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Illawarra · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1892

10 stories in Illawarra's papers

Drowned in the July Floods

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 4

Queanbeyan, Monday.—Some sensation was caused on Boxing Day by the finding of a dead body of a man in the river two miles below the town by…

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Gale in the English Channel

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1892 · page 4

London, Monday Night.—A severe gale is raging in the English Channel and numerous wrecks are reported. The North-German Lloyd's mail…

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The Gale Off the Coast of New-foundland

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 8 March 1892 · page 4

London, March 2.— Many of the Newfoundland fisher men who were driven out to sea by a gale have been rescued, and the deaths due to the…

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A Storm at Wollongong

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 2

Wollongong, Wednesday.—After two days of fine weather rain commenced to fall again last night and has continued throughout to-day, at times coming down…

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The Flood at Nowra

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 25 March 1892 · page 3

Nowra, Wednesday.—The weather is still unsettled and light showers fell last night until midnight, when the rain fell in [?]frents, lasting for some time, the wind…

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Terrible Floods in America

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Monday 18 April 1892 · page 4

London, Thursday Night,—The floods in the state of Alab[?]m[?], America, were far more disastrous than at first reported…

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Floods in America

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1892 · page 4

London, Wednesday Night.—A telegram from New York reports that immense, damage has been done in the county and town of St. Louis, Missouri,…

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The Cyclone in the Mauritius. 1500 Persons Killed.—thousands Wounded and Homeless. Damage Estimated at Twenty Eight Million Rupees

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 3 June 1892 · page 4

Albany, Tuesday.—On April 29 a most destractive hurricane passed over the Mauritus, and anihilated one-third of the city of Port Louis, laying to the…

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The Cyclone in the Mauritius

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 7 June 1892 · page 4

London, Wednesday.—Further information from the Mauritius states that the number of deaths caused by the recent hurricane in the island will…

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Disastrous Storms in China

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 26 August 1892 · page 4

Several disastrous typhoons occurred in China just before the steamer Tesinab left for Sydney. At Cholon a very severe storm occurred, laying hundreds…

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