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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1895

55 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 3

The Recent Gale. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1895 · page 5

THE effects of the recent disastrous gale has been severely felt at Holyhead. One barque was wrecked there, and 26 lives were lost…

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Latest Cablegrams. Heavy Gale. [By Cable.] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1895 · page 5

FOUR Coasting Vessels were wrecked during a gale in the Irish Sea, the majority of the crews being drowned…

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Storm at Tenterfleld

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 4

A heavy thunderstorm occurodat Tentorfield this morning. One hundred and seventy points of rain fell. The creek was a banker. The…

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Flooding of a Colliert

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 6

A temble disaster has occurred at the Ghglake Colliery, Andley, Staffordshire. Through the sudden flooding of the mine by an inrush of water…

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Flooding of a Mine

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 4

Seventy eight miners perished b[?] the flooding of the Giglake mine in Staffordshire. Worms damage the whole system…

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Floods near Kempsey

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 4

Kempsey, January 21.—Rain has fallen almost unceasingly since Friday, 519 points having been registered. Storms have travelled up the river…

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At Flood Tide

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 2

The henry rains which have fallen throughout the colony during the past few days are bringing in their train the usual floods. From Kempsey it is…

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The Floods. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1895 · page 5

ALTHOUGH the rivers in the Hunter district are falling rapidly, the water this morning was two feet over the rails between Herkham and Tarro, It is expected that the trains…

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The Floods. [By Teleghraph.] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1895 · page 5

THE traffic between Camden and Campbelltown is still suspended, owing to the floods. The whole of the harvest has been ruined by the floods in the Hawkesbury…

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The Floods

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1895 · page 3

Although the rivers in the Hunter district are falling rapidly, the water this morning was two feet over the rails between Hexham and Tarro It is expected trains will be running…

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Floods

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1895 · page 3

The weather is clearing, and is now fine but muggy. The schooner Phillip Palfrey, and the ketch Dewdrop, at sea during the recent…

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The Floods. SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1895 · page 3

GENERAL rain continues to be reported. The partial drought in parts of New England has broken up, while out west the grass has been restored. The southern maize crops are much…

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The '95 Deluge. a Desolated Vallet. the Water Falling

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 4

The flood waters continue to recede on the Northern Rivers and in the Hunter Rirer districts. The aggregate of losses is very…

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Heavy Storm at Bingera. Bingera

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 3

On Saturday evening a heavy storm swept over the district, being excessively heavy at Top Bingera, which brought down Hall's Creek with hurricane force, breaking over its bank at the top of the…

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Flood at Bingara. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 5

A PHENOMENAL and quite unprecedented flood occurred late on Saturday evening at Bingara. On Saturday 23 points of' rain were recorded, making in ail nine inches…

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Floods. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 5

THERE was a heavy fresh in the Brisbane River yesterday, threatening to submerge the wharves at Brisbane, and all the goods have been removed. At Bundaberg the…

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Brisbane. the Floods

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 3

There was a heavy fresh in the Brisbane River yesterday, threatening to submerge the wharves at Brisbane, and all goods were removed. At Bundaberg the river is eight feet over the…

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The Floods on the Hunter

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 3

SATURDAY'S Newcastle Herald says:-- The steamer Cooreei reached the harbor yesterday afternoon from Clarencetown, on the Williams River. Captain Millar, who is in command, states…

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Flood at Lismore. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1895 · page 5

THE RIch[?]ond river at Lismore is op 25ft. and rising rapidly. The storekeepers and others are removing their goods out of the reach of the flood. There is a heavy wind…

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Telegraphic News. [Through Our Special Agents.] the Bingara Flood. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1895 · page 5

THE Mayor of Bingara has declined, with thanks, the offer of assistance from the public funds for the sufferers by the recent floods…

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