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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

17 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Heavy Rain in Queensland. Twenty-three Inches in 24 Hours. Sydney, February 3

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1893 · page 7

Heavy rains have fallen in Queensland, at Woodlands, north of Rock-Hampton. Twenty-three inches fell in 24 hours…

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The Floods in Queensland. BRISBANE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 8

THE Railway commissioners have, during the past few days, discharged about a couple of hundred bands who have been engaged as porters in the…

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Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 8

THE weather still remains obstinately wet. It is pouring rain whilst I write, but fortunately the second or minor flood has entirely subsided, and…

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Telegrams. More Terrible Floods. Brisbane Again Under Water. Terrible Scenes. Railway Line Washed Away. Richmond River Flooded. Grafton Under Water. Taken by Surprise. Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 5

Brisbane has been visited by another serious flood, which yesterday afternoon almost reached the level of the recent big inundation…

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Floods in Queensland. Meeting in the School of Arts. Concerted Measures for Relief

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 5

A MEETING of ladies and gentlemen was held in the School of Arts on Tuesday afternoon, for the purpose of taking measures to assist in…

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Telegrams. Floods on the South Coast. Mails Delayed. Mail Horses Drowned

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 5

The Bombala and other south-coast rivers ere in flood. The mail coach which left Bombala this morning for Cooma was obliged to return, the river…

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The Flood on the Nnnnic River

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 5

In regard to the flood on tho Nunnic River, at the foot of tho Brown Mountain, briefly referred to in our last issue, we learn from the police that the…

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Damage by the Bega Flood

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 6

THE Minister for Works has received a telegram from the local road superintendent at Bega reporting on the damage done to road and bridges by…

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The Floods in the Hunter. Fearful Devastation. Many Lives Lost. Immense Damage. Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 5

THE flood in the Hunter River district, is subsiding. The, receding waters are leaving behind them a scene of utter devastation and ruin…

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Flood Relief Concert. a Marked Success

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 5

On Friday evening last a concert war, given in the Cooma School of Arts in aid of the Floods Relief Fund by a number of local amateurs, under the…

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The Floods Relief Fund

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 8

A MEETING of the Committee of the above was held at the Council Chambers, Cooma, on Tuesday afternoon last. Present—His Worship the Mayor in the Chair, Mesdames…

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The Floods in the Hunter. Ruin and Devastation. Hundreds Rendered Homeless

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 8

MAITLAND and surrounding district have been visited by the most fearful floods ever known in history or tradition, and the devastation and loss caused are beyond computation. The…

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The Floods & Their Lesson

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 4

THE list of the Queensland Relief Fund had hardly closed ere the waters pent up in the northern rivers overflowed their banks, and carried desolation and…

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Another Flood on the Hunter Feared. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 9

The Hunter has again Rison, and fears of another flood are entertained…

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Floods Feared in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 7

Owing to the continuous downpour of rain floods are feared in Melbourne and vicinity. Some of the low lying portions of the city and suburbs are…

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Telegrams. More Heavy Floods. Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 5

Reports of heavy floods once more come from Queensland and the Hunter River. Copious rains have fallen throughout New South Wales, and…

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Telegrams. the Floods. Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 7

The Macleay River is still rising, and the highest and most disastrous flood ever known is now devestating the district. Central Kempsey is…

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