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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1877

123 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 7

The Late Terrible Cyclone and Storm Wave in Bengal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1877 · page 6

A QUARTER OF A MILLION OF PHOPLE DESTROYED. THE Amrita Ba[?]ar Patrika, of the 23rd November, publishes the following information about the late cyclone and the terrible storm wave which accompanied it:-…

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The Terrible Cyclone in India. Between Two and Three Hundred Thousand Lives Lost

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 January 1877 · page 33

The following are the only particulars contained in the papers come to hand:— Calcutta, Nov. 20.—Three large islands, Hattiah, Sundeep, and Dakin Shababozhare, and numerous…

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Simple Floodgate

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 6 January 1877 · page 18

It is astonishing how often we find the same idea occurring to different people in different paris of the world. Now, the other day I happened to be visiting the property on the Albert…

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Floods in England. London, January 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1877 · page 5

Floods throughout England continue. There has been great destruction of property…

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The Great Cyclone and Storm Wave in India. 215,000 Lives Lost

Evening News · Thursday 11 January 1877 · page 3

THE brief telegraph notices of the appalling loss of human life, paused by the cyclone and storm were in Eastern Bengal on 31st October, are fully borne out by the accounts contained in our Indian…

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Storm Wave in Bengal

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 January 1877 · page 60

A QUARTER OF A MILLION OF PEOPLE DESTROYED. THE Amrita Bazar Patrika, of the 23rd November, publishes the following information about the lata cyclone and the terrible storm wave which accompanied it:—…

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Floods in England. London, January 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1877 · page 5

The floods, which have done much damage in England,are now subsiding…

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The Great Cyclone and Storm Wave in India

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1877 · page 26

The brief telegraph notices of the appalling loss of humun life, caused by the cyclone and storm wave in Eastern fiengal on 31st October, are fully borne out by the accounts contoined in our Indian…

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The Cyclone and Storm Wave in Bengal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 8

A CORRESPONDENT of an Indian journal gives a graphic though brief account of the storm wave and cyclone which destroyed 250,000 people and an immense quantity of property in Bengal. After describing the…

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Serious Floods in Scotland—A Railway Bridge Swept Away. Dundee, November 16

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1877 · page 5

The heavy rains have resulted in the flood great tracts of land in Perthshire and Forfarshire, the water lying to the depth of six feet. A serious mishap has occurred on the Caledonian…

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Great Storms and Floods in England

Evening News · Thursday 1 February 1877 · page 3

During the early part of the week severe storms of wind and rain have prevailed throughout the kingdom, and much damage has been done. A large beech tree was blown across the…

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Great Storms and Floods

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1877 · page 7

The Home News of December 8th states that during the early part of the week severe storms of wind and rain have prevailed throughout the kingdom, and much damage has been done. A large beech tree was…

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Floods at Oporto

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1877 · page 7

A Lloyd's telegram gives the following important intelligence relative to floods at Oporto:—"Oporto, December 4, 1.15 p.m.—Heavy flood in River Douro, at present running nine knots, and increasing…

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Damaging Floods on the South Coast of England

Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1877 · page 5

London January 2.—A gale of unprecedented violence prevailed, on the South Coast of [?] Dover Pier was partially destroyed. The damage is estimated at a hundred and fifty thousand…

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Gerat Storms and Floods in England

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 February 1877 · page 26

During the early part of the week severe storms of wind and rain have prevailed throughout the kingdom, and much damage has been done. A large beech tree was blown across the…

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Melbourne. Severe Storm at Sandhurst. the Frankston Murder. Thursday, 12.8 p.m

Evening News · Thursday 15 February 1877 · page 2

There was a large attendance at Messrs. Cooper and Bailey's show last night. A great storm caine on and the scene was unprecedented, the place being flooded…

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The Steamship Lord of the Isles in a Storm. February 14

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1877 · page 3

THIS steamer which hs hitherto confined her trading ventures between London and China, via the sues Canal, has [?] a voyage in the Australian trade via the [?] Cape of Goed Hope, and since leaving London a…

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Heavy Rains and Floods in Queenlsand

Evening News · Friday 16 February 1877 · page 4

LAST Friday week (says the Queenslander of the 10th instant) a heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by strong gusts o! wind and dense clouds of dust, passed over Brisbane, doing some slight damage. Several vessels in…

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Heavy Rains and Floods in Queenlsand

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 17 February 1877 · page 24

LAST Friday week (says the Queenslander of the 10th instant) a heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by strong gusts of wind and dense clouds of dust, passed over Brisbane, doing some slight damage. Several vessels in…

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Flood in New Zealand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1877 · page 5

A HEAVY rainfall commenced in Dunedin and district on Sunday, the 4th instant, and continued with little abatement until the 7th. The Otago Guardian of the 6th reports:—Yesterday there was one of the heaviest and most…

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