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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

67 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 4

The Breaking of the Storm

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 25 October 1893 · page 6

There are 800 cattle bunched on two acres of ground—every beast in the herd as wild and timid as a dear. The harden sit their bronchos at equal distances, and as the…

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Severe Storm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1893 · page 29

A Sydney paper publishes the following extract from a communication received from Mr. Adams at Tryannon station. M‘Intyre River:—“On Tuesday, the 10 h inst., a…

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Serious Floods at Dunolly. Over £10,000 Damage. Dunolly

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 November 1893 · page 26

Extraordinary floods occurred Here to-day such as the oldest resident has never known before. Steady rain fell all the night, and this morning there was a tremendous thunderstorm…

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Disastrous Floods in Japan. a Thousand Persons Drowned. London, November 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 November 1893 · page 20

Disastrous floods have occurred in Japan, causing terrible loss of life and immense destruction of property. A thousand persons have been drowned and…

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Great Storms in America. Thousands of Lives Lost

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 November 1893 · page 9

A New Or[?]ans telegram, dated October says :—It is believed that 2000 persons perished by the tidal wave and the cyclone which visited the lowlands near New…

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Heavy Gales in Great Britain. Numerous Vessels Wrecked. Three Hundred People Drowned, London, November 20

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

A severe gale which has swept the British Coast during the last day or two have caused numerous shipwrecks, and accounts of diS[?]ters, attended with loss of life, have been received…

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A Cyclone Tale

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 December 1893 · page 3

"Cyclones is funny things," said the man with the ginger beard. "Yes," assented the grocer as he lifted the cat out of the dried apple barrel. "I…

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