Storms on the Coast. Sydney, January 24
Considerable damage has been caused by the late storms. The steamer Tweed was driven ashore at Byron Bay The Steamer Arramatta was compelled to take shelter in…
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Floods & storms, 1893
25 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 2
Appalling Floods in Queensland. Ipswich. February 6
Disastrous floods have occurred. Brisbane is cut off from telegraph communication. Ipswich is under water. The town of Goodna is submerged, the railway station almost…
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Heavy rains have extended to the northern parts of this colony. At Coraika the Richmond rose 13 feet and is still rising. At Lawrence the Clarence is over the wharfs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Floods. Terrible Destruction. a Loss of Two Millions. Heaviest Fall of Rain Known. the Waters Subsided. Sydney, February 10
Communication with Brisbane was restored last night. The floods have almost subsided allover Queensland. At Brisbane the gunboat Paluma, the steamer Elaming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood in the Transvaal. London, February 13
Disastrous floods have occurred in the Transvaal Republic, South Africa. The mines are inundated, houses have been demolished and the railway lines wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queensland Floods. Brisbane, February 13
Rain again set in on Friday and continued during the night and following day, at times very heavily. All the creeks are again flooded, the waters are everywhere rising and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in New South Wales. Water in Grafton Streets. Sydney, February 13
The Clarence River is in a state of flood. It broke over its banks at South Grafton, covering the major portion of that town. It is estimated half the maize crop in the…
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Further heavy rains have fallen in the north of the colony, and another flood in the Richmond is feared. Heavy rain is general over the eastern districts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods. Sydney, February 20
Heavy floods have occurred in the Grafton district. The city is inundated and the portion of the maize crop which escaped the flood last week has been seriously…
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The estimated damage done on Clarence exceeds £70,000. BRISBANE, The floods have caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Poland. London. February 27
A disastrous flood has occurred in Poland, a number of villages being submerged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods. Sydney, February 28
A further sum of a thousand pounds is being forwarded to Brisbane by the Sydney Relief Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Floods. Sydney, March 10
A disastrous flood has occurred in the Hunter, and hundreds of people have been driven from their homes. At Branxton three men were drowned and two others at Louth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods. Sydney, March 13
The Hunter River flood is subsiding leaving behind it a scene of desolation and rain. Several houses have been washed bodily away. The flood is the most destructive ever known…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial. the Floods. Sydney, March 17
The Sydney to Brisbane mail went through last night without traushipment. Nearly £800 has been subscribed in Newcastle district towards the Hunter River…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter River Floods. Public Meeting
A public meeting was held at the Union Hall on Monday last in response to a requisition to the Mayor, who occupied the chair. The attendance was meagre in the extreme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Floods. Sydney, March 21
Maitland is crowded with sightseers from all parts of the district and Sydney. A fund is been opened in Brisbane to assist sufferers by the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Intercolonial. Floods. Sydney, June 13
Saturday aud Sunday's heavy gale subsided yesterday. The shipping was much interfered with, but no wrecks are reported. Grafton was flooded on Sunday night and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Darling in Flood. the Water Rising Rapedly. Within a Few Feet of the '90 Flood
Since Saturday there has been very considerable uneasiness and speculation amongst residents as to the height the present flood waters will reach. The rise has been very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Flood. Still Rising Slowly. Only Surpassed by the '90 and '64 Floods. the Town Surrounded. Exciting Work at the North Bourke Bridges. Buggy and Pair Washed Down Stream. Afghans and Camels in Trouble. a Wood Carter's Adventure. a Fear of Rain
The waters continue to rise, though slowly, owing to the fact that the area no jt covered is such an extensive one. On Wednesday morning at nine o'clock, the record was 38ft…
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