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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1890

1,567 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 79

The Meta in a Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 9

The schooner Meta, Captain de Vries, well-known in Sydney, experienced frightful weather after leaving Adelaide for Port Natal the other day. An Albany report is to hand which says—When nine days out off the Leuwin, the Meta…

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The Floods in the West. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Menindle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 6

The river rose an inch and a-half yesterday. The water is now within a few yards of Mr. Faust's blacksmith's shop and private residence, but is dammed-in by large embankment. The detained mailmen who left…

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The Western Floods

The Australian Star · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 2

IN view of the fact that a number of the pastoral tenants and homestead lessees on, the Darling and its tributaries have had their country rendered useless for months to…

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Floods Relief Fund

The Australian Star · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 6

GUNNEDAH, Friday.--A public meeting was hold in the School of Arts last night, the mayor presiding, to express sympathy for those who have been affected by the late…

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The Floods on the Darling. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 5

WILCANNIA, Thursday.--The river has risen a quarter of an inch since yesterday, but now appears stationary, to-day's record being 36ft. 7in. Stations up the river report the water…

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The Fitzroy Falls After Heavy Rain

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 1144

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Heavy Rain on the River--water Again Rising

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 6

WILCANNIA, Friday.--Shortly after 6 o'clock last evening rain commenced to fall and continued with intermissions till 10 o'clock, when it culminated in a heavy thunderstorm…

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The Storm in the Freethought Tea-pot

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 6

Come list to me, and I'll tell you a story of our times, About a savage rumpus, in the camp of Joseph Symes,…

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A Catholic Appeal From Bourke. the Recent Flood and Its Effects. The Presbytery, Bourke, May 19, 1890. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 15

SIR,—Would you kindly insert in the next issue of the FREEMAN the enclosed letter of Dr. Dunne, Bishop of Wileannia, approving of and practically supporting and approving an appeal for assistance in aid of the…

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Floods in the West. [By Telegrpah.] (From Our Correspondent.) Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 10

A telegram has been sent by the Bourke forwarding firms, pointing out the inconvenience which would be caused if te goods sheds were closed from Saturday to Monday, because of the public holiday. Fully 100 tons…

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The Floods in the West. Bourke

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 1152

Of the £50 granted by the Government for relief but little has been expended, the committee refusing to supply anything but rations. Only one applicant accepted these. Through railway communication is…

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Concert for the Flood Relief Fund

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 1137

An excellent concert was given in the Protestant Hall on Friday, 16th, in aid of the Flood Relief Fund. The entertainment was initiated by Mrs. Andrew, who acted as hon. secretary, and readily…

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Another Flood. a Story of Palestine

The Dead Bird · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 4

We get the following story replete with Oriental concentricities direct from the Lebanon having correspondents even in that remote region of the world's cradle, in that land of…

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The Floods on the Darling

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 8

Further rain caused some uneasiness lest another flood should come down the Darling, as in the present state of the country it would take comparatively little to make a considerable rise in…

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The Western Sketcher. Bourke in Flood. West Bourke. The Camp of Refuge. The Government Resident--The Special Constables--Bak Blox in Camp--His Adventures and Misadventures

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 3

I, BAK BLOX, being of sound mind and body, do hereby affirm and confirm these presents:-- Being desirous of seeing Bourke under…

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The Floods on the Darling. the Relief Fund. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 6

GUNNEDAH, Friday.--A public meeting was field in the School of Arts last night, the Mayor presiding, to express sympathy for those who have been affected by the late floods on the…

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Floods on the Darling. Mails Delayed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 24 May 1890 · page 18

WENTWORTH, May 21.—The sessions are over. The Chinaman charged with this manslaughter of the man Gannaway waa sentenced to three years' imprisonment. The prisoner Osborne, for…

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Floods in Morocco. a Town in Ruins

Evening News · Monday 26 May 1890 · page 4

" LONDON, May 25.—The town of Serfou, in Morocco, has been flooded. Many Moors were drowned, and fifty Jews also lost their lives. The town is in ruins…

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Serious Floods in Morocco. a Town in Ruins. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, May 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 May 1890 · page 5

The town of Serfon, in Morocco, has been flooded. Many Moors were drowned, and [?] Jews also lost their lives. The town is in ruins…

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Gales in the Southern Ocean

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1890 · page 7

Captain Passmore, of the Andola, reports meeting with more easterly weather from the Cape to Australia than westerly. This has been the experience of one or two shipmasters to Sydney lately. The Andola fell in with some…

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