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Floods & storms, 1895

20 stories in Riverina's papers

Heavy Rain at Ninety Mile. Coolgardie

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 2

At the Consols mine an important discovery has been made. In sinking No. 4 shaft the reef was cut carrying good gold, being the same class of stone as was met…

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Flood Near Coolgardie. a Terrific Downpour. Coolgardie

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 2

AT the Ninety-Mile last Sunday, at about 10 o'clock, there was a heavy dust storm, followed by hail and rain, which came down in torrents. Between Cane-grass Swamp…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Cable and Floods

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 4

The overland line to Port Darwin is interrupted. The flood waters are ab[?] and it is expected the communication will be restored to-day…

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Floods in Queensland

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 2

The weather in Brisbane on Wednesday was showery, 2in. being recorded in the last 24 hours, and it is still very threatening. At Grand…

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Floods in the Far North

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 2

The Postmaster-General at Adelaide has received intelligence from the far north and west which shows that the rains over a very large district have…

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Phenomenal Flood at Bingara. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 2

A PHENOMENAL and quite unprecedented flood occurred late on Saturday evening at Bingara. On Saturday 230 points of rain were recorded there, making a total of nine…

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Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 2

Heavy rail fell again on Friday, but afterwards the weather cleared. At midnight last night, however, the downpour again began, and to-day over 6in. were registered…

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Mr. Wragge on Storms. How the Recent Disturbance Began. Anxiously Watching "Mu."

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 February 1895 · page 4

Mr. Clement L. Wragge contributes the following interesting account of the recent storm to the Brisbane Courier of Monday last:—…

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A Political Thunderstorm

The Worker · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 2

At the time of going to press the Ministry are awaiting an attack by Sir Geo. Dibbs, who, on Wednesday evening, gave notice of a motion of no-confidence…

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Floods in North Queensland. Serious Loss of Life. Port Douglas

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1895 · page 3
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

NEWS has been brought by the Daintree mailman of the loss of six lives on Friday night, when the river rose 8ft. higher than the highest flood previously known. A…

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A Disastrous Voyage. Tragic Death During a Gale

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 July 1895 · page 5

UPON the arrival in Hobson's Bay on Monday evening of the ship S. D. Carlton, from Now York, particulars were learned of two tragic events which-marked the voyage…

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Violent Storm. Extraordinary Snowfall. Earthquake Shocks

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 July 1895 · page 2

"THE sou'-wester here to-day," wired the signal-master at Gabo Island on Tuesday afternoon, " is the hardest for years. The wind force is equal to 11 in the Beaufort…

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Collapse of a Sydney Store Blown Down by a Gale

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 September 1895 · page 2

EXTENSIVE damage was done by a gale in the city on Monday to the store of Messrs. Mason Bros., 271 Kent-street. The roof and the whole front above the first floor…

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Floods on the Murray

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 September 1895 · page 3

A TOCUMWAL telegram of Friday says:—The Murray this morning was 18[?]. lin. above the summer level. All the low-lying land around here is completely submerged. The…

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The Weather. Thunderstorm Conditions. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 September 1895 · page 2

Splendid rain commenced in the metropolis at 7 o'clock this evening, and continued for over four hours. The rain was very heavy at times, and over an inch fell in the…

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The Weather. Heavy Coastal Rain

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 November 1895 · page 2

A telegram received from Sydney yesterday stated that it had been raining since four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, with only a few minutes' cessation. The rainfall is the…

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Great Storm at Broken Hill. Washaway on the Railway. Several Buildings Wrecked. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 5 December 1895 · page 3

FIFTEEN railway passengers for Adclaide by the train stuck up at the washaway on the Broked Hill line walked from Cockburn to Thatkaringa, and readied here on Saturday…

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Terrific Storm in Adelaide. Many Buildings Unroofed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 December 1895 · page 2

A STORM of extraordinary violence swept over Adelaide and suburbs on Monday evening. Numerous reports of serious damage have been received from many parts,…

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The Turn of the Tide. 'There is a tide in the affairs of men which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 December 1895 · page 3

With the decline of the year there are unmistakeable signs of the setting in of the tide of Prosperity towards these fair shores There are signs of better times coming for the Producer; for Wool and Wheat, those staples of Commerce,…

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