899

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An American Cyclone. LONDON, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 4

The towns of Kirkville and Newton, in Missouri, United States, suffered most by the disastrous cyclone. The storm played havoc with life and…

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Cyclone in the States. Tremendous Damage. [Reuter's Message.] London, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 4

The state of Missouri, in America, has been again visited by a fearful cyclone. The cyclone caused tremendous damage. No less than 60 persons were killed…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 30 p.m. a Mine Flooded. Sixty-two Lives Lost. [Reuter's Message.] London, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 4

A brief despatch from Irkutsk, in Eastern Siberia, mentions that a gold mine in that district was suddenly flooded, and that before the men…

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An American Cyclone. LONDON, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 4

The towns of Kirkville and Newton, in Missouri, United States, suffered most by the disastrous cyclone. The storm played havoc with life and…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— a Mine Flooded. Sixty-two Lives Lost. [Reuter's Message.] London, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 4

A brief despatch from Irkutsk, in Eastern Siberia, mentions that a gold mine in that district was suddenly flooded, and that before the men…

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A Terrific Cyclone. Sixty People Killed. London, April 30

Western Grazier · Wednesday 3 May 1899 · page 2

A terrific cyclone has swept over the State of Missouri, America. Sixty people were killed, and a thousand others injured…

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Storms on Tue New Zealand Coast. Shipping Disorganised. A Sailor Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Wellington

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 May 1899 · page 2

The storms raging on the New Zealand coast for the past week or more have culminated in a fierce Antarctic gale of exceptional severity. Cook's Straits is the…

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A Circus Upset. Storm at Warragul. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 June 1899 · page 1

At Warragul on Saturday night Hyland's a Circus was struck by a storm. Three hundred people were present at the time. The canvas tell on them, but, strange to say, nobody was…

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[The following appeared in yesterday's Third Edition.' Storm, Food, and Explosion. a Series of Disasters. Great Loss of Life. [Reuter;s Message.] London, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 June 1899 · page 1

A series of appalling disasters have been reported from various parts of the world. A dynamite explosion occurred on the…

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The Halifax Disaster. The Mine Flooded. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 June 1899 · page 4

The colliery in which the explosion occurred at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, has been flooded, though the fire in the workings is still raging fiercely. It is…

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The Halifax Disaster. The Mine Flooded. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 June 1899 · page 4

The colliery in which the explosion occurred at Halifax, in Nova Scotia, has been flooded, though the fire in the workings is still raging fiercely. It is…

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Floods in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 2

Heavy rains have fallen in all parts of the country. In some places they have been the heaviest for years. The town of Rochester is flooded, and all…

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Floods on the Murray. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 2

The River Murray is in flood. Many landholders on the banks have removed their stock to the high country. The survey camp at Bungowannah has been flooded out, and…

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A Sad and Lonely Death. Perished in a Storm

Western Grazier · Saturday 1 July 1899 · page 2

The friends of Mr Robert Kirkpatrick, the sheep overseer at Dunlop, will be exceedingly sorry to hear that on the 18th June his dead body was found on Toorale,…

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Appalling Floods. Parts of Texas Devastated. Over 250 Lives Lost. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 July 1899 · page 4

Appalling floods have occurred in Texas, the most southerly of the United States of America. A tract of country 500 miles long and 50 miles wide is…

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Floods in America. London, July 6

Western Grazier · Saturday 8 July 1899 · page 2

Terrible floods have occurred in Texas, America. A tract of country 100 miles long and 50 miles wide is under water, and 250 persons lost their lives. The…

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The Floods in Texas. [Reuter's Message.] London. Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 July 1899 · page 4

It is reported from the United States that 1000 snfrerers from the floods in the State of Texas found refuge from the waters on high mounds in the flooded…

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The Weather. [By TELEGRAH.] Storms on the Eastern Coast. A Steamer's Experience. A Steward Washed Overboard. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 July 1899 · page 2

Exceedingly rough weather la being experienced along the coast. All last night an easterly gale blew, with thunder and lightning and very heavy rain. Tho sea was…

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Storms on the Coast. Boating Mishaps. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 July 1899 · page 4

Heavy rains continue to fall right along the coast. B[?]ISBANE, Wednesday Afternoon. Heavy weather has been experienced in…

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Shipping Disasters. [By Telegraph.] Experience on the Coast. Horses Killed in a Gale. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 July 1899 · page 2

The stcamer Augsburg, en route from Sydney to Singapore, put into Moreton Day yesterday, thc left Sydney last Saturday. On Monday night a gale rose, thc seas…

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