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Floods & storms, 1893

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Our Telegrams. Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 February 1893 · page 2

THERE in great devastation in Brisbane, [?] through the flouds in Queensland. About five hundred houses have been [?] away, and an enormous destrue…

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Floods In The North

Moruya Examiner · Friday 17 February 1893 · page 2

A resident of brilliance during the past 44 years, writing on Tuesday last respecting the floods, says:—It is heartbreaking to look from the houses on any side, for, as far…

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Queensland Floods

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 7

The Brisbane River has silted up, thus reducing the depth considerably, and rendering navigation troublesome. Relief donations are coming in freely…

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A Disastrous Flood. Phenomenal Rainfall Maize Cro[?]s Destroyed. Bridges Washed Away, Mails Delayed

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1893 · page 2

WEATHER prop[?] proph[?] some of them, that the couple of very hot gave experienced here on Thursday and Friday last (the thermometer) on the taller…

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The Late Flood

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 10 March 1893 · page 2

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The Hunter River in Flood

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 5

The Hunter River district is flooded. The flood is the most disastrous recorded from that part of the colony. Six persons were drowned. Portions of the mainland…

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Flood on The Hunter River

Moruya Examiner · Friday 17 March 1893 · page 2

The flood on the Hunter River is the most destructive ever: known in that district There: wore thirty-feet of water over parts of West Maitland. The Premier…

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New Zealand Floods. a Destructive Cyclone

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1893 · page 4

A NEW ZEALAND correspondent writes on March 3:— According to our meteorologists we have been visited by the cyclone which caused the second floods…

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New South Wales Flood Relief fund

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 8

The following letter, accompanied by a subscription list, has been received by the Rev. J. Hornby Spear, who will be pleased to receive any subscriptions which may be…

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New South Wales Flood Relief

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 8

Pursuant to advertisement called by his Worship the Mayor (Ael. J. Latta), a public meeting was held in the "Council Chamber, Milton, on Tuesday evening last…

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Sydney, Friday, 2 30 p.m. a Big Flood

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 5

Telegrams received from Kempsey show that the flood on Saturday and Sunday was the biggest yet known there. Enormous losses have resulted to stock and…

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Floods Belief Fund

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 2 September 1893 · page 2

The following letter has been received by Mr. H. Rauch, in connection with the above fund:—Committee Room, Town Hall,…

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Our Telegrams. (From our Telegraphic Correspondent.) Damages for Seduction.hew Loan for Public Works. Savings in the Estimates. Retrenchment the Watchword.the Carcoar Murderer. the Great Gold Robbery. the Eight-hour Demonstration. a Very Gay Spectacle. Decease in the Revenue. Meeting of the Opposition. Arrests for Murder-and Assaults. Australian Cricketers in America. a Mine Flooded. British Revenue Decreased. the Great Coal Strike. Thousands of Women and Children Starving. a Cholera-stricken Steamer. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1893 · page 2

A WOMAN named Sarah Simpson, a widow, recovered £700 damager at the West Maitland Circuit Court from Albert Thompson, grazier, for the…

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Our Telegrams. (From our Telegraphic Correspondent.) Names of New Electorates. Balance at the Savings Bank. Employment of Men on Roads. Australian Naval Defence. Electioneering Speeches Depreciated. Report Pf Electoral District Commissioners Adopted. the Carcoar Tragedy. Mrs. Phillips Recovered Slightly. Racing News. Scratchings. Marrickville Shooting Cast. the Financial Statement. Cold-blooded Murder at Angledool. Cheerful Outlook for New Loan. Strike Feared at Newcastle. Mount Morgan Gold Robbery. Effects of Miners’ Strike England. Opening of Manchester Canal. 500,000 Miners’ Children Dependent on Charity for Food. Moors Attack Spanish Fortress. Terrific Cyclone, Gulf of Mexico. the Trouble in Brazil. Rebels Warned to Cease Bombardment. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1893 · page 2

Mining shares : Mount Gahan’s quoted at—Buyers, 2s 6d ; sellers, 3s 3d, The name of tho new electorate “The Clyde” has been altered to…

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Floods Relief Fund

The Ulladulla and Milton Times · Saturday 18 November 1893 · page 1

There is an old saying, and a true one, that charity begins at home, find from a statement made by Alderman Wood at a public meeting, the other night, it will be…

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Storms in Great Britain

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 24 November 1893 · page 2

LONDON, November 20.—Heavy gales have swept the coasts of Great Britain, and have been attended with great, loss of life…

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A Terrible Storm. London Nov. 19

Moruya Examiner · Friday 24 November 1893 · page 2

A hurricane of terrific violence has been experienced on the east and west coasts of Great Britain. Enormous damage was done to shipping and house property, and great…

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