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Southern Highlands · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1898

15 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

VARIETIES. The Great Storm

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 1 January 1898 · page 4

THE most dreaded storm ever experienced in England, known as the "Great Storm," occurred on the, night between the 26th and 27th Nov., 1703. The…

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Heavy Rains in Queensland. Floods Expected

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday,—During the whole of last week heavy coastal rains have fallen. At Maryborough further heavy rains fell on Saturday and…

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Break op of the Drought Very Heavy Rainfall. Berrima District Flooded

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1898 · page 2

Exceptionally heavy rain commenced on Saturday night, and continued up to the time of our going to press on Monday evening, with little sign of…

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Storm in Bowral

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 4

RAIN in Bowral commenced on Saturday afternoon and continued all Saturday night and on Sunday it began to come down very fast and kept on raining…

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The Heavy Rainfall and Floods. Mortality in Melbourne

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 February 1898 · page 5

Rain set in on Saturday evening and continued without intermission all day and night on Sunday, over six inches falling up to 9 a.m. on Monday (and a further 2) inches during That the intense and protracted heat of the last 10 weeks has gathered in its wide sweep the lives of many not having the power to resist it, is only…

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Sunday's Storm. Disastrous Results

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 2

KANGAROO VALLEY, Tuesday.—Over 24in of rain have fallen since Saturday The Kangaroo River rose 56ft., and to within 9ft. of the new suspension…

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Storm at Mount Kosciusko. Thrilling Experiences. a 36 Miles' Walk

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 5

Mr. Bernard Ingleby, chief observer at the Mount Kosciusko Observatory, recently established by Mr. Clement Wragge, has wired us from Jindabyne the following…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Late Gale

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 February 1898 · page 2

The chief item of conversation in the city, during the week has been the disastrous results of the recent storm. Several vessels were destroyed and a…

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The Recent Gale and Heavy Rains. Damage to Roads in the Berrima District

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 March 1898 · page 2

Owing to very extensive damage done by the recent floods to the roads in this, district, it has taken considerable time to ascertain the amount of…

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After the Storm

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 2

The wind increased in fury. Gust after gust struck angrily against the window of the room in which Hetty Maynard sat trembling. It was a night to make the…

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Storm at Mount Kosciusko. the Erection of a Shelter Hut

Robertson Advocate · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 2

Jindabyne, Tuesday.—A fierce snowstorm is raging on the mountains about Kosciusko. and residents are anxious as to how Messrs. Iliff and…

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Terrific Gale. Loss of the S.S. Maitland. Thirty Lives Lost

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 May 1898 · page 5

A heavy gale blew along the coast on Thursday and Friday, beign accompanied on the first day with very heavy rain, no less than 6in. being…

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Our Sydney letter. the Recent Gales

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 May 1898 · page 4

The sad tales of the [?] as a result of the recent gale, are now closed. Altogether about 30 lives were lost, three or four ships, and some…

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Any Port in a Storm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 5 November 1898 · page 5

The following letter has been sent by Mr. Geo. Pile Sydney to the S. M. Herald:— Whatever may have been the occult reasons which have caused Mr. Reid to propose…

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Floods in the Hurray

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 2

The River Murray was on Sunday at flood height, all the low-lying fate being submerged. A remarkable feature in connection with the course of the flood water…

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