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Floods & storms, 1889

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Floods in the North. Great Damage to Bridges, Roads, and Culverts

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 October 1889 · page 10

QUIRINDI, Monday.—Heavy rain fell during Sunday, and at about 10 o'clock on Sunday night the flood waters broke over Quirindi Creek at a point near the bridge on the Wallabadah-road…

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The Barque Otago in a Gale. a Fearful Experience.--two Men Lost. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 October 1889 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Monday.--The barque Otago, Captain Norman, which left Sydney for London on August 13, with a general cargo, has arrived at Lyttelton in a disabled condition, having…

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An Atlantic Coast Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 October 1889 · page 3

A terrible gale, commencing on Tuesday September 10, and lasting till the 13th, had wrought great destruction along the Atlantic seaboard. The centre of the disturbance was…

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Gales and Wrecks

Evening News · Monday 21 October 1889 · page 4

LONDON, October 20.—Severe gales have taken place on the western coast of England, and the steamers Westpoole and Aurora have been wrecked on the north-coast of Devon, near Ilfracombe…

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Disastrous Gale. Numerous Shipwrecks. LONDON, October 19

The Australian Star · Monday 21 October 1889 · page 6

A terribly destructive gale raged on the coast of Great Britain yesterday. Numerous shipwrecks are reported. The steamer West has been wrecked at Poole on the…

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Thunderstorm at Inverell. a Man and Woman Killed. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 October 1889 · page 5

INVERELL, Saturday.--A very heavy thunderstorm passed over this district to-day. During he storm a man named Joseph Lock and his wife, residing at Ponds Creek, were struck by…

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Another Banker. Floods in Riverina. ALBURY

The Australian Star · Thursday 31 October 1889 · page 6

The river is rising again, being this morning 10ft. above summer level. The stream lids for the sixth or seventh time this year broken over its banks…

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Thunderstorm at Maitland. Horses Killed by Lightning. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 November 1889 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--A heavy thunderstorm passed over Maitland this morning, during which three valuable thoroughbred mares and foals, the property of Messrs. Lee, of…

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Severe Thunderstorm at Gundagai

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 November 1889 · page 1010

Last Saturday the Gundagai district was visited by a severe storm of wind and rain. On Sunday a hurricane burst over Gobarrolong, completely wrecking Thomas Luff's private residence and woolshed. Trees three feet in…

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Heavy Floods in Tasmania. Trains and Mails Detained. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 November 1889 · page 5

HOBART, Friday. -- Heavy floods in the Avoca district, have caused detentions to trains and mails. The Croodmarsh mails were lost by the contractors while trying to ford the…

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Storm in Brisbane

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 November 1889 · page 6

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A heavy storm passed over the city yesterday, accompanied by torrents of rain…

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Gale in Melbourne

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A heavy gale which visited Melbourne this morning did considerable damage. A heavy signboard was blown down in Little Collins-street, a…

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A Tremendous Gale. a Young Woman Killed. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 5

The storm on Tuesday last made great havoc on the Gympio-Caboolture road. Hundreds of trees were uprooted, and a young woman was killed by a falling tree…

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A Severe Storm. a Falling Branch Kills a Girl. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 November 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--Tuesday a storm was very severe at Gympie, and on the Caboolture-road hundreds of trees were uprooted. A girl was killed at Mooloolah by a falling branch…

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The Weather—a Thunderstorm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 November 1889 · page 5

A black north-easter, from the Richmond River right down to Gabo Island, blew on Saturday and yesterday up to dusk, when there were unmistakeable signs of a most decided change. All day yesterday the air was close…

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Storm

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 32

The sound of thunder roll'd down the threatening arch of sky, Echo'd from hill to hill till the valley rang with the roar;…

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A Gale in the Atlantic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 8

There was a heavy gale on October 7 throughout Great Britain and Ireland, being especially severe along the Mersey River and in the Irish Channel. A large number of shipwrecks are reported. The storm destroyed 100 yards of the…

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Heavy Rain on the South Australian Border. the Express Delayed. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Adelaide express reached Spencer-street railway station this morning an hour behind time. The delay was occasioned by an extraordinary downpour of…

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A Destructive Storm. Dubbo Flooded. Great Damage Done. DUBBO

The Australian Star · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 6

One of the heaviest storms over witnessed at Dubbo passed over the town on Sunday afternoon, accompanied by thunder, lightning, and hall. Fortunately the wind…

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Floods in Victoria. Considerable Damage to Property

Evening News · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.-During Saturday night and Sunday morning one inch three points of rain fell here, while nearly two inches were re­corded at Murtoajand other country districts…

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