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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1892

7 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Storm at Parramatta

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—The Congregational Church at Granville was blown over, and a number of houses were unroofed at Parramatta, by a severe storm on Sunday…

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Storm in Sydney

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 2

SUNDAY morning in the city was beautifully fine, but in the afternoon there were symptoms of an approaching storm. About a quarter past six a thunderstorm burst over the city, and for…

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Street Flooded

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 13 January 1892 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—The heavy rains of Sunday and yesterday were severely felt at Muswellbrook. Market-street was flooded, the street being a little river…

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Terrific Cyclone

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 January 1892 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday—A terri[?] cyclone passed over Murwillumbah on Saturday…

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Chapter Xxviii.—a Domestic Storm

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 23 March 1892 · page 4

It is a truth almost too trite for reference that in the experience of every one of us there are some days in which everything seems to go wrong. Such a day was the…

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Floods in the Country

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 6 April 1892 · page 3

Sydney, Tuesday.—The river at Grafton is now only 5ft below the height of the great flood of 1890. The farmers are very heavy losers by the floods…

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Chinese Flood

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 October 1892 · page 2

London, Monday.—The river Ko Ang Lo in China, has broken through its banks and caused disastrous floods, drowning 50,000 people, and it is estimated that one million…

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