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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1890

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The Floods in Queensland. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 2

The floods in the Aramac district (Q.) are the highest ever known there. People had to seek refuge in trees. One man is reported to have been…

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Kempsey in Flood Time

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 2

KEMPSEY, the "City of the Macleay," is now practically cushioned, stabled, caged and cornered, awaiting the course of events. The storekeeper is…

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The Floods in Queensland. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Macleay Argus · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 5

The floods at Gympie have increased, the Glastonburgh Creek, formerly a shallow stream, is now a 20 feet torrent, which washed away houses…

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The Recent Heavy Rains and Floods

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 January 1890 · page 3

FLOODS were general on all the northern rivers last week, and probably the Macleay came out as well as any of them. The Clarence at Grafton rose…

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Floods on the Clarence

Macleay Argus · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 5

News from the outlying portion of the district shows that a considerable amount of destruction has been caused to the maize crops, especially on the…

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Terrible Floods in Queensland. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 29 January 1890 · page 3

Terrible floods inundated Gympie on Friday and Saturday last, great damage being done. Two hundred families have been rendered homeless…

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Loss by Floods. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 5 February 1890 · page 1

It is estimated that the loss by the late floods in the Maryborough district is over £60,000…

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Floods in Queensland

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 5

THE floods which have been running in Queensland during the last two or three weeks were fairly eclipsed last week at Maryborough, where an…

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Loss by Floods. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 4

It is estimated that the loss by the late floods in the Maryborough district is over £60,000…

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Flood Cuttings

Macleay Argus · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 2

MR. PRICE has come and gone, and once more the Lower Macleay is deluged with water. It is a pitiable sight to look upon, hundreds and…

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Terrible Storm in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 5

A terrible thunderstorm swept over the Tallagatta district on Tuesday. Several houses were struck with lightning, and a number of horses and…

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Heavy Thunderstorm at Bathurst

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 4

A thunderstorm passed over Bathhurst on Saturday. During its continuance a horse at Mrs. Cousins, Kelsoville, was struck dead by the…

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Further Floods. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 26 February 1890 · page 3

Rain continues at intervals throughout the colony this morning. The majority of the country districts are flooded. In the Hunter District,…

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The Weather and Floods. (Special Telegrams.) on the Clarence. the Greatest Flood Known. Ten Feet of Water in the Churches. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 March 1890 · page 3

The flood was the highest known, exceeding the great flood in 1887 by about a foot, and reaching 27 feet. At Grafton nearly the whole of the…

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Precautions Against Floods

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 March 1890 · page 2

KEMPSEY has again been visited by a flood, and the waters have risen into our town in a very threatening manner; a warning, and nothing more, of…

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The Flood--Down the River

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 March 1890 · page 3

FROM an early hour on Monday the telegraphic reports from Bellbrook were eagerly scanned at Gladstone, and as each brought tidings of a…

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A Great Flood Feared on the Darling. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 March 1890 · page 3

Fears are entertained of a great flood on the Darling. It is believed that if the rain continues, miles of railway will be swept away or Bourke…

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The Floods at Narrabri. a House Washed Away. a Woman and Three Children Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 14 March 1890 · page 3

A house at Narrabri was washed away, and the occupants, Mrs. Carr and her three children, were all drowned. The Government have sent…

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The Position of Kempsey in Flood Time

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 2

THE letter which we publish in this issue from Mr. E. Rudder calling attention to the position of Kempsey in flood time, is one which all who are…

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The Recent Floods

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 3

FROM accounts which have come to hand we find that residents down the river had a very nasty time of it on Tuesday week last; and, as in such…

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