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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1888

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Heavy Floods

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 September 1888 · page 5

Extensive floods have occurred in the Tyrol and throughout Northern Italy, owing to continuous heavy rains. Much damage has been caused to…

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A Disastrous Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1888 · page 5

The cyclone which occurred in Cuba proved most disastrous in its effects. Many public buildings were wrecked, and 800 inhabitants were killed…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. the Recent Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1888 · page 5

THE storm yesterday extended far inland, doing a great amount of injury to buildings. BUSH FIRES…

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South African Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1888 · page 4

A cable from Port Elizabeth says: "Blowing a strong gale from S.E.; following vessels ashore and totally wrecked: Dorothea totally wrecked, crew saved; had little of her…

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Terrific Cyclone in Cuba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 October 1888 · page 10

DESPATCHES from Havana report that during a cyclone which passe[?] over the island of Cuba the Spanish gunboat Lealdad foundered off B[?]tsbano…

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The Fijian in a Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 November 1888 · page 4

Mr. Nicoll has just intelligence from Captain French at Oamaru, N.Z., that the steamer Fijian was caught in a terrific gale on October 18, in lat. 33deg 25min south,…

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Heavy Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 November 1888 · page 5

A severe gale has swept over Scotland, and the North of England. Many fatalities are reported. Property has been damaged, and wrecks are…

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Great Storms in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 December 1888 · page 5

Disastrous storms have occurred on the eastern coast of America. Over 50 vessels have been wrecked, and many fatalities are reported…

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