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Floods & storms, 1898

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Severe Storm at Singlet[?] Buildings Unroofed—cr[?] Destroyed. Singleton, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 2

The storm on Wednesday [?] almost unparelled. Many build [?] were unroofed, crops were blown d[?] at Glennie's Creek and Camber[?]…

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Brisbane. Wednesday. Serious Floods in Brisbane-railway Interruptions

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 2

As a result of the recent heavy rains the Water has now flowed into the streets in the low-dying parts of the city on both sides of the river. At 9.30 a.m. to-day the water…

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Disastrous Floods in Brisbane. Removing Furniture to Places of Safety. Streets Inundated. the Sydney Mail Train Blocked

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 2

South Brisbane presented a pitif[?] spectacle this morning owing to t[?] flood, with hundreds of horses stan[?]ing two of three feet deep in the wa[?]…

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West Australia. Heavy Gale at Freemantle. the Steamer Balimba Aground. Perth, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 2

A very heavy gale has been raging at Freemantle since last night. Vessels have put out to sea, and the steamer Balimba grounded after…

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Floods in South Australia. Broken Hill and Silverton Submerged. Railway Lines Damaged. Wentworth Coach Driver Missing

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 February 1898 · page 4

ADEDAIDE, Thursday.—During last night and this morning thunderstorms, accompanied by heavy rain, were experienced in the north and north-east. At Coward Springs…

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Heavy Rain in Victoria. Damage by Floods

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

Telegrams receded in Melbourne during Saturday reported a splendid rainfall, in which nearly the whole of the colony shared. The downpour will do incalculable good…

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Violent Storm in Sydney. the Whole Colony Covered by Rain. Rivers in Flood. Shipping in Sydney Harbor. Narrow Escape of Two Vessels

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

For wildness the weather about Sydney on Sunday and along the seaboard would (the Sydney Morning Herald reports) require some beating in any country. The…

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Terrible Gale on the Coast. Shipwrecks and Loss of Life. a Crew Perish in Sight of Spectators. Captain, Mate and Crew Drowned. Foundering of a Schooner. a Vessel Ashore at Newcastle. a Merchant Ship in Danger. Floods in the Hunter River. Sydney, Monday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

The fierce gale which raged along the coast yesterday carried death and destruction with it. The first disaster recorded was that…

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Disastrous Storm on the Coast. a Brig Wrecked Off Bulli— Eight Men Drowned. Fears of Other Wrecks. Extensive Ramage at Port Kembla. Heavy Storm in Sydney and Suburbs. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

During the heavy gale which raged along the coast yesterday the brig Amy, from Wellongong to Sydney, coal laden, went ashore at Thiroul Beach, near Bulli, and…

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A Link with the Past. Tales of Ancient Gundagai. As Told by Mr. M. NORTON, J.P. All About the Big Floods

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

THE most interesting person in Gundagai is Mr. Michael Norton, J.P., the Returning Officer for the Gundagai electorate. Every one knows him, every one respects the…

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Relief for Camden. Floods in the Hunter. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2

The ship Longdale, which was reported to be in danger off Wollonqong on Monday, arrived at Newcastle to-day. Captain Hunter denies emphatically that the vessel…

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Great Flood at Bungendore. Two Men Drowned. a Woman's Sensational Escape. Miraculous Escape of a Passenger Train. [By Telegraph.] Bungendore

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2

The most disastrous flood over known here ocoarred last night at half-past 9 o'clock. A terrific thunderstorm came on and in about an hour 4 inches of rain fell,…

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Loss of Stock by Floods

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2

The loss of stock in the Camden district by the recent floods is estimated at £15,000…

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The Rains and Floods. Telegram From Mr. Reid

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2

Mr. Drunker, Colonial Secretary, has received a telegram from Mr. Reid. The Premier, while congratulating the colony on the welcome…

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Floods at Bungendore. the Town Inundated. Two Men Washed Away and Drowned

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 February 1898 · page 2

A disastrous flood occurred at Bungendore last night. Most of the business places and private residences were inundated. In the Catholic…

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The Gundagai Flood of '52

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 18 February 1898 · page 4

THE lines published below originally approved in August, 1852, and a repr[?]ducti vivid reminiscences of the great Gundagai floods…

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Intercolonial. [By Telegraph.] Sydney. Friday. the Recent Storm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

The mail service of the colony is still disorganised, as a result of the recent heavy storms, but the difficulties are gradually being overcome…

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The Latest. [Reuter's Telegrams.] London, Feb. 18. the Gulf of Finland Storm—40 Men Rescued

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

Forty of the fishermen who were washed out to sea by the storm in the Gulf of Finland [whilst fishing on the ice have been rescued…

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Terrific Storm in Finland. Break Up of the Ice. Fishermen Carried Out to Sea. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

Terrific storms which have been experienced on the coast of Finland, Russia, have caused the ice to break, with the result that 200 fishermen…

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A Link with the Past. Tales of Ancient Gundagai, As Told by Mr. M. NORTON, J.P. All About the Big Floods. (Gundagai Times.)

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 3

THE most interesting person in Gundagai is Mr. Micheal Norton, J.P., the Returning Officer for the Gundagai electorate. Every one knows him, everyone respects the…

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