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Floods & storms, 1881

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Tuesday's Storms

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1881 · page 4

The following interesting meteorological particulars of Tuesday's storms have been famished to us by Mr. H. C. Russell, Government Astronomer:--"Early in the morning the clouds…

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The Fatal Storm Accident

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 March 1881 · page 4

The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, held an inquest yesterday at Chippendale, upon the body of Annie Ordley, aged nine years, who was drowned in a sewer in Kelso's paddock on Tuesday afternoon. The child…

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Disastrous Storms and Floods. Great Loss of Life and Property

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 6

The London correspondent of the Melbourne Argus sends that journal a thrilling account of the disastrous floods, hurricanes, and snow storms which in the month of…

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The Storm on

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 430

The weather on Tuesday was of a most sensational nature. Shortly after daylight a thunderstorm burst over tho city, and was accompanied by a heavy temporary downpour of rain. After this the sky cleared, with the exception of…

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The Late Hail Storm

Evening News · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 3

On Saturday the neighbourhood of Cooyal (says Wednesday's MUDGEE INDEPENDENT) was visited with a fearful astorm of hail and rain, the hailstones being as large as pullet's eggs. The force of the…

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Disastrous Storms. Extraordinary Weather in the United Kingdom. Serious Loss of Life and Property. Terrific' Hurricanes and Snow Storms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 41

OUR London correspondent, on January 19, sent us by cable a short but comprehensive account of the devastating and appalling weather that prevailed, in the United Kingdom on that and the…

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Tuesday's Storms. Gee at Palls of Hail and Rain— Loss of Life

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 March 1881 · page 14

IT is not often that we have to record meteorological events such as those of Tuesday, in the first place the thunderstorm which has for some days past appeared imminent burst, and was aooompaniod by a…

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Chapter Xxi.—the Gathering of the Storm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1881 · page 30

Sitting always at home, harvesting the gossip of the place through the gleaning of her maid and the scattered gram of chance visitors, it was hard to say which was the more remarkable—Mrs…

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Flood Water at Ashfield

Evening News · Friday 8 April 1881 · page 2

A deputation from the residents of Ashfield was introduced to the Secretary for Works this morning, by Mr. Henson, M.P., to call attention to the nuisance caused by the overflow of storm water which at times…

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Ashfield Flood Water

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1881 · page 6

Mr. Henson, M.P., introduced a deputation of resident of residents of Ashfield to the Minister for Public Works yesterday morning, for the purpose of calling his attention to the overflow of storm water…

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Taring the Tide at the FLOOD

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1881 · page 7

"Bohemian," in The Week, writes:--A great deal of a man's success in life depends upon his being able at critical times to take a plain commonsense and practical view of the situation, at a glance, as…

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Floods and Diseases in England

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 April 1881 · page 622

From our files of English journals recently arrived we learn that in February floods occurred in almost all low-lying districts throughout England, and the damage arising from, flood-water assumed alarming…

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The Cutter Venus in a Gale. Clarence Heads

Evening News · Thursday 21 April 1881 · page 2

Three men from the cutter Venus walked in feem Sandon River this evening to procure sails to bring the vessel on to the Clarence, stating that they were from Sydney to Brisbane, and a…

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Heavy Rain at Randwick

Evening News · Wednesday 27 April 1881 · page 3

Another change of the weather has occurred. Last evening the sky, which had been dear for some days, clouded over, and the lightning was at times vivid, though no thunder could be heard…

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Floods in the Missouri

Evening News · Monday 2 May 1881 · page 2

LONDON, April 30.—Heavy floods have occurred in the Missouri River, causing great destruction to property. The amount of dunnage is estimated at 4,000,000 dollars'…

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The Southerly Gale

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 May 1881 · page 4

A FRIEND has sent us a copy of the Queanbeyan Age, containing an account of a celebration by tea and bazaar, and also by a banquet, given to the more…

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Floods in the Missouri

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 May 1881 · page 9

LONDON, April 30— Heavy floods have occurred in the Missouria River, causing great destruction to property. The amount of damage is estimated at 4,000,000 dollars'…

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Heavy Rain in the West

Evening News · Monday 9 May 1881 · page 2

Our Wagga correspondent reports by morning that a heavy tail of rain occurred in Wagga on Saturday night, registering 157 points and were rain was threatened. We learn from a…

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The Floods in Spain

Evening News · Monday 9 May 1881 · page 3

Seville, April 7.—The Guadalqaiver is now nine meters above its ordinary level. It is believed that if it continues to rise the whale city will be inundated. Many houses are already…

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Destructive Floods in Spain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 May 1881 · page 7

New York, April 4.—A Herald's Madrid special states: For several days a series of gales and heavy rains have swept from the ocean coasts, causing many shipwrecks and loss of life. So severe has been the weather that for four…

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