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Floods & storms, 1890

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An Agricultural Instructor. Mr. Albert Gale

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 24

Mr. Albert Gale, who has been appointed teacher in agriculture in the public schools. is a man fairly qualified by experience to fill the position, He is a Cornishman; and for many…

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The Floods in Queensland

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 363

By reports we have published from week to week our readers have been made acquainted with the particulars of the great floods which occurred at Maryborough, Bundaberg, and other parts of North Queensland at…

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Floods at Harden

The Australian Star · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 7

HARDEN, Friday.--During the rain which prevailed yesterday several of the low-lying tenements, including the Mechanics' Institute, were flooded. This was due to the…

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Floods in Tasmania. Steamers Delayed by Thick Weather. (By Cable.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 5

HOBART, Friday.--The steamer Mararon, from Melbourne, arrived about 6 o'clock this evening, having been delayed by heavy and thick weather on the trip across. Heavy floods have…

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Storms Out West. a Telegraph Office Struck by Lightning. (By TELEGRAPH.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 4

WILCANNIA, Saturday.--A terrific storm occurred at Yandarle, near Wonnaimnta, recently, which completely tore a verandah away from a kitchen near J. E. Austin's store, and…

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Rain, Storms and Floods. More Severe Weather

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

Rain, storms and floods are again reported from over a large area of New South Wales, the only exception being the far west. In the eastern division of the colony as well as on the…

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Storm at Newcastle.--business Premises Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Rain has been falling here incessantly since daylight. A steady downpour this afternoon flooded most of the low-lying lands and did considerable damage…

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Terrific Storm at Mudgee

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

MUDGEE, Monday.--On Thursday night a terrific storm broke over the town, such as very old inhabitants never remember before. Friday was hot aud oppressive. Saturday opened fine…

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The British India. a Succession of Gales Experienced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 8

The well known barque British India, in command of Captain G. F. Jones, anchored behind Garden Island last night from Sharpness with a full cargo of salt. She met with terrible weather on the passage. Departure was [?]ken…

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Heavy Storm at Louth. Louth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 7

Several very heavy thunderstorms have visited this district during the last tew days, and heavy rain fell between Bourke and Louth on Saturday night, which delayed the coach for seven hours. The Mulya tank…

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The Solicitor and His Costs. Gale V. the Windsor Coal Co

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 6

IN the District Court today, before Judge Wilkinson, the case of C. C. Gale v. the Windsor Coal, Co., Limited, came on for hearing, Dr. Sly appearing for the plaintiff,…

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Storm at Cassilis.--a Telegraph Office Struck by Lightning

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

CASSILIS, Monday.--On Saturday night a violent thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning, passed over the town. The lightning struck the telegraph office, totally destroying…

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The Weather. Welcome Rains in the Country. Heavy Fall in the City. Some Damage. Incidents of the Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 7

The black sky to the southward on Sunday night towards midnight, and the lightning and distant thunder, were pretty strong indications that dirty weather was setting in, and towards 2 a.m. to 3 a.m…

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Police Cells Flooded

Evening News · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 7

Heavy rain and defective drainage combined against the comfort of the police and their prisoners at the Newtewn Station on Monday. Daring the sitting of the local police court in the…

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Thunderstorm and Damage at Parkes. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 7

To-day was beautifully fine. Sixty-one points of rain fell yesterday, making the total for the week nearly 3½inches. The Bogan mailman reports very heavy rains down ths Bogan at Coradgery and…

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The Wide Bay Floods

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Brisbane collections, thus far, in aid of the sufferers by floods in the Wide Bay district amount to L327…

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Floods at Grafton

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 4

The Minister for Works was yesterday interviewed by Mr. See, M.P., who brought under the Minister's notice the condition of the river bank at Grafton, opposite Elisabeth Island…

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Floods at Muswellbrook

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

MUSWELLBROOK, Monday.-- A very heavy storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, passed over here on Saturday night, flooding the streets and making it impossible to walk…

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(By Telegraph.) Flood at Quirindi--an Anxious Night

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

QUIRINDI, Monday.--A ligiit storm was experienced here on Saturday about midday, and then in the evening, about 7 o'clock, a heavy one came up with vivid lightning. The…

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More Storms. Newtown

Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1890 · page 2

A special meeting of the Newtown Municipal Council was called on Tuesday evening for the purpose of electing committees for the ensuring year. The Mayor (Alderman Lane) presided,…

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