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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

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Studying Storms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 7

IN the year 1821 a severe storm prevailed along the eastern coast, which for many years was known as the 'great September gale.' It held that title until September,…

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Heavy Floods. Adelaide

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1893 · page 3

Heavy rain and floods took place on Saturday and Sunday last. Part of the line is wasked away, and no train will be got through to Broken Hill before Tuesday. At Cockburn…

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A Terrible Cyclone in America. General Devastation

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 2 June 1893 · page 7

A NEW York telegram of April 12 said:—A severe cyclone which raged yesterday evening seems to have caused general devastation throughout Iowa, Illinois,…

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Cablegrams. London, Sunday. a Cyclone

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 5

THE town of Eldorado, Arkansas, U.S.A., has been destroyed by a cyclone. It is believed that thirty lives have been lost. BILLIARDS…

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London. Sunday. Disastrous Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 2

The town of Eldorado, in Arkansas, has been destroyed by a cyclone, and it is believed 30 lives were lost…

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Brisbane. the Storm in Queensland

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 3

There has been heavy rain, and nearly all the wharves are submerged. The river at Ipswich is 40 feet above the ordinary level. At Bundaberg the water is 10 feet over the…

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Intercolonial. Brisbane, Monday, Heavy Floods

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 5

A VERY heavy downfall of rain has occurred here, and nearly all the wharves have been submerged. The river at Ipswich was 40 feet above the ordinary level. At…

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Flood at Walcha

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 3

At Walcha the flood was never so high before. People were driven out of their homes, and in some houses the water rose five feet in a few minutes…

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Floods Subsiding

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 3

The weather was fine all day. The river at Maitland is stationary, and at other places is falling slowly…

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Flood on the Hunter

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 3

A serious flood is feared in the Hunter River, and residents of East Maitland are taking precautions. The river at Wes Maitland on Sunday night was up 26 feet,…

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Latest Special Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Thursday Evening. the Floods

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 5

THE flood water at the majority of the flooded districts has subsided. The rainfall at the Maclean this year has amounted to 48 inches…

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The Late Floods

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 June 1893 · page 4

The flood water in the majority of the flooded districts has subsided…

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Events of the Macleay Flood. an Exciting Time

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 23 June 1893 · page 4

ON Monday morning:, about half-past three, Mr. S. Bond heard Captain Nicholson calling for a boat. He called across to Mr. Basch who, simultaneously with Mr…

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The Macleay Floods

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1893 · page 2

SIR, -- Our neighbors on the Macleay at Kempsey have just suffered one of the most calamitous floods ever known on that river, and by the reports in the newspapers, there are many ge[?]iue cases of…

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Our Wires. Sydney. "Thursday, 12.30 A.m. Heavy Rain

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1893 · page 6

THERE has been heavy rain since yesterday…

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London. Wednesday. Heavy Storms

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1893 · page 5

Disastrous storms have taken place in the Baltic. Thirty fishermen were drowned…

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A Severe Thunderstorm in Great Britain

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1893 · page 8

THE drought which prevailed for so many months in Great Britain broke up on July the 7th, and by a violent thunderstorm which was followed by…

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Melbourne. Floods in Victoria

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1893 · page 5

Heavy rains have fallen in the western districts, and considerable damage by floods has been done…

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Heavy Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1893 · page 3

A heavy thunderstorm occurred at three this morning. There was thunder and lightning and severe rain in Sydney to-day and in a number of country districts, but so far they are hot seriously…

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Slain by the Storm. Terrific Tornado in Iowa—a Night of Terror

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1893 · page 6

A TERRIFIC tornado desolated Pomery in Iowa on July 6. Fortythree dead, 75 seriously injured, and 150 with broken limbs, cuts and…

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