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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1899

19 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Damage by Gale

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1899 · page 2

A gale made e gap of 150 yards in length in the sea wall at Llanfair-Fec[?]an. The Liverpool Express had a…

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Heavy Rain in West Australia

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 January 1899 · page 2

Up to nine and a half inches have fallen during the past 48 hours in the north-west of West Australia. Several floods have occurred…

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Heavy Storm at Cooma. the Creek Running

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 January 1899 · page 2

Cooma was visited by a thunderstorm on Saturday which proved highly beneficial to the residents. At about noon a flash of lightning and sharp…

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Gales Off N.q. Coast. Loss of Life

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1899 · page 3

A hurricane is raging on the coast of North Queensland, chiefly from Cape Slattery. Several schooners have been…

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Fatal Cyclone in Missouri

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 3

Forty more have bean killed in the cyclone In Missouri. Their houses and goods were carried a distance of twenty-five miles by the fary of…

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The Coming Deluge

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 May 1899 · page 1

It would be inconvenient, to say the least, If London were some day to find itself at the bottom of several miles of…

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A Terrible Experience. the Eilbek in a Gale. Sydney

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1899 · page 2

Considerable excitment was caused in shipping circles this afternoon when it was reported from South Head that a four-masted barque was in sight in tow of a…

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Weather and floods

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 June 1899 · page 3

Splendid weather prevails in Sydney. Heavy floods are reported from Tasmania…

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The Stormy Weather. Flood on the Richmond

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 20 July 1899 · page 3

CORAKI, Wednesday.—Heavy showers still continue and the weather is very settled. From Saturday evening till 9 o'clock, yesterday morning the rainfall…

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A Terrific Storm

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 21 July 1899 · page 4

June 12 was a terrible night for New Richmond, the beautiful little village being almost wiped out of existence by one of the most severe…

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Floods expected at Queanbeyan

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 August 1899 · page 3

A great flood is expected at Queanbeyan. There are good freshes in all the southern rivers and creeks…

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Terrible flood fatality in Santiago

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 3

Heavy floods are reported from Santiago., the capital of Chili. A train crossing a bridge fell into the river. Fify persons were drowned…

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Floods and rumours of floods

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 3

A great flood is expected at Moswellbrook. Nearly all the farms in the dis-trict are submerged…

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Flood totality at Singleton

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 3

A flood has occured at Singleton. | A boy named Wolfang was drowned tbera in the flood waters…

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Flood at Raymond Terrac

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 25 August 1899 · page 3

Owing to the recent heavy rains there is a flood at Raymond Terrace. All the store-keepers are packing up there goods to place…

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Floods in India

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 2 October 1899 · page 2

The earthquake which occurred in and around Darjeeling, India, followed by heavy rains, resulted in great loss of life. Four hundred…

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French barque in a storm

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 13 November 1899 · page 2

The French barque, Ville de Konen, 17 days out from Port Pirie tp Europe, put into Sydney on Saturday. She had met severe…

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Red dust-storm at sea

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 20 November 1899 · page 3

Red dust-storms crested a haze on the coast. The s.s. Aramac after leaving Brisbane, in consequence of the haze, had to anchor…

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Latent Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Friday. Heavy rain in Adelaide

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1899 · page 2

Heavy rain fell in Adelaide yesterday afternoon…

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