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Floods & storms, 1894

18 stories in Riverina's papers

The Gippsland Floods. Omeo

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 January 1894 · page 2

The greatest flood ever known in his district began on thursday last, and continued for three days, the rainfall registered in the town being 6 inches, and at Bindi…

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Heavy Storms at Wagga. Two Storms Totalling 377 Points

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 3

Thursday last was an exceedingly hot muggy day, without any apparent indication of rain. At about 5.15 on that afternoon heavy clouds appeared in the west…

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Heavy Storms at Wagga. Unprecedented Rainfall. Damage to Property

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 2

TWO of the severest thnnderastorms experi enced in Wagga for over 20 years occurred on Thursday and yesterday evenings.After the spell of cool weather which followed the…

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The Late Storms

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 2

DURING the storms on Thursday and Friday evenings last week, considerable damage was caused in the vicinity of Lake Albert by wind and rain. At Caldwell's vineyard…

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Floods at Cooma

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 2

GREAT damage by floods is reported from the Coom[?] district. A waterspout broke over Keah Lake station, followed by a tremendous hailstorm. The house was swamped,…

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Sand-storms in the Sahara

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 January 1894 · page 2

The climate of the Sahara, especially where it is under the influence of the westerly anil north-westerly winds, which are the prevailing breezes, is…

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Floods in Northern New South Wales. Great Injury to Maize Crops. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1894 · page 2

ALARMIST telegrams have been received to- day from the North Coast districts, where there has been a phenomenally heavy fall of rain. At Wauchope, on the Hastings, the…

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Shipping Delayed by the Storm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 6

The easterly gale has somewhat disorganised the coasting shipping. The Corinna, of the U.S.S. Company's line, was delayed at Newcastle by the storm, and her departure…

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The Floods in N.s.w. Enormous Damage to Crops

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 March 1894 · page 6

The heavy easterly gale spent itself on Wednesday afternoon. It was blowing its strongest near midnight on Tuesday, when the velocity attained was 30 miles an hour…

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Desolation in the Cyclone's Tback

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 7

About noon a party of emigrants reached the Red River half a mile below us. We counted twenty-six white-topped waggons, Texas-bound…

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Severe Storm at Bourke. Bourke

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1894 · page 2

One of the most terrible storms ever witnessed in this district occurred this morning at half-past 10 o'clock. It could be seen approaching from the north-west, and only…

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The Queensland Floods

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 April 1894 · page 4

The steamer Victoria arrived at Cooktown on Sunday from Normanton. She was detained 30 hours sheltering from the heavy weather at the Howick Group. The rainfall…

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The Flood in the Murrumbidgee

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1894 · page 2

The people of Wagga have to congratulate, themselves upon being saved from another inundation which threatened at one time to be of a serious nature. What caused anxiety…

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Latest Telegrams. LONDON, Thursday. Another Flood

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 19 May 1894 · page 2

Disastrous floods have occurred at Wisconsin and Minnesota (America). Houses and miles of bridges were swept away. The damage is…

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Telephones and Thunderstorms

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 June 1894 · page 6

Subscribers to the telephone, whilst fully recognising its usefulness, have long been familiar with its occasional irregularities. They have only lately…

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The Floods on the Murray. Sensational Experiences. Numurkah

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1894 · page 4

IN connection with the floods on the Murray River a highly sensational incident occurred last Friday involving a narrow escape from drowning. It is reported by a gentleman…

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Father and Son, Or Crime Leads to Crime. Chapter Xiii. the Pearl in a Storm

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 8 August 1894 · page 3

‘Now, Harry, read me your log for the last two days, and let me see how you are shaping at logmaking,’ said Hampton…

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Great Rainfall in Victoria. Damage by Floods

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1894 · page 2

AFTER the intense heat of Thursday and Friday thunderstorms were (the Melbourne Argus says) expected, and they came on Friday evening. In Melbourne the rainfall…

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