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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1889

74 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 4

Disastrous Flood at Castle-maine. Great Destruction of Property. Serious Loss of Life Railway Traffic Interrupted. Castlemaine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 27

The most disastrous flood that has been experienced here since 1854 occurred to-day, involving the loss of several lives and the destruction of thousands of pounds worth of…

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Latest Telegrams. the Floods at Castlemaine. Further Details. Loss of Numerous Lives. Serious Damage to Property. Castlemaine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 20

The extraordinary rainfall experienced yesterday, with its attendant unprecedented floods, have left a scene of desolation throughout the district which can hardly…

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Extraordinary Rainfall and Serious Floods. [By Electric Telegraph.] Benalla

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1889 · page 19

A tremendously heavy thunderstorm passed over Benalla last night, and a great quantity of rain fell. The river has risen 8ft. The rain will do an incalculable amount of good,…

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The Castlemaine Floods. (From the Bendigo Advertiser)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 January 1889 · page 3

Without doubt, New Year’s Day of 1869 will long be remembered by the residents of this district as one of the most deplorable ever experienced since the first settlers entered upon the then terra incognita…

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Gales in Great Britain

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 1

London, Friday.—Terri[?]e gales continue on the British coast, and numerous disasters are reported with loss of life…

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Latest Cablegrams. Destructive Cyclone in America

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 1

London, Friday.—A great cyclone has taken place in Pennsylvannia causing the death of 180 persons, besides injuring thousands. The storm swept over Reading and Williamsport…

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Destructive Gale in the United States

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 2

London, Thursday.—During a gale a Pittsburg, America, a new building was blown into a swamp, and 28 people were buried, many of whom have died…

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The Floods at Castlemaine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1889 · page 25

The floods have formed the chief topic of conversation at Castlemaine, and much sympathy is expressed for the sufferers by the more fortunate residents. The funeral of the…

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Latest Cablegrams. Destructive Cyclone in America

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 4

London, Friday.—A great cyclone has taken place in Pennsylvania causing the death of 180 persons, besides injuring thousands. The storm swept over Reading and Williamsport…

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Terrific Cyclone in Penn-sylvania. Houses and Churches Demolished. a Silk Factory Destroyed. a Suspension Bridge Wrecked. Hundreds of Lives Lost. Numbers of Persons Roasted to Death. London, January 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 18

A cyclone of terrific violence has visited the state of Pennsylvania. The full force of the cyclone was felt at Pittsburg, where enormous destruction of property was caused. Many…

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The Floods in China. London, January 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1889 · page 18

The recent floods which devastated vast districts in the valleys of the Yangtsze and Yellow Rivers in China have resulted in a famine which threatens to sweep away…

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Departure of Mr. C. H. Gale

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 January 1889 · page 2

A few of the friends of Mr C. H. Gale, late Crown Lands Agent at Hay, met at Tattersall's Hotel on Saturday afternoon last, for the purpose of bidding him goodbye, and wishing…

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Original Correspondence. the Departure of Mr C. H. GALE. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 February 1889 · page 2

Sir,—At a time when the ideas of men seem to be steeped in the influences of political controversy and sordid selfishness, how invigorating and refreshing it it to read…

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Floods at Castlemaine

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 February 1889 · page 1

While the residents of the Castlemaine district had only partially recovered from the disastrous effects of the floods of Hew Year’s Day, another calamity of similar origin has befallen them. On…

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Disastrous Gales in England

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 February 1889 · page 3

London, Monday.—Terrific gales were experienced throughout English yesterday A number of wrecks are reported, and there was a great loss of property on land…

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The Wreck of the Storm Queen. the Captain and Five Seamen Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1889 · page 7

A hearttending story of shipwreck in the Bay of Biscay is told in the English papers to hand by the last mail. The survivors of the screw steamer Storm Queen,…

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Tremendous Storm Near Mansfield. Two Houses Demolished. a Woman Swept Away and Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 February 1889 · page 15

On Monday, 4th inst., a tremendous storm burst on that part of the range between Mansfield field and Jamieson known as Martin’s Gap, which fortunately is where the population is…

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Cyclone in Fiji. Great Destruction of Property

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1889 · page 19

Daring-the past 10 days a most .severe gale, doing great damage, has-swept over the group. Reports are incomplete as yet, but so far as is yet known Ovalau will be the most southerly…

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The Thunder-storm. An Explanation Of Its Origin And Development

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 13 March 1889 · page 5

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

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The Thunder-storm. An Explanation Of Its Origin And Development

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 March 1889 · page 2

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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