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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1889

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The Murray in Flood

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 September 1889 · page 2

FOLLOWING upon the heavy downflow of waters from the hill country, which submerged the low-lying lands in the valley of the Murray a week or two since, has come…

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An Alarming Outlook. the Floods. Wednesday, September 11

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 September 1889 · page 2

The Murray which reached a maximum height at Albury last Monday week of 14ft 3in. then fell slowly until Monday last when the gauge showed 12ft. On the previous night rain commenced to fall…

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Cyclone on the American Coast. Fifty Lives Lost. London, September 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1889 · page 18

The Atlantic coast of America has been visited by a cyclone, which has wrought great destruction. Many vessels have been wrecked, and 50 persons are known to have been…

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The Floods

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 September 1889 · page 2

THE Murray has been high in flood since the date of our last issue, and completely covered the land between Corowa and Wahgunyah. This was in a measure…

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The Floods in Riverina and Victoria. Several Towns Under Water. Echuca

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1889 · page 18

The waters inundating the township proper of Echuca continued rising up to this morning, when they were almost washing the fence of the town hall by Heygarth-street, having…

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The Floods in 1870

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 September 1889 · page 4

The following report of the floods in Deniliquin is given in the Pastoral Times of November 12th. 1970 and will doubtless be of interest to many readers at the present juncture as it…

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The Floods

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 September 1889 · page 2

So far as the official records are concerned, the flood in the Murray at Albury was as high on Thursday last week as it was in the memorable one of 1870, but owing to a combination of…

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The Deniliquin Floods. Deniliquin

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 September 1889 · page 4

The river Edwards is still rising, but very slowly now, and this erecting was 37ft. 3in. Another rise of 2in. or 3in. will probably bring the river to a…

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The Floods at Deniliquin. Deniliquin

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 September 1889 · page 4

The Edwards river continues to gradually recede, and ap to this evening has fallen 6 inches. As the water drams off the flooded land in the town…

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The Floods in Riverina. the Position of Deniliquin. Deniliquin

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 September 1889 · page 15

The flood at Deniliquin is rapidly increasing height, and the Edwards is now 36ft. 9in. above the summer level, having risen 8in. since last night. The river is now an…

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The Floods. Wednesday, September 25

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 September 1889 · page 2

The river at Deniliquin, after reaching a maximum height of 37[?] was nearly at a [?] all day on Saturday last and during the night a fall of three inches took places. [?] than the…

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The Flood

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 October 1889 · page 3

The river at Deniliquin has fallen eight feet since the turn last Saturday week, and the water has now left all this houses which were partially submerged during the maximum flood. The owners of…

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Cyclone in the Gulf of Mexico. Destruction of Life and Property. London, October 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 October 1889 · page 18

The island of Carmen, in the Gulf of Mexico, has been visited by a very destructive cyclone. Thirty vessels were wrecked, many houses destroyed, and a number of persons…

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Terrible Storm in Sardinia. Two Hundred and Forty Houses Destroyed. Several Lives Lost. London, October 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 October 1889 · page 18

Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia, has been visited by a terrible storm which caused great destruction of property in the town. The wind blew with hurricane force, completely…

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