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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1899

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A Terrific Cyclone

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 28

A telegram from Gayndah (Q.) states that Mr. J. J. Keenan has passed through from Sc, Helens with 100 bullocks for Widgen Station. Keenan reports that when between…

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Intercolonial News. a Violent Storm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 28

Too following account of a storm lit Wellington is given by a local paper:—The day before (Tuesday) a high wind blew, but it abated towards evening, and…

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The Storm Off South Wales London, January 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 26

The storm was very severe along the south coast of Wales. The lighthouse off Porth Cawl, on the coast of Glamorganshire, a coastguard…

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Cable News. Storm in England. Great Damage Effected'. Several Persons Killed. Trains Blown Off Lines. London. January 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 26

The southwesterly gale which blew over the United Kingdom on Thursday last, doing much damage and blowing trains off the railway lines, was fiercest off the coast…

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Caught in a Cyclone. Perils of a Drover’s Life

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 January 1899 · page 4

A telegram from Gayndah states that Mr J. J. Keenas has passed through from St. Helens with 1100 bullocks for Widgen Station. Keenan reports that when between Hawkwood and…

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When the Home-barometer Stands at "Storm"

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 10

Manners at home in most English families are more honored in the breach than the observance, and it is a pity that this should be be, "since few can save or serve, but all can…

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Phenomenal Rainfall in Northern Districts. Serious Floods. Heavy Gales. Brisbane

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 2

Em[?]avillo reports a rainfall of over 10 inches Grafton, 4 inches, Kempsey, 3 inches Severo floods have taken place at…

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Presentation to Mr. C. H. Gale

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 February 1899 · page 3

IN connection with the valedictory presentation to Mr. C. H. Gale, the following letter received by Mr. E R. Nicolson, has been banded to as for publication:--…

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Heavy Storms and Floods. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 March 1899 · page 2

A heavy storm is reported from the Bathurst district where all low-lying lands are submerged…

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A Heavy Storm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1899 · page 29

A report from Singleton says:—"The recent storm was of a cyclonic character. Especially was this the case at St. Clair, where tresa were uprooted, limbs g[?]arled…

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Heavy Thunderstorm in the West

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 March 1899 · page 28

A telegram from Bathurst on Monday says :—About 3.30 yesterday a dense, blinding duststorm visited Bathurst, and it was immediately followed, by sharp hall, and…

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The Atlantic Storms. Nine Steamers Missing. London, March 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 26

Nine steamers, bound from America to Europe, which were crossing the Atlantic during the violent gale last month, are still missing, and very little hope is felt that they…

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Terrible Weather in America. Snowstorms, Blizzards, and Floods. London, March 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 March 1899 · page 26

The United Estates is experiencing terrible weather, which has caused great destruction of property and severe suffering. In the eastern states snowstorms and…

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The Financial Gale Centre. Exciting Times at Lloyd's. "The Chamber of Horrors."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 39

Lloyd's is now daily a scene of feverish excitement. Matters bare seldom or never been worse than now, and the anxiety has become specially acute lately. So many…

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A Disastrous Voyage. Caught in a Cyclone. Death of the Captain. London, April 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1899 · page 20

The iron barque Broughton, 600 tone, owned by Messrs William Grove and Co., of Bishopstone, near Swansea, has arrived at Fleetwood, Lancashire, after a disastrous…

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Sunday's Storm

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 April 1899 · page 3

ANOTHER inch has to he added to the abundant rainfall with which the district has been blessed since the beginning of the year, making the total since 1st…

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Serious Results of a Flood

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 April 1899 · page 4

A marked feature in the heavy flood in the Avon River, which is going down slowly, is the excessive scour taking place. Hundreds of acres of agricultural and pastoral land…

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The Missouri Cyclone. New York

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

The cyclone in the Missouri Valley wrought great havoc amongst the various towns over which it passed. Moveable property was carried in some instances a…

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Russian Mine Flooded. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

A gold mine in Russia has been flooded and 62 men drowned…

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Terrible Cyclone

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 3 May 1899 · page 2

At the recent cyclone in Missouri the towns of Kirksoille and Newtown were laid waste, a hundred persons being killed and a thousand injured…

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