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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1892

16 stories in Murray's papers

Destructive Storm at Valencia. Fifteen Vessels Wrecked. Fifty Persons Drowned. London, December 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 24

A very violent and destructive storm has occurred at Valencia, in Spain. Fifteen vessels have been wrecked, and 50 persons have been drowned…

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Under Sentence in Norfolk Island: Authentic Records. No 2. the Cyclone

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 2

In the previous convict sketch it has already been stated that the morning on which Townshend was ordered to undergo his punishment was a peculiarly gloomy and…

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Safe Places in Thunder-storms

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 12

According to Professor Rowland, of Baltimore, who has recently been lecturing on subject, the safest of all places in a thunderstorm is an iron bedstead. Lying…

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A Story of a Flood

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 April 1892 · page 12

A pathetic story is associated with the little village of Suss, in the Lower Engadine, a wild bleak valley of Switzerland. One day a flood, caused by the melting of…

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Disastrous Floods in the United States. London, May 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1892 · page 24

Disastrous floods have occurred in the United States, caused by the waters of the rivers Mississippi and Missouri overflowing their banks. The country in the vicinity of…

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Great Storm at Broken Hill. a Heavy Rainfall. Millions of Gallons Of Water Stored. Estimated Two Years' Supply

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 June 1892 · page 2

The heaviest fall of rain experienced in the Barrier Ranges fell on Friday night and Saturday, and the terrible drought, which has extended over a period of nearly two…

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Court of Insolvency. in R[?] Thomas Ogilvie (Bankrupt.) (Before Mr. Gale, Corowa District Registrar in Bankruptcy.) Friday, May 27, 1892

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 June 1892 · page 3

Mr. Edmondson, instructed by Mr. Bamber, for trustees (Messrs. E. M. Stephen and C. H. Grondono.) Louis Willis of Corowa, manager…

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The Floods in America. London, May 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 June 1892 · page 23

The floods caused by the overflow of the rivers Mississippi and Missouri, which have inundated a large tract of country in the States of Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas,…

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Storm at Berrigan

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 June 1892 · page 25

A lower Murray contemporary on Saturday last has the following :—“The electrical disturbances of the atmosphere which occasioned the exceptional wind and rain storms…

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Terrible Storm in Pennsylvania. London, June 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 June 1892 · page 24

A terrible disaster has occurred in Pennsylvania, where a “cloud burst” has completely wrecked the towns of Oilcity and Titusville. The lightning set fire to some of the…

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The Cyclone in the Mauritius. Further Details of the Disaster [?] Scenes. Disasters to Australian Ships

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 June 1892 · page 4

Adelaide, Wednesday. —The following additional particulars are taken from Mauritius files just to hand with respect to the hurricane which swept over that island on April 29: —…

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Storm at Berrigan

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 4

The electrical disturbances of the atmosphere which occasioned the exceptional wind and rain storms recently, resulted in the Momalong district being visited by one of those serial phenomena—a…

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Anticipated Floods. Albury

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 September 1892 · page 2

Owing to continued rain and melting of the snow the spring flood in the Murray is expected to be unusually high…

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Heavy Storm in New South Wales. Hurricane, Flood and Snow- Fall. Several Lives Lost. Sydney, Sunday

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 September 1892 · page 25

A gale passed over the city early on Saturday morning, commencing about midnight, the fiercest known for many years. The force of the wind was phenomenal, its velocity…

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A Cyclone at Nymagee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 October 1892 · page 17

A terrible cyclone occurred here last night about 6 o’clock, the verandah round the Comcial Hotel being completely swept away, also the loose boxes and one chimney. At the…

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Storm Birds

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 21 December 1892 · page 1

Nearly all of the sea birds like to keep cut to sea, and in the north of Ireland there is an old rhyme current which indicates that the gulls only approach the shore when…

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