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Floods & storms, 1890

1,567 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 79

Cyclone at Muscat. Loss of Seven Hundred Lives

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 July 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--A terrific cyclone bas been experienced at Muscat, a seaport of great commercial importance, on the Indian Ocean and near the cast…

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Great Storm in Galicia. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.] London, July 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 July 1890 · page 5

A great storm has occurred in Galicia. It continued for two days, and extended over an area of 2000 Bquare miles of country. The crops were everywhere…

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The Waverley Floods. Verdict for the Plaintiff

Evening News · Friday 11 July 1890 · page 5

In the No. 1 Jury Court, presided over by his Honor the Chief Justice, yesterday, the civil suit of Lee v. the Borough of Waverley was continued. The action was brought by Arthur Lee, Living in…

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Floods in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.] Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 July 1890 · page 5

A telegram from Echuca states that the Murray and the Campaspe have risen considerably during the last two days owing to the rains. The Campaspe is flooding the lowlands at Echuca East…

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Imaginary Floods. a Denial from Asbury. ALBURY

The Australian Star · Friday 11 July 1890 · page 6

The report in a Sydney morning paper fas to the flood in the Murray at Albury and Wodonga is utterly without foundation. The fact is that the crooks and the river are…

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The Storm King's Voyage

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 5

PERTH, Friday. --Captain Jorgensen left Albany yesterday in the Storm King for Adelaide, rinding it too expensive to send the boat by steamer. Before bin departure he was…

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A Terrible Cyclone. 700 Lives Lost

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 12

LONDON, July 9,—A terrific cyclone has occurred at Muscat, in Arabia. The destruction of life was appalling, 700 persons being killed…

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Terrific Cyclone in Arabia. London, July 9

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 76

A terrific cyclone has occurred at Muscat, in Arabia. The destruction of life was appalling, 700 persons being killed…

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Departure of the Storm King From Albany. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 9

Captain Jorgensen left Albany yesterday in the Storm King for Adelaide. It was found too expensive to send the boat by steamer. Before his departure Captain Jorgensen was presented by the Mayor with a…

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The Floods Relief Fund

Evening News · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

The executive committee met on Tuesday, Mr. John Young in the chair. Many applications from several portions of the colony were received and dealt with, nine of them being from the…

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New South Wales Floods Relief Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 7
Also in The Australian Star

The executive committee met on Tuesday. Mr. John Young was in the chair. Many applications from several portions of the colony were received and dealt with, nine of them being from the Macleay; sums from £10…

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The Floods on the Darling

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 July 1890 · page 5

BOURKE, Friday.-- The river is rising slowly here and at Brewarrina, but falling at all stations above the last named place dispelling all prospects of a flood…

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In the Storm King. Africa to Australia. Captain Jorgensen's Daring Feat

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 July 1890 · page 4

CAPTAIN JORGENSEN, who has just completed his adventurous voyage from England to Australia in, the lifeboat, the Storm King, invented by himself, writes from…

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The Hunter’s Hill Deadlock. Supreme Court, Sydney. [?] Parts Gale [?] M‘MASTERS

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 16 July 1890 · page 2

MR. O’CONNOE and Mr. Delohery (instructed by Mr. W. H.pigutt) appeared for applicant Arthur Gale, and moved to make absolute a rule [?]calling upon Oswald M’Masters to…

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The Floods Relief Fund

Evening News · Wednesday 16 July 1890 · page 3

The committee met yesterday, Mr. John Young in the chair. A considerable amount of correspondence was tabled Among the stuns received were from the Melbourne committee £155…

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A Bourse Floods Fraud

Evening News · Wednesday 16 July 1890 · page 5

Before Mr. Addison, S.M., in the Water Police Court, to-day, John O'Hear was charged on remand with stealing the sum of £1 10s, the property of her Majesty the Queen. A clerk in the…

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New South Wales Floods Relief Fund

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 July 1890 · page 3

THE committee met yesterday, Mr. John Young in the chair. A considerable amount of correspondence was tabled, amongst the sums received being:-- From the Melbourne…

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The Bourke Floods. The Height of Meanness

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 July 1890 · page 5

JOHN O'HEAR is a sturdy laborer, and unfortunately he is and was hard up. A few weeks ago he was in particularly indigent circumstances, and the…

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