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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1885

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Floods in the Murrumbidgee. the Railway Lise Submerged

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 6

Information has been received by the Public Works Department that the flood waters' arising from the recent rains have reached the Murrumbidgee, and about eight chains of the railway line between Nar…

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Floods in Milparinka. the Miners' Dams Washed Away. Great Destruction of Property

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 5

Mr. J. P. Abbott, the Minister of Mines, received the following telegram to-day from the mining warden in Milparinka:—"A heavy flood in Milparinka and district: 9in 55 points of rain fallen…

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Floods on the Jerilderie Line

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 5

The flood waters occasioned by the late rains have now emptied themselves into the Murrum-bidgee, and as a consequence two feet of water are over the rails at the approach to the temporary…

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Hospital Board. the Case of George Wood. a Storm in a Teapot

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1885 · page 3

A meeting of the board of directors of the Sydney Hospital was held in the board room on Tuesday afternoon. There were present—The president, the vice-president, Messrs. Penfold, Starkey, Hardie,…

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Heavy Flood at Milparinka

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1885 · page 5

The district of Milparinka has bean visited with a heavy flood, which has caused serious dam age. The warden at Milparinka informed the Department of Mines by telegram on Monday that…

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FLOODS in the Northern Territory. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Port Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1885 · page 14

The up mail from Southport and the down mail from Katherine reached Port Darwin camp at noon yesterday, each being three days late. The mail from Katherine was delayed owing to the floods in the Fergusson River…

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Storms in the Country. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Walgett

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1885 · page 8

A terrific storm passed over the town at 4 o'clock to-day, [?]sting half an hour, and was accompanied with heavy rain. Several buildings in the town were blown over, and others were unroofed. A large now wooden store, valued at £500,…

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Terrific Thunderstorm st Walgett

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1885 · page 5

WALCETT, Saturday.--A terrific thunderstorm. traveling from Lorth to south, has just passed over the town, About an in a of rain fell in 20 minutes. Considerable dam age was done to…

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Terrific Storm in Walgett. WALGETT

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1885 · page 6

During a terrific storm on Saturday, Messrs. Wright and Chadwick's receiving store, a wooden building, sixty feet in length by twenty-four feet, was completely wrecked. "The stock was much…

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Killed During the Storm. ALBURY

Evening News · Tuesday 10 February 1885 · page 6

The storm, which had the effect of injuring the trees in the Albury streets on Friday, had a fatal effect in Burraga, where a cook in the camp of Mr. Cummings, Government contractor, was struck by…

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Thunderstorm in Tamworth. TAMWORTH

Evening News · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 6

Between 5 and 6 p.m. on Thursday a retry violent thunderstorm occurred. It lasted nearly one hour. They water poured down from the mountains in torments, and flooded Fitzroy and…

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Floods in the Northern Territory. Port Darwin, Feb. 6

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1885 · page 351

The up mail from Southport and the down mail from Katberine reached Port Darwin camp at noon yesterday, each being three days late. The mail from Katherine was delayed owing to the floods in the Fergusson River…

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Another Flood at Cootamundra. the Link Again Washed Away. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1885 · page 8

COOTAMUNDRA, Tuesday. -- A second flood occurred here to-day. Rain commenced yesterday, and up to half-past 1 o'clock this afternoon 68 points were registered. But a very heavy shower…

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The Flood at Cootamundra

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1885 · page 8

Front a telegram received by the Commissioner for Railways irom an engineer on the spot, it appears that the damage done to the hue at Cootamundra by the second flood is not so…

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Taken at the Flood

Evening News · Friday 20 February 1885 · page 5

Save money by-joining the crowds now thronging the Clearance Sale of SUMMERFIELD and CO., the GREAT JUVENILE OUTFITTERS, who are bound to make room for heavy consignments of Winter…

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Railway Flood at Cootamundra. the Temporary Line Washed Away

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 21 February 1885 · page 14

Late on Tuesday night the Commissioner of Railways received information from the Cootamundra rilway station intimating that the temporary line which was constructed over the gaps caused by the…

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Cyclone in Lismore. Damage to Property. Lismore

Evening News · Monday 23 February 1885 · page 6

A cyclone passed over Lismore at 5 a.m. to-day. The whole of the chimney stacks which were left standing by the recent fire were blown down. The weather is now fine…

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The Weather. Thunderstorm in Dubbo Families Flooded Out

Evening News · Tuesday 24 February 1885 · page 4

DUBBO, Tuesday.—A heavy thunderstorm occurred on Monday. At about noon, hail fell in particles as large as pigeons' eggs. It has been raining very heavily since. The railway drain is again flooded…

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Floods at Dubbo. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 February 1885 · page 5

DUBBO, Monday.--A severe thunderstorm occurred to-day. Bain fell in torrents for about two hours, and the hail was very heavy. The railway drain, which was flooded about three…

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Severe Thunderstorm at Gundagai. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 February 1885 · page 5

GUNDAGAI, Monday.--A terrific thunderstorm broke over the town this evening at 5 o'clock; and up to 7 o'clock four inches of rain have fallen. Considerable damage has been done, the…

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