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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1883

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Threatened Flood at Lismore. Anxiety of This Settlers. [By Telegraph.] Lismore

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1883 · page 3

It has been raining since Monday with little intermission. The river is rising rapidly, and backing up on the plains. Several families have already removed to safer quarters. It is feared the…

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The Floods Subsiding

Evening News · Tuesday 9 January 1883 · page 2

LONDON, January 8.—The foods ia Germany and Austria, which have caused such widespread ruin and death, are subsiding…

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Floods in Hungary

Evening News · Thursday 11 January 1883 · page 2

BUDA-PESTH, January 9.—The excessive rainfall, which has been general throughout Central Europe, has been severely felt in Hungary. The town of Raob, situated on the river of that…

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The Floods in Europe

Evening News · Thursday 11 January 1883 · page 2

LONDON, January 10.—Twenty thousand persons have been rendered homeless by the recent floods on the Rhine, and it is contemplated to make an appeal to England for assistance…

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(Reuter's Telegrams.) Floods in Hungary. Buda-pesth, Jan. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1883 · page 7

The excessive rainfall, which has been general throughout central Europe, has been severely felt in Hungary. The town of Raob, situated on the river of that name, has been…

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The Floods in Central Europe. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1883 · page 7

Twenty thousand persons have been rendered homeless by the recent floods on the Rhine, and it is contemplated to make an appeal to England for assistance towards…

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Disastrous Floods in Hungary. Buda-pesth, January 9

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 January 1883 · page 2

The excessive rainfall, which has been general in Central Europe, has been severely felt in Hungary. The town of Raob, situated on the river of that name, has been completely…

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Latest Cable Intelligence. the Floods in Central Europe

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 13 January 1883 · page 8

London, Jan. 5.-The river Rhine in Blowing falling, but the distress occasioned by the floods is appalling, and there are thousands now homeless. The Danube ia rising and the devastation…

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The Floods in Germany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1883 · page 8

The latest news from the inundated districts is nothing but one long story of disastor. The most serious losses have been suffered in the valleys of the Rhine and Main. At Cologne, Coblentz, and Boan there has been terrible…

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Thc Floods in Europe

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 January 1883 · page 9

LONDON", January 5.—The river Rhine is, slowly falling, but the distress occasioned by the floods is appalling, and there are thousands now homeless. The Danube is rising and the…

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The Floods in Europe

Evening News · Tuesday 16 January 1883 · page 2

LONDON, January 15.—The floods in Southern Hungary continue. Frightful distress has been entailed upon the inhabitants. The damage done in Rhineland by the recent inundations is…

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Floods in Central Europe. London, Jan. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 January 1883 · page 7

The floods in Southern Hungary continue. Frightful distress has been entailed upon the inhabitants, The damage done in Rhineland by the recent inundations is estimated roughly…

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The Floods in Europe

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 January 1883 · page 10

LONDON, January 15.—The floods in Southern Hungary continue. Frightful distress has been entailed upon the inhabitants. The damage done in Rhineland by the recent inundations is…

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The Late Floods in Germany

Evening News · Thursday 25 January 1883 · page 2

A public meeting is to be held at the Temperance Hall this evening for the purpose of collecting funds for the relief of the sufferers by the late floods in the western parts of Germany. These floods caused…

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Terrific Gale.—Disastrous Results

Evening News · Saturday 27 January 1883 · page 3

LONDON, January 26.—A terrific gale passed over the northern and western counties and the coasts of England last night and to-day, the fall extent of which is at present unknown, but…

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Aiding Sufferers by the Rhine Floods

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 January 1883 · page 5

An enthusiastic meeting of the German inhabitants of Sydney was held on Thursday night at the Temperance Hall, in order to assist the sufferers by the late terrible floods in Europe. Three…

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Terrific Gale.—Disastrous Results

Evening News · Monday 29 January 1883 · page 2

LONDON, January 26.—A terrific gale passed over the northern and western counties and the, coasts of England last night and to-day, the full extent of which is at present unknown, but…

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Terrific Gale—disastrous Results. London, Jan. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1883 · page 7

A terrific gale passed over the northern and western counties and the coasts of England last night and to-day, the full extent of which is at present unknown, but great havoc has…

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Terrific Gale. with Disastrous Results. London, January 26

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1883 · page 3

A terrific gale passed over the Northern and Western counties and the coasts of England last night and to-day, the extent of which is at present unknown, but great havoc has…

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The St. Lawrence in a Gale

Evening News · Thursday 1 February 1883 · page 3

Captain Webb, of the barque St. Lawrence, front Burrard's Inlet November 28 reports having experienced most severe weather during the voyage, ana the appearance of tge vessel plainly shows that the elements she has had…

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