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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1886

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A Railway Accident Averted. Storm Near Cootamundra. Cootamundra

Evening News · Monday 4 January 1886 · page 5

A very heavy storm, which extended only a few miles on the lute, took place between the two stations, Wallendbeen and Nubba, about fourteen miles from Cootamuadra on Saturday evening. It began shortly…

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Terrible Storm Near Cootamundra. Portion of Tub Railway Line Destroyed. the Mail Train Delayed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1886 · page 5

An unusually heavy thunder and hail storm has again been the means of disabling the southern railway line near Cootamundra, and but for the praiseworthy act of a fettler…

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The Cootamundra Storm. COOTAMUNDRA

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1886 · page 6

There is nothing fresh to report in reference to the railway. The hailstones were 12ft deep on the line. Around the township there was terrible rain. The storm was heavier than that of the great flood…

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Violent Storm near Cootamundra. Damage to the Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1886 · page 8

On Saturday evening, a violent storm of rain and wind occurred near Cootamundra, doing considerable damage to the railway between the two stations Wallendbeen and Nubba Siding, on the Great Southern Line, and…

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The Terrible Storm Near Cuotamundra. Narrow Escape of the Mail Train. Narrative by a Passenger

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1886 · page 5

In addition to the main facts which we published yesterday relative to the terribly narrow escape from another Cootamandra catastrophe, we have received the following…

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The Cootamundra Storm. the State of the District. Cootamundra

Evening News · Wednesday 6 January 1886 · page 5

The effects of the great storm at Wallendbeen can be seen everywhere along the road on either side of the township of that name, on the roads are washed as clean as a boarded floor in some places, and in…

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News by Telegraph. Floods in Ballarat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Heavy floods have occurred in Ballarat owing to the continuous rain. All the low-lying portions of Ballarat East are flooded, and in the main…

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The Cootamundra Storm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 87

Another heavy storm near Cootamundra, causing damage to the railway line. The last storm took place on the 25th of January, last year, and the damage done was a few miles on the Albury side…

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Violent Storm near Cootamundra

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 68

On Saturday evening, a violent storm of rain and wind occurred near Cootamundra, doing considerable damage to the railway between the two stations Wallendbeen and Nubba Siding, on the Great Southern Line, and…

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Another Storm at Cootamundra. Warned Just in Time. Cootamundra

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 January 1886 · page 12

A very heavy storm, which extended only a few miles on the line, took place between the two stations, Wallendbeen and Nubba, about fourteen miles from Cootamundra, on Saturday evening. It began shortly…

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The Cootamundra Storm

Evening News · Tuesday 12 January 1886 · page 6

We have received the following official communication from the chairman and secretary of the Wallendbeen Vigilance Committee relative to the late wash away on the main southern line at…

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The Recent Cootamundra Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1886 · page 3

Our Cootamundra correspondent writes :-- In order to do justice to Fettler King, who is entitled to whatever credit attaches to the man who gave warning on Saturday night, 2nd…

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Europe Storm and Calm. By Edward King. People's Publishing Company, Sydney, N. S. W. 1885

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1886 · page 11

The author of this bulky and interesting volume has [?]ed the fruits of a lengthy term of special correspondence in Europe into a very welcome book. It is not only full of information, but contains abundance of…

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The Cootamundra Storm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 41

We have received the following official communication from the chairman and secretary of the Wallendbeen Vigilance Committee relative to the late wash-away on the main southern line at…

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Flood in the Paroo

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1886 · page 120

A BOURKE correspondent telegraphs that at 9.45 a.m. on Saturday last the Darling had risen 2 feet 6 inches since, 5 a.m., on Friday, but the water is still below the gauge. On January 5 the mail from…

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The Coming Storm

Globe · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 4

In all human probability the great constitutional contest which will decide the fate of Ireland, and in some degree that of great Britain,…

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Great Storm at Bathurst. Serious Damage to the Railway Line. [By Telegraph.]

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 5

BATHURST, Friday.--A thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rain, occurred this afternoon, lasting about half-an-hour, during which about 2in. of rain fell, causing…

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Flood in the Buller River

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 January 1886 · page 193

THE following telegram, dated from "Wilcannia, 19[?] instant has been received at the Mines Department, from the Warden at Milparinka:—" I was at Tibooburra on Thursday last, where it was reported that the Buller…

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Floods near Bathurst. Damage to the Railway Line. Bathurst

Evening News · Monday 25 January 1886 · page 6

An exceedingly heavy thunderstorm occurred on Friday evening, and was accompanied by hail. The heaviest downfall was in Milltown and on the Vale road. Great damage was done to the railway line…

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Flood near Quirindi. the Line Washed Away. Quirindi

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1886 · page 6

The line has been washed away about two miles north of Willow Tree. The down mail train has been delayed here. An engine and a gang of men have gone to the scene of the flood…

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