Cyclone in the United States
Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 April 1890 · page 4
A cyclonic storm of the mos violent character, swept over the northern portion of the state of Kentucky, on Thursday last. In its progress lay the city of Louisville, the capital of the State,…
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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 2
DURING the past week the greatest anxiety has been evinced in all parts of the colony as to the fate of Bourke, where the flood waters have been steadily rising,…
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Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 13 May 1890 · page 2
A very representative and pleasant public meeting was held on Friday evening, at the Woo[?]ona Church Schoolroom, to sympathise with sufferers from the recent floods in various parts…
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Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 31 May 1890 · page 2
The meeting called by His Worship the Mayor for Thursday evening to take stops to assist the sufferers by recent floods throughout the colony, was very poorly…
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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 6 June 1890 · page 4
WENTWORTH, Monday.—The Darling flood had reached as far as Para. The mail driver, Mr. A. Blake, had a rough experience in bringing the mails from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Tiny Deluge. the Imperfections of Our Drainage System Exposed
Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 28 June 1890 · page 2
About 7 o'clock on Thursday night the rain came down for a few minutes as if the flood gates of Heaven had been opened, and in several places the drainage, not being…
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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 1 July 1890 · page 4
A GENTLEMAN living close to the Champ de Mars contributes to a Paris journal a very interesting accounts of the phenomena he noticed during a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Lifeboat Storm King. an Interesting Story—sensational Adventures
The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1890 · page 4
ALBURY, Tuesday.—Yesterday morning shortly before noon, the Storm King lifeboat was sighted from Breaksea island, Albany, but owing to the light…
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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 July 1890 · page 4
LONDON, July 14.—A terrible cyclone swept over the town of St. Paul the capital of the State of Minuesota, in the United States, and situated on the banks…
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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 8 August 1890 · page 4
ADELAIDE, Monday. —The lifeboat Storm King, Captain Jorgenson, arrived this morning after a very rough passage from Albany. She was at one time thrown…
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The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1890 · page 3
THE recent eye one in America, which left the Ohio Valley a scene of desolation, destroying hundreds of lives and thousands of pounds worth of property, has again…
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