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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1887

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Illness of Hon. E. Flood, M.l.c

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 July 1887 · page 3

The Hon E. Flood, M.L.C. is in very able health, and unable to leave his [?]…

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Terrible Floods in Hungary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 July 1887 · page 3

Referring to the terrible floods in Hungary, the Pesth correspondent of the Standard says:—"The waters covering a large part of the Banat have at length begun slowly to return to the beds of the…

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Floods in Victorian Rivers. (Herald's telegram.) Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 21

Heavy floods are reported in the Goulburn Valley. The river in within a few feet of the great flood of 1870, and now registers 31ft. above summer level. The town of Yea is inundated, many people having…

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A Flood in the Murray. (Herald's Telegram.) Albury

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 12

The heavy rainfall, together with the recent swollen state of the river, has caused an exceptional rise, and apprehensions of damage by the flood-waters are generally entertained. For weeks…

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Melbourne. Floods

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 August 1887 · page 2

The floods have began to subside. At Murchison the river is 33 feet above summer level. A large amount of damage was done at Alexandra and Raynor and several lives…

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Floods in Victoria. (Australasian, August 6.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 August 1887 · page 6

The crops in that portion of the Northern areas traversed by the Avoca river are dealt with this week by our agricultural reporter. There is greater diversity between the early and late sown…

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The Floods in Victoria. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1887 · page 7

The latest report regarding the Murry at Tocumwal is that the river is 17ft. 3in. above summer level, and is falling. The floods in the creek at Numurkah are increasing rapidly. Broken…

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The Floods in Victoria. (Australasian, August 13.) Echuca

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 August 1887 · page 2

News was brought here to-day from Barmah to the effect that that the whole country is in a state of flood, which is doing a vast injury to the forward growing crops. On Deep Creek a number of the…

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Floods in Queensland. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Brisbane

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 August 1887 · page 7

The wet weather still continues, and there are no signs of it clearing. There was heavy, incessant rain throughout Friday night. On Saturday morning five inches had been registered. Serious…

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Floods at Mudgee. (Western Post, Sept. 2.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1887 · page 3

The waters were out with a vengeance on Wednesday. The whole of Bombira Flat was covered, and that wonderful example of engineering genius, the embankment on which the road is carried…

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MELBOURNE. Tuesday. a Fatal Storm

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 7 September 1887 · page 3

Three men have been killed in Gippsiand through trees falling on them during a storm…

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Storms in England and France

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1887 · page 7

A storm of exceptional severity raged over a large part of England for a considerable time on the 17th inst. The lightning struck Beverol buildrngs and did much damage, and in one instance two men…

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A Terrible Storm Wave. (From Saturday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1887 · page 6

The schooner Darcy Pratt, which arrived yesterday from Whangaroa, New Zealand, with a freight of kauri, was very roughly handled in a severe gale which she encountered soon after leaving, and…

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Terrific Gale

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 October 1887 · page 2

A terrific westerly gate swept over Kiama district, on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Several houses were unroofed, and fences and telegraph…

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Storm in Scotland

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 October 1887 · page 2

A Dundee correspondent, telegraphing on the evening of the 6th September, says:—"For the last forty-eight hours rain has fallen incessantly over the northern and eastern counties of Scotland,…

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MELBOURNE. Monday. Floods in the Yarra

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 9 November 1887 · page 2

A sudden rise in the river [?] yesterday. submerged streets in [?] Yarra. Floods are reported from parts of the country. The greater[?]…

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Melbourne. Heavy Rain

Singleton Argus · Saturday 12 November 1887 · page 2

Yesterday the heaviest downp[?] known for many years occurred[?] storm which visited the City [?] o'clock was unprecedented…

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The Floods and Wheat Crop in Victoria. (Australasian, Dec. 3.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 December 1887 · page 7

The rivers have retreated within their banks, and the effects of the flooding can now be fairly estimated. On the Goulburn, and also on the Murray, large areas of crop have been spoilt. A few feet…

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Disastrous Gales in England.— Great Loss of Life

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1887 · page 8

At an early hour on the morning of Oct. 30 the metropolitan area was visited with a very severe gale, which continued with more or less force until between eight and nine o'clock. The storm swept…

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