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Floods & storms, 1886

207 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 11

A Great Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 October 1886 · page 6

Brisbane, Sunday.--At Goondiwindi, a great flood has entirely submerged the town. The residents have camped on a sand ridge at the back of the town. The River M'Intyre is…

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The Flooded State of the Country Near Wilcannia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wilcannia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 October 1886 · page 9

Great inconvenience and loss is being occasioned in this town and district owing to the flooded state of the Tally-walka country, south of the Darling, near Wilcannia. All ordinary traffic has been stopped, and stock from…

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Secret of the Cyclone

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 25

When the troubled wind is wailing, in a clamor unavailing, and the weeping rain is swelling into rivulets the rills; While the light ning, mad and antic, sears the branches,…

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Last Week’s Storm

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 8

THE northern approach to the bridge in Railway-street gave way during the storm last week, and a considerable quantity of water found its way through the roof of the…

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Latest Cable Intelligence Fatal Floods in Texas. Two Hundred Persons Drowned

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 16

London, October 17.—Serious news has been received from America. There has for some time been an almost continuous fall of rain. The greatest fall has occurred in Texas, where a…

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The Flooded State of the Country near Wilcannia. Wilcannia

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 878

Great inconvenience and loss is being occasioned in this town and district owing to the flooded state of the Tally-walka country, south of the Darling, near Wilcannia. All ordinary traffic has been stopped, and stock from…

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Heavy Floods in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 857

A great flood has taken place at Goondiwindi. The M'Intyre River is running miles wide, and the town is under water. The inhabitants have taken refuge on a sand ridge near the town. Fears are entertained for…

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Fatal Floods in Texas

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 October 1886 · page 11

LONDON, October 17.—There, has been an almost, continuous fall of rain in America. The greatest fall has occurred in Texas, where a perfect deluge has resulted. The…

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Heavy Storms in South Australia. Great Damage to Property. (By TELEGRAPH.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 November 1886 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--Floods are reported from most of the northern districts. At Quorn the storm unroofed houses and blew down buildings, and timber and sheets of galvanised…

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Floods in the Darling River. Paper by Mr. H.c. Russell

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 November 1886 · page 6

The monthly meeting of the Royal Society was held yesterday evening at the society's rooms, Elizabeth-street, Mr. C. Rolleston presiding. About 30 members were present…

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Tee Ketch Annie in a Gale. [By Telegraph.] (From a Correspondent.) Harrington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 November 1886 · page 7

The kotch Annio, which left Sydney on the 16th of last month for Rockhampton with a general cargo, was towed into the Manning River this afternoon with the loss of her sails main boom, and the gaff earried away,and the loss…

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Cheek in a Cyclone

Evening News · Friday 12 November 1886 · page 7

The book canvasser is purely a development of modern times. He is generally fairly well educated, and might in happier circumstances have become a member of Parliament or a Domain spouter. He…

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Cheek in a Cyclone

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 November 1886 · page 51

BOOK CANVASSER.—Ah, happy to meet you. Now is the time to subscribe to "Gibbons's Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire." Five shillings down, and a shilling a week…

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Cheek in a Cyclone

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 November 1886 · page 11

The book canvasser is purely a development of modern times. He is generally fairly well educated, and might in happier circumstances have become a member of Parliament or a Domain spouter. He…

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Destructive Floods in France and Italy. Paris, Nov. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 November 1886 · page 11

Destructive floods are reported in many provinces in Southern France, and similar reports have been received from Italy…

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Destructive Floods in France and Italy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 November 1886 · page 5

Paris, Thursday.--Destructive floods are reported in many provinces in Southern France aud similar reports have been received from Italy…

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The "Wendouree" in a Storm

Illustrated Sydney News · Monday 15 November 1886 · page 10

DURING last month the utmost consternation was experienced in Sydney by those whose friends had left Melbourne on a certain Tuesday, in the steamship Wendouree, and had not on the following Saturday morning…

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The Great Storm at Silverton

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1886 · page 1060

Our Silverton correspondent writes on the 8th instant:— Certain portions of this district were visited last Tuesday by a storm of wind, rain, and hail so violent that men who had been for years in Queensland say they never…

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Severe Hail Storm

Evening News · Wednesday 24 November 1886 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tuesday, 2.30 p.m.-A terrific hailatorm has just passed over this city. Hail twice as large as walnuts fell, and windows have been smashed in every part of the city…

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The Recent Storm at Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 November 1886 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The effects of yesterday's storm, it has been ascertained, caused the greatest damage in the suburbs. At Indooroopilly, where slate roofs were perfectly…

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