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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1889

14 stories in Mid North Coast's papers

Destructive Cyclone

Macleay Argus · Saturday 19 January 1889 · page 5

The latest details regarding the terrific cyclone which swept over the State of Pennsylvania last week, show that it extended over an immense area. It was felt with great…

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Captured by Storm

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 February 1889 · page 2

Private soldier meeting a young girl who is a servant cook at the mansion of a rich lady. He: "I beg your pardon, miss, you are…

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Tremendous Floods in America. LONDON. June 1

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 5

TERRIBLE floods have taken place in the United States, extending over a vast area of country, and resulting in enormous loss of life. Heavy and continuous rains occurred…

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Floods in America

Macleay Argus · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 8

Tremendous rainstorms have occurred throughout States of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, causing the reservoir…

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The Thunder-storm An Explanation Of Its Origin And Development

Macleay Argus · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 7

A writer in the St. Louis Post Dispatch speaking of the development of thunderstorms, calls them immense Leyden jars in the sky, and supports his statement by…

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Floods in Victoria and South Australia

Macleay Argus · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 8

Heavy rains, causing severe floods, have been the rule throughout Victoria. At Shepparton the Goulburn River rose…

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Science. Electric Shocks. Injuries Received by Persons When There Were No Signs of a Storm

Macleay Argus · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 2

A FEW weeks ago a Reading clergyman described the experience of a man in his employ who received an electric shock during a rain storm, but which was not attended by…

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Last Week's Storm[?]

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 July 1889 · page 5

STORMS appear to have been general right round the North Coast. The fall of rain, which commenced [?]ly in the week appears to have reac[?]…

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The Floods

Macleay Argus · Saturday 3 August 1889 · page 3

The storms last week were very severe in many places round the coast, at Newcastle the lower parts of the town were…

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The Murray River Floods

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 September 1889 · page 4

The rains which fell during last week caused the Murray to rise to a considerable height. A coach driver on the Upper Murray came to grief at…

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A Disasterous Storm. [By Cable] London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 9 October 1889 · page 3

The seaport town, Cagliari, on the southern coast of the Island of Sardinia, has been visited by a disasterous storm. Two hundred and…

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Severe and Fatal Storms

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 2

Many places were visited with severe storms and floods on Saturday and Sunday. The flood water rose up in the east end of Quirindi to 18in…

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Heavy Thunder Storm. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 November 1889 · page 2

During a heavy thunderstorm at Maitland yesterday morning, three valuable draught mares and foals, the property of Messrs. Lee, were killed…

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Terrible Hail Storm. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 4 December 1889 · page 2

A terrible hail storm swept over Grafton on Sunday afternoon, when hailstones of a tremendous size fell. Several houses were unroofed, and…

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