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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1867

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Arrival of the English Mail at Adelaide. News to 10Th December. Disastrous Floods in England. Great Loss of Life and Property. Mr. Verdon's Entertainment in London. Important From America and the Continent. the Wool and Produce Markets

Empire · Friday 11 January 1867 · page 5

The Balclutha, with the English mails per P. and O. Company's steamer Bombay, arrived at Adelaide yesterday morning, and we received the following telegraphic…

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Sowing the Storm

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 January 1867 · page 13

The madness which is said to forerun destruction was never more distinctly exhibited than in the mode of treatment adopted towards this country by the English people and their…

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Great Floods in Lancashire and Yorkshire. E[?] Us Destruction of Property. ([?] the Liverpool Mercury, November 17.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1867 · page 2

THE recent[?] eavy and continuous rainfall has led to most disastrous [?]sults in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and probably ot[?] parts of the country will suffor to an equal extent, unless [?] fine weather sets in. Many of the streams and…

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Great and Disastrous Floods in the North. Great Destruction of Property and Loss of Life. (From the Daily News November 29.)

Empire · Monday 14 January 1867 · page 5

Serious accounts continue to be received from various parts, of Lancashire and Yorkshire of the effects of the floods—which have not only been destructive to property on a large scale, but have resulted in the loss of…

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Great Floods in Lancashire and Yorkshire

Sydney Mail · Saturday 19 January 1867 · page 7

THE recent heavy and continuous rainfall has led to most disastrous results in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and probably other parts of the country will suffer to an equal extent unless fine weather sets in. Many of the streams and…

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Gale's Rudder-ball Cartridge. (From the Standard.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1867 · page 3

EVERYBODY has heard of some ef Mr. Gale's inventions, but everybody docs not know that Mr. Gale [?] blind. It seems very strange to see one totally devoid of sight handling gunpowder, manipulating…

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Arrival of the S.s. Ruahine. Great Reform Demonstration in London. Rumoured Arrival of Stephens in Ireland. a Regard of £5000 Offered for His Capture Dead or Alive. Another Fenian Rising Threatened. More Arrests.—troops and Artillery Sent to Ireland. Danger in Canada.—arms and Ammunition Seized. Great Floods in Yorkshire and Lancashire. Fires at Paisly, Hull, and Bury. Wreck of the Barque Coya, Bound From Sydney to San Francisco 26 Lives Lost

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 February 1867 · page 9

The P., N.Z. & A.R.M. Co's s.s. Ruahine, Captain T. S. Beale, arrived at Wellington at 4.15 p.m., on the 27th January, from Panama, five days overdue. She was detained at Panama…

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Water Police Court.—friday. (Before the Water Police Magistrate with Messrs. Day, Macdona. Flood. Kettle, and Hill.)

Empire · Saturday 16 February 1867 · page 5

John Mulholland and John Smith, for drunkenness, were each fined 5s., or forty-eight hours' gaol, and William Claney, for a like offence, was fined 10s., or three days gaol. John Smith was also fined 20s., or…

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Great Flood in Nelson

Empire · Monday 4 March 1867 · page 8

We regret to see by the Nelson papers that another flood has occureed in that city, causing considerable damage to property. We extract the following account of the flood and its effects from the Examiner of the…

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Weather Forecast and Storm Warnings. (From the Journal of the National Life-boat Institution for January.)

Empire · Wednesday 13 March 1867 · page 3

It will have been observed, and doubtless With regret by many of our readers, that [?]n the early part of last month (December, 1866) Government notified their intention…

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A Storm in the Mountains. Par[?] 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 March 1867 · page 2

A [?] Boy, far v[?]nturing from his home. Out on the half-wild [?] dim tracks I roam: A lonely [?] numbering years eleven. 'Mid [?] mountains heaping up to heaven!…

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Arrival of the English Mail at Adelaide. Opening of Parliament. a Reform Bill Promised. Disastrous Ice Accident. Fenian Outbreak in Killarney. Great Floods in Yorkshire. Arrest of Two of the Jamaica Murderers

Empire · Monday 18 March 1867 · page 4

The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's mail steamer Avoca arrived at Melbourne on Saturday. She had experienced rough weather during the passage…

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Terrific Gale in Bowen. (From the Port Denison Times, March 6)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1867 · page 3

ON Saturday evening, 2nd instant, about 6 p.m., commenced one of the most violent gales of which there has been either record or tradition. It commenced from S.S.W. veering to E.N.E., and continued to blow from within a…

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Queensland. Terrible Gale in Bowen. (Abridged from the Port Denison Times.)

Empire · Thursday 28 March 1867 · page 5

On Saturday evening, 2nd instant, about 6 p.m. commenced one of the most violent gales of which there has been either record or tradition. lt commenced from S.S.W. [?]ring to E.N.E., and continued to blow…

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Terrific Gale in Bowen

Sydney Mail · Saturday 30 March 1867 · page 7

ON Saturday evening, 2nd instant, about 6 p.m., commenced one of the most violent gales of which there has been either record or tradition. It commenced from S.S.W., v[?]ing to E.N.E., and continued to blow from within a…

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Great Flood in the Braidwood District. (From the Braidwood Dispatch, March 27.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 April 1867 · page 5

AFTER a long drought a change in the weather occurred on Friday evening last, after two or three fitful indications of an approaching change during the preceding part of the week. We had only a few partial showers…

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Great Flood in the Moruya District. Three Men Drowned. (From the Examiner, March 29.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1867 · page 5

SAD and serious is the change in this district's prospects from this day week, and short was the time for the accomplishment of the dreadful results—three persons drowned— crops and fencing destroyed—and many families driven…

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The Flood at Araluen. (From the Braidwood Dispatch of Saturday.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1867 · page 5

A CORRESPONDENT has favoured us with the following further particulars of the flood at Araluen:- The valley of Araluen has been visited with one of those floods which prove so disastrous to its mining operations,…

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Great Floods at Moruya. Three Men Drowned. (From the Mornya Examiner, March 29.)

Empire · Tuesday 2 April 1867 · page 3

Sad and serious is the change in this district's prospects from this day week and short was the time for the accomplishment of the dreadful results—three persons drowned—crops and foncing destroyed—and…

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Flood at Araluen

Empire · Wednesday 3 April 1867 · page 5

A correspondent has favoured us with the following further particulars of the flood at Araluen:— The valley of Aral[?] has been visited with one of those floods which prove so disastrous to its mining…

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