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Floods & storms, 1889

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Severe Thunderstorms. Damage to Telegraph Lines

The Australian Star · Friday 20 December 1889 · page 6

THE New South Wales Telegraph Department notifies that owing to heavy thunderstorms raging throughout the south-west Dart of the colony portions of the business…

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Gale at Sea--a Vessel Dismasted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 December 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--The labor schooner Ariel, which has arrived at Bundaberg from the South Seas, encountered a terrific gale on the 10th inst. She was dismasted and travelled…

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Heavy Rain in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 December 1889 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A terrific downpour of rain on Saturday put a stop to the Eisternwick races, the bicycle sports and most of the cricket matches…

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A Heavy Thunderstorm

The Australian Star · Tuesday 24 December 1889 · page 6

BOURKE, Monday.--A thunderstorm, which for severity has seldom been witnessed here before, passed over the town on Thursday evening. The weather for the past few…

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Among the Boxers. Jackson in England. Voted the Greatest Pugilist on Earth. Sullivan a Hurricane, Jackson a Cyclone. Opinions of the English and American Press

Referee · Thursday 26 December 1889 · page 6

The Color Line Discussed by Competent American Authorities—It Does Not Exist—The American Light weight Championship — The Australian…

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A Heavy Storm

The Australian Star · Monday 30 December 1889 · page 6

GLEN INNES, Monday. -- 130 points of rain fell yesterday in a heavy storm which lasted for about an hour. Rain fell in torrents, flooding the streets of the town…

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