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Floods & storms, 1899

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Storms in England. Terrible Shipping Casualities

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 3

Terrible weather has been experienced in the Channel and around the British coasts. Disastrous loss in shipping has been reported…

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Port Said Lighthouse. Destroyed by a Gale. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 10 January 1899 · page 2

It is reported that the lighthouse at the entrance to Port Said harbor has been destroyed by a gale…

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Wellington. Wednesday. Destructive Cyclone

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 2

A cyclone passsed over the town at hallpast 2 o'clook to-day, doing very serious damage. The roof of the Catholic Church was blown off and the windows, valued at…

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A Terrific Cyclone. Heavy Damage to Property. Wellington

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 12 January 1899 · page 3

A terrific cyclone passed over the town at half-past two o'clock to-day, doing very serious damage. The roof of the Roman Catholic Church was blown off, and a window…

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A Terrific Cyclone

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1899 · page 3

A drover named Keenan gives particulars of a terrific cyclone between Haws road and Dyke H[?]ad, Victoria. Three of his horses were [?]wept…

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Brisbane. Monday. a Heavy Gale

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 2

A heavy gale has been raging in this district since last night, accompanied by rain. Many telegraph lines are down and it is feared, that considerable damage has…

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Queensland. a Heavy Cyclone. Two Lives Lost. Several Boats Capsized. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 3

A brief telegram announces that a severe cyclone has passed over Townsville, but no details are yet to hand. A sailing boat was capsized on the…

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Cyclone in Queensland. Extraordinary Rain. Great Damage to Shipping. Some Perilous Experiences. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 2

It is some time since Brisbane experienced a gale accompanied by such heavy rain as that which fell this morning. Appearance yesterday evening betokened a heavy…

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Auckland Wednesday. Severe Floods

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 2

Severe floods have been experienced in the Nelson district. Bridges have been carried away, and in one township the residents had to be rescued by boats. A…

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Queensland. M'intyre River Flooded. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 February 1899 · page 3

The heavy rains which have fallen during the past few days on the Darling Downs have caused the M'Intyre river to overflow its banks and water is now…

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Big Storm in the Atlantic. R.M.S. Lucania in Trouble. a Shoal on Whales. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 3

A great hurricane raged in the Atlantic Ocean during the past few days. The Cunard steamer Lucania one of the well known ocean flyers met with terrific weather…

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Severe Gale. Over Great Britain and Ireland. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 February 1899 · page 2

The winter in England is also being severely fait, and a terrific westerly sale continues to blow over Great Britain and Ireland…

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Later Cables. Through Reuter's Agency. the Big Gales. a Terrible Passage. London, Thursday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

The Canard liner Etruria, 8119 tons, had a terrible passage from Liverpool to New York owing to the terrific gales raging on the Atlantic…

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Floods in the West. the Macquarie a Banker. Bathurst

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 March 1899 · page 3

The Macquarie River, which has been absolutely dry for over six months, is flooded, indicating that a heavy storm has burst near its sources at Campbell's River…

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The Cradle of the Storm

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 15 March 1899 · page 3

To lift a large pail or tank measuring two feet each [?]ay, and filled with two gases, oxygen and hydrogen, chemically combined in certain preparations, is…

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Gales in the Atlantic. Two Steamers Wrecked. Three Hundred Lives Lost. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 March 1899 · page 2

It was reported last week that as a consequence of heavy gales in the Atlantic, and blizzards on the eastern coast of America, nine vessels were overdue…

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Adelaide. Monday. Destructive Storm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 2

Farina, a township situated on the Great Northern line some distance from Port Augusta, felt the full force of the storm which passed over the district on Saturday…

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Local and General News. a Peculiar Dust Storm

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 March 1899 · page 2

Despite the general rainfall there was us much dust in the air on Sunday evening as would have justified the startling paragraph which appeared in a Yankee…

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The '52 Flood. Gundagai Washed Away

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 29 March 1899 · page 2

It was in "June, in the year 1852 that the town of Gundagai, which was then built on what is now known or the Reserve, was completely swept…

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Heavy Rain

Coolamon Echo · Friday 31 March 1899 · page 3

On Saturday last fleecy clouds made their appearance, and during the day a fine, misty rain fell at intervrls, while very early on Sunday morn a…

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