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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

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The Maitland Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 2

MANY of the victims of the floods in the northern districts have practically lost everything, and it is proposed to forward, in addition to monetary assistance parcels of clothing, &c. Miss Pain is at…

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The Recent Floods in the Hunter

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1893 · page 3

A CORRESPONDENT of the Daily Telegraph, writing from West Maitland on Sunday fast, supplies the following:—The Hunter River has now nearly assumed its usual Level. The…

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Cyclone in America. London, Mar. 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 4

A disastrous cyclone has passed over the State of Mississippi, in America, and several towns have been destroyed. It is feared that there is a great loss of life…

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A Flood Vote of £50.000

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 4

IT is the intention of the Minister for Public Works to introduce an item in the Temporary Supply Bill, which he will asked for at the end of the month, for £50,000, as a flood vote. Estimates…

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Cyclone in Madagascar. London, March 27

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 March 1893 · page 2

The island of Madagascar, in the Indian Ocean, has been visited by a disastrous cyclone. A vast amount of damage has been done, causing much distress among the inhabitants…

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The Northern River Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 28 March 1893 · page 4

AT the Wesleyan Church on Sunday evening the Rev. W. Rutledge announced that he was prepared to receive contributions from persons wishing to assist the sufferers by the late disastrous floods in…

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Heavy Rain in the North

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1893 · page 2

VERY heavy rain fell at Lismore on Saturday and Sunday last. Prom Saturday till Monday morning nearly four inches fell. A flood is again threatened…

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A Flood Vote of £54,000

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 29 March 1893 · page 3

It is the intention of the Minister for Public Works to introduce an item in the Temporary Supply Bill, which will be asked for at the end of the month, for…

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Hunter River Flood Relief Fund

Goulburn Herald · Friday 31 March 1893 · page 5

ON Tuesday evening Our Boys Dramatic Club will present at the Academy of Music the drama, Never Too Late to Mend, the proceeds. on behalf of the Hunter River Flood…

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Cyclone in America. London, April 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 5

A destructive cyclone has swept over the Southern and Western States of America. Townships have been wrecked, and railway and road traffic has been interrupted in all directions…

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The Cyclone in America. London, April 13

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 18 April 1893 · page 4

It has been ascertained that 50 persons lost their lives through the late cyclone in part of the United States…

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Terrible Cyclone in America. London, April 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 4

A cyclone, attended with terrible results, was experienced in Iowa yesterday. At Chickasaw the Roman Catholic Church was blown down while service was being held. Fifty of…

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Disastrous Floods in America. London, May 18

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 20 May 1893 · page 4

Disastrous floods have taken place in the States of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Enormous damage has been caused…

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ADELAIDE, Monday. Heavy Rain and Floods

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 May 1893 · page 3

OCCURRED IN South Australia on Saturday and Sunday. Part of the railway line was washed away, and no train can be get through to Broken Hill before Tuesday. At Cookburn…

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Remarkable Storm in America. London, June 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 2

An extraordinary occurrences has taken place In the State of Arkansae, in America. A great storm passed over the settlement of Eldorado, and the place was buried by a pillar of…

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A Catastrophe in Botany Bay. a Boat Upset in a Storm. Six Men and a Boy Drowned. Only One Survivor

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 2

A shocking boating accident occurred in Botany Bay on Friday, when seven lives were lost. In the morning, at 7.15, a party of men headed by James Bennett, a brickmaker. residing at Kerry-street…

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The Pericles in a Gale. Captain and Men Injured. a Passenger Dies From Fright

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 June 1893 · page 2

The Aberdeen White Star clipper ship Reticles, regular trader to Sydney, arrived from London on Monday, in command of Captain Phillip, who reports a very eventful…

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Floods

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 2

A TERRIFIC gale, accompanied by heavy rain, was experienced at Grafton on Saturday night, and business in the town was quite at a stands till. The river at Grafton rose on Monday to within 25in. of…

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Flood at Brisbane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 3

THE flood which visited Brisbane on Saturday and Sunday proved more serious than was anticipated. Nearly all the wholesale warehouses had their basements flooded, but owing to the…

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More Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 4

A HEAVY easterly gale blew throughout Friday night and Saturday, with incessant rain, which inundated all the low-lying parts of the suburb. The weather, however, cleared last night and it…

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