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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1895

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An Unexpected Storm. the Town Flooded

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 2

BRILLIANT weather, tempered with pleasant breezes and accompanied by cool nights, made the holiday's pleaBant and enjoyable, and these…

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Cablegrams. the Recent British Gales. London, Sanday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1895 · page 2

The effects of recent disastrous gales are still severely felt. At Holyhead a barque was wrecked and 26 lives were lost…

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Dist Storms

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 3

Showers of gayisb and [?]eddieh dust off the Am[?] co[?] and over [?]ern E[?] have been [?] [?] Homer's [?]. A "[?]ood-rain" in 1775 [?]red [?] [?]…

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Floods in the Northern District. Sydney, January 22

The Western Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 2

Floods are reported from the Northern District, 6 inches of rain have fallen at Kempsey, 10 inches at Port Macquarie, and 12 inches at Laurieton. Many people have…

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Flood Warnings. Sydney, January 22

The Western Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 2

Mr. Henderson, hydraulic engineer, at Brisbane, has been authorised by the Government to establish a complete system of flood warnings…

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Floods in the Country. Heavy Rains on the Northern Rivers. Serious Outlook

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 2

Floods have occurred at Kempsey where 10 inches of rain fell in 10 hours. The rivers and creeks are running bankers. The outlook is…

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Floods in Brisbane. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 2

Heavy rains have been experienced. Six inches fell in two days. All low lying parts of the city and suburbs are flooded…

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Intercolonial. Floods and the Railways. Sydney. January 25

The Western Herald · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 2

The obstruction on the Northern railways through floods have not been wholly removed. The line near Awabo has been cleared but a block has occurred between…

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The Recent Floods Abating. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 2

The weather is now fine and very warm. The floods in the most of the country districts are abating, and the settlers are returning to their homes…

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Storm and Calm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 4

The lone House shakes, the wild waves leap around, Their sharp mouths foam, their fr[?]ntic hands wave high;…

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The Boundary Fence. Damaged by Heavy Storms

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 February 1895 · page 2

A correspondent writes that the Queensland rabbit proof boundary fence at Lily Waterholes, a spot about 65 miles east of Barringun, has been terribly damaged by…

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Severe Storms. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 2

The steamer Barrabool encountered severe storms on Saturday when crossing the Brisbane River bar, a sailor having both arms broken, and…

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Floods on the Richmond. Lismore

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1895 · page 2

The flood at Lismore is subsiding. The damage done to the crops is not so serious as originally expected…

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Heavy Floods. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 2

Heavy rain continued yesterday and throughoat the night and early this morning It new appears clearing The railway traffic between…

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Intercolonial. Floods. February 19

The Western Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1895 · page 2

The floods in Northern Queensland continue, and no mails have been received for some days at Townsville…

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[?]Cks Flooded Out. Sydney, February 22

The Western Herald · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 3

Fitzroy in North-Western Australia, [?]cks have been flooded out, and they [?]sieging the Post Office for food…

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Queensland Floods. Sydney, March 1

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 2

At Normanton (Q.) the flood waters are over the railway line and still rising…

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Fearful Storm in the Mediterranean. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 March 1895 · page 3

A terrible storm has occurred in the Mediterranean. The sea rose 90 feet at Tangier, and on the Morocco coast forty vessels are reported as having…

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Seyere Gales in South London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 3

Seyere gales have been experienced in the southern parts England. Churches and warehouses have been unroofed and great damage done…

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Heavy Rain at Rockley. Rockley

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1895 · page 2

Heavy rain fell at Newland's Yalley. yesterday. Over two feet of hail was on the ground. Master Newland, aged fif[?]een, son of Mr. P. J. Newland, was,…

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