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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

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Gale in the North

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 4

A terrific gale raged on the Queensland coast on Saturday night and the schooner Darcy Pratt was wrecked near Rockhampton. Considerable…

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Flood on the Richmond

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 4

The Richmond River rose 26 feet in a few hours during the recent storm. Many homes have been flooded at Lismore…

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The Queensland Floods. Relief Funds Raised. Another Disaster Feared. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 4

The Queen has sent sympathetic messages to the Governor of Queensland with respect to the late disastrous floods in that colony…

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Heavy Floods on the Clarence. Great Damage. Destruction of Maize. Grafton

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 4

A terrible and most destructive flood has occurred here. The river rose 22ft. 3in. which was only five feet less than the big flood of 1890. The…

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Flood on the Bellinger. Heavy Rainfall. Fernmount

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 4

The rainfall here from 8 a.m. on Saturday to 8 a.m. on Sunday was 6 inches 50 points. The river rose 15 feet by Sunday morning at 4…

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Floods on the Manning. Taree

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 4

There was a heavy downpour here on Saturday and the rain continued more or less until yesterday. Telegraphic and mail communication was…

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The Weather. the Flood on the Macleay. Heavy Local Rainfall

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 4

The fears entertained for some time past that the rain which produced such disastrous floods in Queensland was gradually working down the…

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Floods in the North

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 February 1893 · page 3

FROM the Clarence to the Mary and Burnett Rivers, news of most disastrous floods have reached us. On the Clarence, fortunately, the rise in the…

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The Clarence. a Second and Worse Flood. the Maize Crop Nearly All Destroyed. Ruinous Consequences to the District. Grafton

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 4

The river is now down to 10ft. above the usual level, and all the up rivers are falling. The back water is nearly all off the streets. The weather is…

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Floods in the Northern Districts. Questions by Mr. O. O. Dangar. [By Special Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday evening

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon Mr. Dangar asked Sir Geo. Dibbs (without notice) if he would cause careful enquiry to be made as…

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The Richmond. a Second Flood. Casino

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 4

Although no serious damage has been done about here by the flood there was a total rise of 60ft. at Irvington, and this caused nearly the…

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Floods and Forecasts

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 4

THE recent disastrous floods, although they have caused, and will cause much misery and want and suffering, are bound to result in good in one…

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The Weather and Floods. Another Rise on the Macleay. Anxiety in Town

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 4

Rain again began to fall in and around Kempsey about noon on Friday last. During the afternoon the weather gradually became worse, and…

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The Late Floods. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 4

The reports which have been circulated with respect to the silting-up of the Brisbane River, have been found to be much exaggerated…

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Flood Damaged Grain

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 2

Mr. H. Tennent Donaldson writes to the S. M. Herald as follows, under date Feb. l8th:--The northern rivers are in flood, and already quantities of…

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Floods in Poland. London

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 4

Disastrous floods have occurred in Poland. Villages have been submerged, stock has been swept away and great distress prevails…

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The Late Floods

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 4

A gentleman who arrived in town on Monday informs us that considerable damage was done by the late floods to the contractors' plant at the…

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Terrific Gale: Neglect

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—In the course of the voyage of the German barque Frieda Mahn, which arrived last night from London, a terrible [?]…

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The Late Flood

The Manning River Independent and Advocate of Native Industries · Friday 3 March 1893 · page 2

MACLEAN, Tuesday. — At Maclean the only crops that have survived the late flood are the young coffee trees and rice which are being experimented…

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The Floods in N.S.W. SYDNEY

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 8 March 1893 · page 5

The sufferers by the floods at Maclean have determined to ask the Government for a loan of £100 and a supply of seed potatoes and barley, to…

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