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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1885

163 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 9

Killed in a Storm. HOBART

Evening News · Friday 5 June 1885 · page 4

A man named Jos. N. Steel has been killed at Branxholme by a tree having been blown down on his tent during a storm…

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Cyclone in Aden

Evening News · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 4

ADEN, June 4.—A cyclone swept over the district to-day, and did much damage to property…

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Cyclone at Aden. Aden, June 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 12

A cyclone swept over the district to-day, doing much damage to property. THE S.S. KAIKOURA. RIO JANEIRO, JUNE 3…

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Cyclone at Aden

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 June 1885 · page 5

Aden, June 4.-- A cyclone swept over the district to-day, doing much damage to property…

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Severe Storms in Victoria. Fall of a Thunderbolt. Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 8 June 1885 · page 5

Reports from the country that the wet weather is general, The cold IS intense, and severe snowstorms have occurred in Lanc[?]eld and other districts. Along the coast line heavy weather has prevailed…

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Cyclone in Aden

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 June 1885 · page 11

ADEN, June 4.—A cyclone swept over the district to-day, and did much damage to pr[?] perty…

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Alleged Flooding of a Mine

Evening News · Saturday 13 June 1885 · page 4

The Victorian Minister of Mines has received from Mr. T. B. Trezise, inspector for the Maryboreugh (V.) district, a special report on the recent alleged flooding at the Golden Stream Company's claim…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain in Sydney

Evening News · Monday 22 June 1885 · page 5

Yesterday, at about 10 minutes past 5 p.m., a light shower fell, and at 9 o'clock the rain began to fall steadily, and continued through, the night and this morning. At about 2 a.m. the fall was very heavy…

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Floods at Randwick

Evening News · Tuesday 23 June 1885 · page 4

It is some tune since the Randwick water reserve and surrounding country presented the appearance it does to-day. The gentle rains which fell during the post fortnight in every way prepared the ground…

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The Weather. Floods at Marrickville

Evening News · Wednesday 24 June 1885 · page 5

The steady rain during the past few days has resulted in the flooding of the low-lying lands of Marrickville, about which some fuss was made a short time ago, but without having any other result than to…

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The Weather and the Floods. Part of Marrickville Under Water

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 June 1885 · page 5

Yesterday will be a marked day, not only on account of the landing of the Sondan Contingent, but also through the thorough soaking received by the thousands of spectators witnessing the proceedings…

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Flood near Penrith. PENRITH

Evening News · Thursday 25 June 1885 · page 6

In consequence of the [?]ooded state of the country s[?] here, the mail yesterday from Ludde[?] did not ar[?]ve, and Kilday's Creak, on the Mulgoa-road at Jami[?]town, over which a bridge has done…

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Flood hear Penrith. PENRITH

Evening News · Friday 26 June 1885 · page 6

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The Flood at Marrickville and Land Nationalisation. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 June 1885 · page 3

Sir, -- I read in your issue of to-day of the distress and loss at Marrickville occasioned by the present heavy rain, in which yon truly say. "There was a level square mile of Marrickville under water, which…

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The Sanitary State of Sydney. Xi. Marrickville Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 July 1885 · page 6

There are two ways in which the more low-lying suburbs of Sydney are brought before the general public, and they alternate with more or less regularity according to the season of the year. In the…

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Our American Letter. San Francisco, June 6. Floods and Storms

Evening News · Saturday 4 July 1885 · page 3

This month has been rather prolific of news; but by far the greatest portion of it has been of "moving accidents by flood and field," and nothing of particular commercial interest has occurred. Some of the…

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Distress in Adelaide. Flooding the Labor Market. Immigration Condemned. Adelaide

Evening News · Wednesday 8 July 1885 · page 6

A powerful indignation meeting was held in the Town Hall on Monday night, to protest against the action of Mr. Downer and the Government in proposing to bring out three hundred immigrants. The…

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Terrible Cyclone in the Indian Ocean. Wreck of the S.S. Speke Hall—all Hands But One Lost. (From the Colombo Observer.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 July 1885 · page 9

The M.M. steamer Peiho brings intelligence of the wreck of the British steamer Speke Hall in a cyclone, about 180 miles this side of Aden. All hands were lost, with the exception of the second officer, named Henry Keyzar, who…

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Terrible Cyclone in the Indian Ocean. Wreck of the S.S. Speke Hall—all Hands But One Lost

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1885 · page 100

The M.M. steamer Peiho brings intelligence of tho wreck of the British steamer Speke Hall in a cyclone, about 180 miles this side of Aden. All hands were lost, with the exception of the second officer, named Henry Keyzar, who…

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Floods in China

Evening News · Friday 17 July 1885 · page 4

Cablegrams were received a few days ago from China, by the wellknown George-street merchants, Messrs. On Chong and Sum Kum Ti, intimating that there had been a terrible flood in Canton, and that…

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