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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1896

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Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company.) Sydney. Thursday, 11.46 A.m. Great Heat -- More Deaths -- Violent Storms

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1896 · page 5

INTENSE heat still continues in a number of country districts. Yesterday at Bourke it was 120 in the shade and ten more deaths are reported. The…

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Cyclonic Storm at Mur Rurundi. Much Damage Done. Murrurundi

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 6

A terrific eyclonic storm passed over the town between 7 and 8 o'clock last night. For about half an hour the wind, rain, hail, thunder, and…

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Severe Storm at Kempsey. the Post Office Struck by Lightning. Kempsey

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 January 1896 · page 6

Last evening a terrific storm broke suddenly over the town from the south. The thunder was the loudest and the lightning the most vivid ever…

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Storm and Loss of Life in Queensland. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1896 · page 5

A GREAT storm is raging in the North, Townsville, Bowen, and Mackay are isolated, and all the lighters, barges, and tenders at Townsville are wrecked or…

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Terrific Storm. Great Loss of Life and Property. Brisbane, 8.12 P.m

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 31 January 1896 · page 5

A terrible storm has occurred in North Queensland. Townsville, Bowen, Mackay, and Charters Towers are isolated. All the lighters, barges, tenders, and small steamers…

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Brisbane. the Queensland Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1896 · page 3

Reports from Bowen and Mackay state that those towns did not suffer any great damage from the recent extraordinary gale. Cleremont was completely isolated and…

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The Great Storm in Queensland

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1896 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Townsville on Friday gives a list of the victims by the storm and flood, as follows:-- Mrs. Sarah Selina Hunt, 37; and infant…

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The Floods. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1896 · page 5

REPORTS from Bowen and Mackay state that those towns did not suffer any great damage from the recent extraordinary gale. Clermont is completely isolated, and…

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The Flood in Queensland. CAIRNS, Jan. 31

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1896 · page 4

THE A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Wodonga arrived from Townsville last night. She brings news of the terrible destruction wrought in Townsville and on the shores…

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The Queensland Storm

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 3

Cairns, Friday Morning. — In addition to the particulars of the shipping disasters and casualties the following details are available by the Wodonga,…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. The Queensland Floods. Still Very Serious

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 February 1896 · page 2

The floods in Queensland still continue very serious, On the Clermont railway they are the most disastrous ever known. Out of 62 miles of line…

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The Floods. [By Telegraph.] Rockhampton (Q.), Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 February 1896 · page 5

THE Fitzroy River is still rising, although the weather is fine. In consequence of the flood many large firms have closed down, including Lake's…

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The Queensland Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 February 1896 · page 5

The mer at Rockhampton is still rising and it is feared that the flood of 1890 will be exceeded…

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Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company.) Sydney. Thursday, 11.34 A.m. Heavy Rain

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

OVER eight inches of rain have fallen at Cobar, and at some towns on the Darling watershed there has been over 12 inches of rain…

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Damage Bt the Floods. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

Tee weather is fine, bat a strong fresh is still coming down the river. The temporary portion of the Victoria bridge is in great danger…

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The Floods. [By Telegraph.] Brisbhane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

The floods have partly inundated Maryborough and Gymple, and communication between Towns ville and Charters Towers has been stopped by the floods…

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

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

News from the western districts to-day show that there is not likely to be continuous communication by rail for several days…

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Brisbane. Big Floods

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5

The floods have partly inundated Maryborough and Gympie, and communication between Townsville and Charters Towers has been stopped by floods…

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Heavy Rain

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 3

Over eight inches of rain has fallen at Collar, and at some towns on the Darling watershed there has been over 12 inches of rain…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. 9.35 a.m. The Queensland Floods. Terrible Disaster. Thirty Lives Lost Through Wreck

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 4

The ferry steamer Pearl has been sank at Brisbane. Eighty persons were on board, and about half were drowned…

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