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Floods & storms, 1891

914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 46

The Floods in Victoria. People Driven From Their Homes. Collapse of a Bridge. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 7

Reports of serious damage by floods continue be received from the country districts. Last evening at Bairnsdale the River Mitchell had reached the height of the 1870 flood. A large number of…

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Narrandera Notes. No Show This Year. Postponed Races. Three Floods in 30 Days. NARRANDERA

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 6

At a meeting of the Nanandera Pastoral and Agricultural Society's committee it was decided to abandon the idea of holding a show this year…

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Victorian News. Floods in the Country. A Peculiar Case. Two Years' Imprisonment and Two Floggings--The Castlemaine Woollen Mills--More Accommodation Wanted. MELBOURNE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 6

In the country the floods have somewhat abated, but the damage done to the railways in Gippsland and on the direct Ballarat line is serious, and will take at least a…

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The Floods in Victoria. Immense Damage at Walhalla. the Own Threatened by a Landslip

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 6

WALHALLA, Tuesday.--The Flood waters have fallen about 6ft. The damage done amounts to many thousand pounds, Parts of the main street have been washed away for…

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Blanche's Doom. Chapter Xvi.--under Petticoat Government. Chapter Xvii.--the Widow Opens the Battle. Chapter Xviii.--colonel Clifford Obeys Orders. Chapter Xix.--mrs. Rivers' Masked Battery Chapter Xx.--before the Storm. Chapter Xxi.--stay and Spare Not. Chapter Xxii.--maclean's Valet. Chapter Xxiii.--the Secret of Mordaunt Waste. Chapter Xxiv.--a Ghostly Visit. Chapter Xxv.--falling Into Eden Chapter Xxvi.--face to Face. Chapter Xxvii.--a Shot in the Dark. Chapter Xxviii.--the Morning After. Chapter Xxix. -- Blanche's "Doom." Chapter Xxx.--miss Fernlelghs' Last. Chapter Xiv.--continued

The Australian Star · Wednesday 5 August 1891 · page 2

The dinner-bell sounded while she still stood there, white and cold--so altered, so haggard, so old, so worn, that Sir Everard Fernleigh would not…

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Heavy Storms in England. Loss of Life. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Aug. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 August 1891 · page 5

Heavy thunderstorms have been experienced in parts of England for several days past, and reports show that lives have been lost through lightning. The crops…

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The Floods at Wagga. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 August 1891 · page 5

The Murrambidgee is again in flood here. It rose steadily during the night, and between 8 and 10 o'clock this morning rose 3ft. At half-past 2 this afternoon it was 28ft. above summer level. A further…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 August 1891 · page 5

The flood-waters at Sale are rapidly subsiding, but large numbers of live stock have been drowned and great destruction of property has been caused. Grave fears have been entertained for the safety of…

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The Floods in Victoria. Further Sensational Rescues. 'General Washaways and Destruction. a Thousands of Live Stock Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 August 1891 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--At Walhalla to-day the flood waters have almost receded. Two men, J. Spargo and his mate, early this morning went in search of the body of…

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The Floods in Gippsland. an Act of Bravery. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 5

The damage caused at Tralalgon by the recent floods proves to have been very considerable. The Latrobe River is still in high flood. A sensation was caused yesterday at…

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The Floods in Victoria. the Waters Subsiding -- Immense Damage Done

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 5

SALE, Thursday. -- The flood waters are abating and the people are beginning to resume possession of their houses on the lowlying lands. The loss of property and live…

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Blanche's Doom. Chapter Xviii.-- Colonel Clifford Obeys Orders. Chapter Xix.-- Mrs. Rivers' Masked Battery. Chapter Xx.-- Before the Storm. Chapter Xxi-- Stay and Spare Not. Chapter Xxii.-- Maclean's Valet. Chapter Xxiii.-- the Secret of Mordaunt Waste. Chapter Xxiv.-- a Ghostly Visit. Chapter Xxv.-- Falling Into Eden. Chapter Xxvi-- Face to Face. Chapter Xxvii-- a Shot in the Dark. Chapter Xxviii.-- the Morning After. Chapter Xxix.-- Blanche's "Doom." Chapter Xxx.-- Miss Fernleighs Last. Chapter Xv.-- Continued

The Australian Star · Friday 7 August 1891 · page 2

How beautiful she looked, the cheeks brightly flushed, the violet eyes flashing, the proud little head thrown back. All, Kennoth Maclean, your cynical…

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Fatal Storms

Evening News · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 4

LONDON, August 7.-Heayy storms have swept over Austria and Hungary, and caused terrible damage to the vines and crops. Several deaths are reported to have…

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Storms in Austria. Vintages Destroyed -- Country Inundated

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- A hurricane has been raging during the past few days in Lower Austria. The vintage has been destroyed miles of country have been inundated, and…

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Heavy Storms in England. London, Aug. 3

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 297

Heavy thunderstorms have been experienced in parts of England for several days past, and reports show that lives have been lost through lightning. The crops…

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Storms in Austria. Several Persons Killed. London, August 7

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 4

A terrible hurricane has been raging for the past few days in Lower Austria. The vintage has been destroyed, and miles of country are inundated. Several persons'…

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Hand and Ring. Book Ii. the Weaving of a Web. Chapter Xvi. Storm

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 4

"Oh, my offence is rank, it smells to heav'n: It hath the primal eldest curse upon't!" HAMLET. A DAY had passed Mr. Byrd, who no longer…

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Floods in Victoria. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 10

Sir,—For weeks past the Sydney papers have contained daily accounts of the sufferings and losses caused to thousands of hard-working people in Victoria by the late severe floods…

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Floods at Hay and Jerilderie

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 302

In the latter part of last month, Hay was overtaken by a serious flood owing to the rise in the Murrumbidgee. The township of Jerilderie also suffered severely. At Hay the river rose about 26ft., being…

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The Recent Floods in the South West of New South Wales. [See Page 303.]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1891 · page 308

1. Residence of Mr. Thos. Wise, Mayor of Jerilderie. 2. Albion Hotel, on the Billabong Creek, Jerilderie. 3. and 4. The Flood at. Hav…

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