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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1882

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Severe Storms in the United States

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 April 1882 · page 9

NEW YORK, April 8.—Very, severe weather has been experienced over the whole of the United States, and destructive cyclones are reported to have taken place in…

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The Steamer Lindus in a Gale. Melbourne

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1882 · page 591

The steamer Lindus, which arrived from Newcastle at half-past 9 this morning, experienced a very rough passage. The vessel, which left Newcastle on the 5th instant, the same afternoon encountered a strong…

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The Late Gale on the Coast. the Voyage of the Leura

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 April 1882 · page 15

IT was with feelings of the greatest satisfaction on Friday afternoon that the signal was received from the South Head notifying that the steamer Leura, from Melbourne, had entered the Heads, and the…

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Destructive Cyclone in America

Evening News · Tuesday 18 April 1882 · page 2

LONDON, April 16.-A number of sugar plantations in Louisiana have been destroyed by a most destructive cyclone. A number of deaths have resulted from injuries…

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The Late Kain Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 April 1882 · page 7

Under dat[?] of April 3, Mr. H. C. Russell wrote as follows to the Herald:—While the damage done by the rain storm on Wednesday last is still fresh in our memories, the following notes may be of interest:—…

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Destructive Cyclone in America

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 22 April 1882 · page 9

LONDON, April 16.—A number of sugar plantations in Louisiana have been destroyod by a most destructive cyclone. A number of deaths have resulted from injuries…

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A Cyclone in America

Evening News · Monday 24 April 1882 · page 2

LONDON, April 20.—Reports have been received form the United States of the devastation caused by a cyclone. The town of Brownsville was completely destroyed, and…

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A Cyclone in America

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 29 April 1882 · page 9

LONDON, April 20.—Reports have been received from the United States of the devastation caused by a cyclone. The town of Brownsville was completely destroyed, and…

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Cable Messages. Storms in England

Evening News · Tuesday 2 May 1882 · page 2

LONDON, May 1.—Destructive storms have occurred in England, causing numerous wrecks along the coast and vast damage to property in cities and towns. Several…

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The Last Show Storm

Evening News · Tuesday 2 May 1882 · page 2

A reply has promptly come to the query put recently by a correspondent as to when the last fall of snow took place in Sydney. Mr. Obed West writes to say that the last snow storm raged in Sydney on…

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Latest Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Our Special Telegram. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Storms in England. London, May 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1882 · page 5

Destructive reforms have occured in England, causing numorous wrecks along the coast and vast damage to property in cities and towns. Several fatalities are also…

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Disastrous Gale

Evening News · Wednesday 3 May 1882 · page 4

LONDON, May 1.—England has been visited by a most disastrous gale, which, has caused an immense amount of damage. Trees have been uprooted and houses blown…

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Calamitous Floods in America

Evening News · Wednesday 3 May 1882 · page 8

Anything so calamitous as the continued submersion of the entire country between Cairo, in the State of Illinois, and Vicksburg, in Mississippi, has never before been known in the history…

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The Great Floods in the Mississippi Valley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 May 1882 · page 7

Concerning the recent disastrous floods on the banks of the Mississippi, the Secretary for War, by the latest reports, estimates 85,000 persons to be destitute from the western floods. He has distributed 713,000 rations, and saye most…

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Disastrous Gale

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1882 · page 9

LONDON, May 1.—England has been visited by a most disastrous gale, which has caused an immense amount of damage, Trees have been uprooted and houses blown…

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Storms in England

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 May 1882 · page 9

LONDON, May 1.—Destructive storms have occurred in England, causing numerous wrecks along the coast and vast damage to property in cities and towns. Several…

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Cyclone in America

Evening News · Saturday 13 May 1882 · page 4

LONDON, May 11.—Another cyclone has passed over the United States, which was more destructive in its effects than those which have recently visited the country…

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Cyclone in America

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 May 1882 · page 9

LONDON, May 11.—Another cyclone has passed over the United States, which was more destructive in its effects than those which have recently visited the country…

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Wet and Dry Thunderstorms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 May 1882 · page 32

A correspondent of the London " Times" writing from the Transvaal, South Africa, says: " Every afternoon tremenduous storms of lightning amd thunder burst upon us. These…

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Wet and Dry Thunderstorms

Evening News · Wednesday 31 May 1882 · page 5

A correspondent of the London "Times" writing from the Transvaal, South Africa, says: "Every afternoon tremenduous storms of lightning and thunder burst upon us. These…

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