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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

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Court of Insolvency. Friday, April 28, 1893. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, District Registrar in Bankruptcy.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 May 1893 · page 2

In the matter, of Edgar Hewett Pidmore, bankrupt:--EDGAR Hewett Pridmore, bankrupt, being duty sworn, was examined by…

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Great Floods in the United States. London, May 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 May 1893 · page 21

Immense floods have occurred in the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania, causing enormous damage and destruction of property…

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A Severe Storm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1893 · page 29

The Fiji Times says that during a heavy tropical storm the other day, the din caused thereby on the unceiled roof of the Supreme Court was so great that his Honor was obliged…

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Floods in the American Cotton States. London, May 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 June 1893 · page 21

Disastrous floods have occurred in the cotton-growing states of America. An immense amounted of damage has been done, and it is salmated that 10,000 persons have been…

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The Floods of 93

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 June 1893 · page 7

(This poem won the Cosmopolitan Club’s diploma, and was recited at the unveiling of Mons. Leysalle’s group of statuary, “Rescued from the Floods,” in the Town-hall on May 6.)…

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Heavy Rainfall in Queensland. Disastrous Floods. Brisbane

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 28

Heavy rain has been general throughout the south eastern portion of the colony, resulting in serious floods almost everywhere. The Brisbane River is in high flood, as…

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Heavy Rain at Paris. London, June 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 June 1893 · page 37

After a prolonged drought, which has caused [?] immense amount of damage to the crops n France, heavy rain has fallen at Paris…

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The Maitland Floods

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 28

The Maitland Mercury says :—“ It may be remembered that during the flood in March last seven houses were washed away from an area within a small radius in the Horseshoe…

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Flood Escape

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 June 1893 · page 29

The Richmond River Herald calls attention the value of the Evans River as a flood escape. A correspondent at Woodburn writes that they have just escaped a flood by about…

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

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 5 July 1893 · page 6

A writer in the St. Louis Part 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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Cyclone in the United States. London, July 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 24

The states of Iowa has been visited by a tremendous cyclone. Half of the town of Pomeroy was destroyed, and 100 persons were killed…

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Storm on Lake Michigan. London, July 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 24

A severe storm has occurred on Lake Michigan, which proved disastrous to the shipping, and occasioned the loss of 30 lives by drowning. The storm caused a…

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Great Floods in China. London, July 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 July 1893 · page 24

Disastrous floods have occurred in China causing immense destuction of property and great loss of life. A large extent of country has been devastated, and it is…

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Captured by Storm

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 5

Private soldier meeting a young girl who is a servant cook at the mansion of a rich lady. HE: "I beg you pardon, miss, you are…

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A Flood in the Darling

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1893 · page 29

A Bourke telegram dated Friday last runs as follows :—“Great anxiety is felt here owing to the flood in the Darling River having reached a far greater height than was…

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The Sea Recreant. the Romance of an Honored and a Dishonored Name. Chapter Li. a Storm and a Wreck

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 August 1893 · page 6

Both the prize-ship and brig were fair sailers, and they went along at an even pace on their course northward. Several days had [?]ifey been on the way…

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Terrible Cyclone in the United States. the Town of Savannah Destroyed. Charleston Almost in Ruins. London, August 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1893 · page 20

A cyclone of terrible violence has visited the state of Georgia. Forty persons have been killed, and the property destroyed is estimated at…

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The Breaking of the Storm

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 1

There are 800 cattle bunched on two acres of ground—every beast in the herd as wild and timid as a deer. The herders ait their bunches at equal distances, and as the…

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A Violent Storm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 28

The Goulburn Herald says : —“ Such a storm as has not been seen for years in suddennees, rapidity, and intensity for a short time, passed over Like Bit burst on Sunday evening about…

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Severe Storm in the United States. Much Loss of Life and Damage to Property. London, October 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 October 1893 · page 24

A storm of remarkable severity has visited the east coast of the United States. An extraordinary incident occurred at Baltimore during the continuance of the storm…

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