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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1882

16 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

Extraordinary Storm at Doniliquin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1882 · page 2

A STORM unparalleled in its character was experienced at Deniliquin on Tuesday. During the whole day the weather was intensely disagreeable. There were fierce…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 February 1882 · page 2

THE heaviest rains experienced for years full at East Pratrie on Saturday night. Nearly four inches were registered at Mount Irving. The dams and tanks are filled. There were…

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Severe Cyclone at Cardwell

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—A severe cyclone has taken place at Cardwell; several houses and plantations have been destroyed; the Steamer Kent has been blown over the…

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Floods in Queensland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1882 · page 2

A THARGOMINDAH (Queensland) telegram states that the heaviest floods for the last ten years have taken place in that district, but are now subsiding. Reports are also…

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Terrible Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 March 1882 · page 2

LONDON, March 18.—Disastrous floods have occurred at Rio Janiero. Three towns were nearly destroyed. The floods in the Mississippi still…

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Disastrous Storm in Sydney. Streets Flooded and Business Stopped

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1882 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—It has been raining in torrents the whole of the afternoon with such continuance of heavy rain as has been hardly ever seen. The destruction…

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The Floods in Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1882 · page 4

THE heavy floods experienced in Sydney on Wednesday evening, (we learn from the Sydney papers) were productive of a large amount of damage, a good deal of…

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The Approaching Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1882 · page 4

THE remarkable utterances of General SKOBELOFF, to some Servian students in Paris on February 17th has caused a considerable amount of attention to…

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The Approaching Storm!

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1882 · page 2

WE have had occasion, in the interests of public duty (a mission, which according to the interpetration of the Libel Act by Sir JAMES MARTIN, we…

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CABLEGRAMS. Destructive Storms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 May 1882 · page 2

LONDON, May 1.—Destructive storms have occurred in England, causing numerous wrecks along the coast, and doing vast damage to property inland…

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Disastrous Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 May 1882 · page 2

LONDON, May 1.—England has been visited by a most disastrous gale, which has caused an immense amount of damage. Trees have been uprooted and…

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Heavy Rain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 May 1882 · page 2

THE only too-welcome return of rain mentioned in our last issue, continued almost unabated up to Saturday night, and subsequently at intervals in a lesser degree. On…

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CABLEGRAMS. Terrible Floods in Italy and America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1882 · page 2

LONDON, September 25. —Disastrous floods have occurred in Italy. State property alone, to the value of 25,000,000 fr., was destroyed…

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Heavy Floods in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1882 · page 2

LONDON, November 7.—Heavy floods have taken place in some parts of England, causing great destruction of property. On several railway lines traffic…

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The Floods in Prussia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 December 1882 · page 2

LONDON, December 1.—The river Rhine is falling, and the floods are slowly subsiding. The damage is estimated at millions. There are more…

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Re-flooding of the Mine at Creswick

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 December 1882 · page 2

DURING the whole of last week the miners have been most busily, engaged in clearing out the now Australasian mine at Creswick, in order to enable the mining inspectors to examine the drive…

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