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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

8 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Disastrous Storm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 10

Windsor and Richmond, with their immediate surroundings, were visited on Wednesday afternoon last by a very severe and destructive hailstorm. Close upon 3 o'clock, the sky became…

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The Late Storm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 11

Immense destruction was done to Mr. Gow's vineyard, Mulgrave, the vines being all more or less damaged. Mr. Chaseling, Richmond Road, had 50 dozen melons almost ready for pulling completely…

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Previous Storms

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 11

Since 1844, there has not been a storm of so serious a character until that of last week happened. The 1844 storm was thus described in the "S.M. Herald," and…

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The Late Storm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 11

Reports still continue to come to hand regarding the losses occasioned by the recent storm. We have had a look through the maize-crops of Messrs. J. Ryan and J…

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The Weather and the Flood

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 4

Heavy rain set it on Sunday evening last and continued all night. Added to the local fall, the rain at Goulburn, Camden and elsewhere, caused a rapid rise in the Hawkesbury, and early…

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Damages by the Floods

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 8

To the Editor. Sir,—Permit me the use of your columns to call attention to the wide-spread damage done by the recent flood. I do not think anyone is likely to charge me with a desire at any…

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Hunter River Flood Relief Fund

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 5

At the request of several residents, a public meeting was convened by the Mayor of Richmond for the purpose of raising funds for the relief of the sufferers by flood in the Hunter River…

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Violent Storm at Kurrajong

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 16 December 1893 · page 15

On Tuesday afternoon last, about five o'clock, a terrific thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid and dangerous lightning, passed over Kurrajong, the like of which a…

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