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Floods & storms, 1886

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Floods on the North Western Line. a Train Off the Track. Traffic Blocked. Quirindi

Globe · Monday 1 February 1886 · page 5

The line is in a very dangerous state Several wash-aways have occurred. The train, which left here this morning with a gang of fettlers and Mr. Duffy, inspector of…

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Storms in Fiji and Tonga. Several Vessels Wrecked

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 4

The Fiji Times has the following concerning a destructive gale which occurred in Fiji on the llth January:— "Reports concerning the devastations occasioned by the late gale are now being received from the various districts…

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Floods in the North-west. Serious Railway Accident. a Train Off the Rails. Quirindi

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1886 · page 6

Several "wash aways" have occurred. The line is in a dangerous state. The train which left here on Sunday morning with a gang of fettlers under Mr. Duffy, inspector of the permanent way, went off the…

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The Gale at Tonga

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1886 · page 6

A correspondent writing from Nukualofa to the Fiji Times, under date of December 12 supplies the following particulars of a heavy gale which visited Tonga the day after the…

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BERRY No. 1 Mine Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A panic took place in Berry stocks this morning, in consequence of Berry No. 1 mine being flooded. The reef drive broke through into the drift…

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Anticipated Storm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 296

A notice by the Government Astronomer was posted at the Telegraph Office on Saturday stating that telegrams received from, this and other colonies showed that a dangerous storm was approaching the coast of Victoria from…

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Storms in Fiji and Tonga

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 306

The Fiji Times has the following concerning a destructive gale which occurred in Fiji on the 11th January:—"Reports concerning the devastations occasioned by the late gale are now being received from the various districts…

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Great Storm in Victoria

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 41

One of the most violent storms which has ever visited the Australian coast beat upon Viotoria on Saturday. The barometer fell nearly an inch, the wind grew into a sustained cyclone, and the sea…

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Storms. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 9

Sir,--With reference to storms, I venture to suggest that any whose centres are passing so far south as the north coast of Tasmania, as the one of last Saturday seems to have done, need…

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Floods in the North-West. QUIRINDI

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 6 February 1886 · page 12

Several wash-aways have occurred. The line is in a dangerous state. The train which left here on Sunday morning with a gang of fettlers under Mr. Duffy, inspector of the permanent way, went off…

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A Coalmine Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1886 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The Bay of Island Coalmine has been flooded…

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Caught in a Storm. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1886 · page 5

The Licensed Victuallers' Association held a marine excursion on Thursday to Port Phillip Heads. In consequence of the tempestuous weather which prevailed in the afternoon, the steamer Golden…

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Storm in Sydney

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1886 · page 332

AFTER several days of close and oppressive weather there was a change yesterday. During the forenoon the sky began to wear a very threatening appearance, and at about 4 o'clock a thunderstorm occurred, but not…

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Another Storm in Victoria

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1886 · page 332

THE Melbourne Argus of Monday says:—The storm which occurred on Friday afternoon in several parts of the colony proved extraordinary severe and destructive in some localities. The full force of it was not felt in…

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Flood Rock Blown Up

Illustrated Sydney News · Monday 15 February 1886 · page 14

ON Saturday morning, October 10, at 11 o'clock and 16 minutes, the 150 tons of dynamite and rack-a-rock stored in the excavation under Flood Rock, Hell Gate, N. Y., were exploded. The volume of water that rose…

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Ladies' Own Column. the Snow-storm

Globe · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 6

Lightly and whitely As wheat from the grain, Thickly and quickly As thoughts through the brain,…

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News by Telegraph. Storm at Glen Innes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1886 · page 5

GLEN INNES, Thursday.-- The farmers' train left at 5 o'clock this morning with a good muster of passengers. Just before the train started a fearful storm of hail broke…

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Heavy Snow Storm in United Kingdom. London, Mar. 1

Globe · Tuesday 2 March 1886 · page 5

A severe snow storm has been experienced throughout the United Kingdom. Considerable damage has been reported and in many. places the traffic was…

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Severe Thunderstorm. a Lad Killed by Lightning. Melbourne, Saturday, March 6

Evening News · Monday 8 March 1886 · page 6

A severe thunderstorm passed over Sandhurst at 9 o'clock, this morning. A lad named Reed at Quarry Hill was killed instantly by lightning. He was returning home when he was struck down. His boots…

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Violent Thunderstorm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 March 1886 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A thunderstorm, which occurred at Sandhurst on Saturday, was of unusual severity. Terrible peals of thunder followed almost oil the instant after…

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