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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1898

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Cyclone

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 March 1898 · page 2

The Comoro islands in the Mozambique Channel has been devastated by a cyclone, and many killed…

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Gale

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1898 · page 2

A gale has been raging on the coast of Spain, and has prevented the Spanish torpedo flotilla leaving Cadiz for Cuba…

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Heavy Rain

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

Heavy rain has occurred in Brisbane, and yesterday there was a fall of five inches…

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The Dudley Pit Calamity. Mine Now on Fire. Searching Stopped. Mine to Be Flooded. a Pitiful Scene

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

An extensive fire was discovered in the right hand district of the Dudley. mine last night. The search parti[?] were immediately withdrawn,[?]…

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Great floods in America. Thousands Homeless

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

Terrible floods have occurred in the States of Ohic, Virginia and Pensylvannia, North America, and thoneands of persons are homeless…

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After the Storm

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 2

The wind increased in fury. G[?] after [?] struck sugvily agaisnt the window of the [?] in whicg helty MAynard [?] trembling. It was a night to make the…

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Flood in America. a Town Destroyed. 200 Persons Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 April 1898 · page 2

The river Ohio burst its banks at Shawnee town, Illinois. The town was almost destroyed, 200 persons being drowned…

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The Thetis in a Gale

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 6

The Government steamer Thetis, which has been engaged in trawling experiments on the coast for the past two months, returned to Sydney on…

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The Flood [?]

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 8

During the great food in the Brisbane River So 1890 a friend and I Were one day standing at the end of the Victoria Bridge watching the…

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Tuesday. The Recent Wrecks. the Steamer Duckenfield Safe. Tqe Wreck of the Ma Itland.. Uncertainty of the Number Drowned. Rumours of Further Shipwrecks. Severe Damage by the Storm

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 May 1898 · page 2

The steamer Duckenfield reached Kelson's Bay in safety bet night, after a terrible knocking about. The wreck of the Maitbnd is fast,…

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The Recent Storm. Wreck of the S S. Maitland

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 2

The Hunter River Steamship Co's steamer Maitland, running from Sydney to Newcastle, became disabled in the storm last week, and ran on the…

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Cyclone. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1898 · page 5

A CYCLONE has occurred at North East Japan, and 100 smacks and 1500 fishermen are missing…

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After the Gale

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1898 · page 2

It is estimated that the recent rough weather B caused the loss of £5000 to the Clifton district…

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A Tereific Gale

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 May 1898 · page 2

The mail steamer Britannia has arrived at Adelaide; ate encountered a terrific gale en Saturday and Sunday with a mountainous sea which…

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Floods in South Australia

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 June 1898 · page 2

Splendid' rain has fallen all. over South. Australia, and floods'are reported from Garrieton, where the mail coach was trashed away, the…

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The Record of the Deluge

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 July 1898 · page 4

THE recent discovery at Abboo-Hubba, near Babylon, of a fragment of another tablet referring to the Deluge, afforded special interest to a recent meeting of the Victoria Institute in…

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Hunter River Flooded

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 September 1898 · page 4

Since Tuesday night 14 inches of rain have fallen at Taree. The Hunter River at West Maitland reached the height of 24 feet. The…

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Flood Prevention. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1898 · page 5

THE Government has given some consideration lately to the question of flood prevention in the Hunter River district, and now proposes to appoint a board of…

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Hurricane, Floods, and Loss of Life

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 3

A disastrous hurricane has swept over Barbadoes, British West Indies. Two hundred persons were killed, and 40,000 rendered homeless. The…

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A Gale

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1898 · page 3

A fierce westerly gale prevailed yesterday, the wind attaining a velocity of 50 miles an hour…

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