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Floods & storms, 1889

17 stories in South Coast's papers

Great Flood on the Planet Mars

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 January 1889 · page 4

No one of our neighbours in the solar system is better known to terrestrial astrouomers than "the red planet Mars," partly because of its relative proximity—33,000,000…

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St. George's Basin. Terrific Storm

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT at Errowell, writing ont he 9th instant, sends us following:—One of the most destructive storms ever known in this district passed over here on Sunday, at…

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Destructive Storm

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1889 · page 4

AFTER a succession of hot and sultry days, although the evenings as a rule were cool, a heavy storm passed to the south-east of Casino about midnight on Monday last, but very little…

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Phenomenal Rainfall SYDNEY, Tuesday. Sixteen Inches in three day Half-an-inch in an hour. Lawler's Warehouse Flooded. £15,000 Damage. Mail Coach Capsized and Horses Drowned. Randwick Course and Centennial Park underwater. Only 2 Telegraph Lines out of 70 Working. Railway Lines Blocked. 40 Houses at Marrickville Under Water

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 29 May 1889 · page 2

Sixteen and s half inches of rain have fallen in Sydney since Friday, yesterday it came down at the rate of half an inch per hour. The coach from Belmore to Sydney was…

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A Storm in a Tea-pot. by One of the Tea Leaves

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 4

There is a scathing article by Mr. Robert Bucharian in the new number of the Universal [?], which is likely to create some little flutter in certain literary [?]…

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Tremendous Floods in America. ([?] to the Herald.)

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 8 June 1889 · page 1

[?] is have taken place in the United States, extending over a [?] of country, and resulting in [?] loss of life…

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The Great Floods in America

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 12 June 1889 · page 4

LONDON, June 3.—Letter details from the scene of the disaster in the Pittsburgh district state that the residents of Johnstown received timely warning that the reservoir…

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LONDON, Monday. Terrible Cyclone

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 19 June 1889 · page 2

A cyclone has traversed Kansas state, North America, followed by floods, the Union Town Hall being swept away…

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Storm Proverbe

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 10 July 1889 · page 2

Red clouds at sunrise indicate storm. Foxes barking at night indicate storm. The aurora, when very bright, indicates storm…

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Disastrous Floods in China. LONDON

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 31 July 1889 · page 2

The Yellow River, China, burst its banks, causing disastrous floods which submerged extensive area, countless lives were lost, and immense damage done to property. I…

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Floods in Victoria

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 18 September 1889 · page 2

Heavy [?] continue on the border districts of Victoria. Townships are inundated, [?] swept away, and business is entirely suspended…

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Floods in Victoria

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 18 September 1889 · page 2

Heavy floods continue oh the border districts of Victoria. Townships are inundated, houses swept away, and business is entirely suspended…

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Cyclone at Mexico

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 9 October 1889 · page 2

A disastrous cyclone has occurred on the coast of Mexico. 30 vessels have been wrecked, and many lives lost. On the land many buildings have been destroyed…

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Terrible Storm at Bardinia

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 9 October 1889 · page 2

The town of Caghari, Sardinia, has been visited by a disastrous storm. 240 houses destroyed and several persons killed…

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Terrible Floods

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 9 October 1889 · page 2

Heavy floods have occurred at Quirindi, Murrarandi, and other northern township. 86 hours almost continuous rainfall. Houses inundated, bridges, fencing, and culverts…

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Terrific Storm

The Moruya Times and South Coast Journal · Wednesday 20 November 1889 · page 2

A terrific storm occurred at Dubbo on Sunday afternoon, destroying fruit trees, vineyards and wheat crops. The hailstones lay fully three feet deep. Windows were…

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Terrible Storms at Louth. Perth

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1889 · page 4

The [?] few days has been interest but, the [?] meter reaching a heavy storms could be seen living from the south. At half-past seen [?] from…

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