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Floods & storms, 1886

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'Rain in the Country. Serious Floods

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 December 1886 · page 14

BATHURST, Wednesday.—Owing to continued heavy rain, Vale Creek overflowed its banks Tuesday evening, and washed away large quantities of hay in cocks. A few horses and pigs were also…

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Floods in the Country

Evening News · Monday 13 December 1886 · page 6

CROOKWELL, Saturday.-It is reported here that the mailboy, engaged in carrying the mails between Binda and Reid's Flat, was drowned while endeavouring to cross the Two-mile Creek, about two…

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Floods in the Country

Evening News · Tuesday 14 December 1886 · page 6

PENRITH, Saturday.-Since Friday 8in of rain have fallen. The heaviest storm known here for ten years visited the town yesterday. High-street and all the lower portions of the town were completely…

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Terrific Gale in England. London, Dec. 8

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1886 · page 1264

A terrific gale has been raging for the last 64 hours over England and Ireland. The storm was especially severe on the south coast of England. Numerous wrecks are…

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Floods at Dubbo. Dubbo, Dec. 10

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1886 · page 1264

The river broke over its banks early on Thursday and continued rising slowly. It submerged the houses on the Flat at the back of the town. The inmates escaped by the timely warning of the police. The back premises on…

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A Barque Disabled in a Gale. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 December 1886 · page 5

NEW CASTLE, Tuesday.-- The German barque Koenig, Which left Sydney some three weeks since for Shanghai, with a crago of coals, entered port this morning in a disabled condition…

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The War Cloud. the Storm Imminent. Germany to Attack France

Evening News · Thursday 30 December 1886 · page 5

LONDON, December 28.-It is believed by the diplomatists now assembled in Rome that within a few weeks from the present date war will have been declared…

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