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Floods & storms, 1893

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Queensland Floods. (To the Editor.)

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 3

SIR,—I beg to acknowledge, with your kind permission, through the columns of your paper, receipt of the sum of £6/7/6 from the employees of the Cootamundra Farmers'…

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Queensland Floods

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 8

THE loss through the Queensland floods amounts to about one million pounds. The steamers Gabo and Peregrine are still aground. There is great danger owing to…

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The Brisbane Floods. Marking the Bounds

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1893 · page 2

THE triplet of floods presented to us by Nature lately are already being made of permanent value for future years. However sorely we may now feel the pluvial addition…

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The Queensland Floods Relief Concert

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1893 · page 2

THE concert organized by the Loyal Southern Star Lodge of Oddfellows, in aid of the Queensland floods relief fund, took place last night, and considering the nature…

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The Queensland Floods. London, 2Nd March

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 March 1893 · page 5

The committee formed in London to raise funds for the relief of the sufferers by the Queensland floods reports that the subscriptions have now reached £6000…

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Extraordinary Storm at Warragul. Fall of a Thunderbolt. Warragul

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 2

THE most violent thunderstorm over experienced in this district burst over Warrgul last evening, and was accompanied by a most extraordinary phenomenon. The lightning…

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Severe Thunderstorm at Wodonga. a House Struck by Lightning

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1893 · page 2

A TERRIFIC thunderstorm burst over the Wodonga district shortly after 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning, which, in at least one…

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Moss Vale in Flood. Moss Vale

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1893 · page 4

ON Saturday night rain fell, after a beautifully line and warm day, and continued falling more or less during yesterday morning, when it began to show signs of clearing…

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Severe Storms in New South Wales. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 5

Although rain has held off pretty well, a strong southeast wind has prevailed all day, with occasional showers. During the 48 hours ended 9 a.m. to-day 5.52 inches of…

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The Floods in the North. the Rainfall Abating. Several Lives Lost. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 3

THE following telegrams have been received giving fuller particulars of the disastrous floods in the northern districts of this colony:—…

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The Floods in New South Wales. West Maitland

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 3

At West Maitland since my last message very little change of any note has occurred. The night that has just passed was one of the most awful and terrible in the history of…

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The Floods. Fearful Loss of Life and Property. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 March 1893 · page 6

News from West Maitland states that the floods are slowly receding. Three more bodies have been found, and it is feared that further loss of life will be discovered. Great…

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Flood Prevention. a Departmental Scheme

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 March 1893 · page 4

ON Monday, ill conversation with a reporter (says the Echo) the Minister of Public Works said that the question of preventing, or at any rate minimising, the floods in the…

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The Hunter River Floods. Thousands of Tons of Hay Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 March 1893 · page 4

At Morpeth and the sister town of Hinton the damage has been comparatively trifling, considered in the light of the losses to the total population, but those who have suffered…

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The Floods in New South Wales. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 March 1893 · page 2

There is very little fresh to add regarding the floods in the Hunter River districts. Reports received to-day show that the weather is fine and the flood water steadily receding…

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"Bail Up." Performance for the Flood Relief Fund

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 March 1893 · page 3

Last evening, through the generosity of Mr. Wilson Forbes, the proceeds resulting from the performance were devoted to the Maitland Flood Relief Fund. The piece…

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Disastrous Hurricane and Floods in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 2

News was received this morning from Noumea that a hurricane proving moat disastrous in its effects, had swept over the group of islands. The New Hebrides…

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The Hunter River Floods. West Maitland

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 4

The Hunter River has now assumed nearly its usual level. The backwater, however, will be about the district for some weeks yet. Now that the water has subsided one can get an…

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Cyclone in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 2

March has a bad name in the hurricane region of the Western Pacific. It seems always with a March cyclone that the energies of the…

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Correspondence. (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions of our correspondents.) New South Wales Floods. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 March 1893 · page 2

SIR,—Permit me, through your columns, to inform the public of Wagga that I have a subscription list for the New South Wales Flood Relief Fund. I am anxious to return…

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