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Floods & storms, 1881

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Severe Gale on the South-east Coast of England. London, July 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 July 1881 · page 5

A gale of unusual severity has been experienced on the south-east coast of England causing great destruction of life and property. Several wrecks and other maritime disasters…

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Destructive Storm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 August 1881 · page 11

LONDON, July 28.—A destructive storm has swept over the south-east coast of England, causing immense destruction of shipping and other property. Several…

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Gale at Newcastle. NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Tuesday 23 August 1881 · page 2

No steamer left for Sydney last night on account of the weather. The Coonanbarra is already for sea, but she is not likely to leave yet. A very heavy sea is rolling outside…

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FLOOD in the Hunter.—a Bridge Swept Away. [By Electric Telegraph] Denman

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 August 1881 · page 3

The river Hunter started to rise on Sunday night about 8 p.m., and continued to do so till last night at midnight, when it was within two feet of the deck of the bridge here. A great number of trees…

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Snow Storm at Uralla

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 August 1881 · page 3

Tuesday morning last will long be remembered by the residents of Uralla, says the Times, as the heaviest snow-storm that has visited this portion of New England within the memory of the oldest…

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Cyclone in the South Atlantic. London, Aug. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 September 1881 · page 5

News has been received to-day of a terrific cyclone which swept along the coasts of the South Atlantic Ocean. The number of persons killed by the storm has not yet been…

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Telegraphic News [By Submarine Cable.] Cyclone in the South Atlantic. London, August 30

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 September 1881 · page 3

News has been received today of a terrific cyclone, which swept along the coast of the South Atlantic Ocean. The number of persons killed by the storm has not yet been…

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Floods in Switzerland. London, Sept. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 September 1881 · page 5

Very destructive floods have taken place in Switzerland, and have done immense damage…

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The Gale at Port Macquarie

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 September 1881 · page 3

Our Port Macquarie correspondent writes us that during the late gale a farmer suffered the loss of two valuable draught horses that were killed by falling trees. Another lost 12 head of cattle, and…

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The Great Storm in the Shetland Islands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 September 1881 · page 7

The following account of the recent storm in the Shetland Islands, which caused the loss of between 60 and 70 lives, is given by an Inverness paper of July 26:— " A fearful storm swept over the Shetland Islands late on…

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Dreadful Storm and Loss of Life at Shetland Islands

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 September 1881 · page 3

A fearful storm has just swept over the Shetland Island, resulting in the destruction of property and a loss of life unprecedented in the North since 1832. The storm burst with a suddenness that…

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Siesta al Fresco and Thunderstorm. Dedicated to

Evening News · Saturday 17 September 1881 · page 7

HENRY HALLORAN, ESQ., C.M.G., SYDNEY, N.S.W. Storms and tempests break not Heaven's design, All Nature's difference keeps all Nature's peace. POPE…

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Severe Thunderstorm

Evening News · Tuesday 20 September 1881 · page 2

LONDON, September 19.—A very severe thunderstorm has occurred at Naples, Eight personal are reported to have been killed by lighting…

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Terrific Thunderstorm at Naples. London, Sept. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 September 1881 · page 5

A terrific thunderstorm has occurred at Naples, during which eight persons were killed by lightning…

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The Gale at Newcastle

Evening News · Friday 23 September 1881 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—The signal distress guns were fired, and Brown's tug Goolwa, with the Government steamer Ajax, proceeded out with the lifeboat, about 11 o'clock to-day, to the schooner…

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The Gale. La Peruse

Evening News · Saturday 24 September 1881 · page 4

The steamer Kameruka, schooner Mary Warner and Baylis's steam launch are safely at anchor in Botany Bay. There is a very heavy sea on…

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Great Storm and Loss of LIFe in Shetland. i

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 September 1881 · page 39

A. terrible calamity has befallen the Shetland Islands. On Wednesday week the boats went out to the fishing, and when they were well at sea a storm came on with great suddenness, and…

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Severe Thunderstorm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 September 1881 · page 10

LONDON, September 19.—A. very severe thunderstorm has occurred at Naples, Eight persons are reported, to have been killed by lightning…

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Storm in England

Evening News · Monday 26 September 1881 · page 2

LONDON, September 23.—A severe gale has occurred in some parts of England on the east coast. The Tyne breakwater has been seriously damaged by it…

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Gale on the Baltic Sea

Evening News · Monday 26 September 1881 · page 2

LONDON, September 23.—A large number of vessels have bean wrecked in the Baltic Sea owing to a terrific gale which swept over it. Great damage was…

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