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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1891

914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 46

Floods and Fences

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 August 1891 · page 4

Floods have been offered time after time at the last few sitting of the Land Court as an excuse for the non-fulfillment of conditions of residence, improvements, fencing, etc…

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Cablegrams. (From Our Correspondent.) Heavy Storms in England. London, Aug. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 5

Furious storms of wind and rain have occurred throughout England, causing immense damage to the crops. During a gale a pinnace was swamped…

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Murrumbidgee Mems. Out of the Flood's Reach. Telephonic Communication. Wagga Wagga

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 5

The authorities have decided to place the telegraph line along the railway instead of across the flat at North Wagga Wagga. The latter is liable to be washed down by…

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The Flood Relief Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 August 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The total receipts of tho flood relief committee, on behalf of the sufferers by the recent floods, amount to £18,672, while the expenditure to…

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Storms in England. Enormous Damage to Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Severe storms of wind and rain have been experienced throughout England during the past few days, doing enormous damage to standing…

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Heavy Storms in the United Kingdom. London, Aug. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 5

The recent heavy storms exporienced in England have now extended to Ireland. AUG. 27. The rains and strong winds are ruining…

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Storms in England. Serious Damage to Crops. London, August 27

The Australian Star · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 5

Disastrous storms have occurred throughout England, and great damage has been done to the crops. The TELEGRAPH estimates that the damage to the harvest will…

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The New Hebrides. Tribal War at Tanna. Severe Storm in the Group--a Wreck. Loss of a Boat with 19 Natives. a Case of Cannibalism

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 6

The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Rockton, Captain C. E. Saunders, which arrived last evening from the islands, brings some startling news from New Hebrides. At…

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Destructive Cyclone

Evening News · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 9

LONDON, Angust 27.-A destructive cyclone has passed over the Island of Martinique, in the West Indies. Whole townships were destroyed, every house…

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Destructive Storm

Evening News · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 9

LONDON, August 28.-Much damage has been done in Boulogne, France, by a sudden and violent storm. The roofs from. 30 houses were carried away…

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Heavy Storms in England. the Harvest Ruined

Evening News · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 10

LONDON, August 26.-The Heavy storms experienced in England have extended to Ireland. LONDON, August 27.-The heavy rains…

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The Irish Harvest. Enormous Damage by Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The storms of wind and rain which have prevailed throughout England have extended to Ireland, and have caused enormous…

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Destructive Storm at Boulogne. London, Aug. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 9

Boulogne has been visited by a sudden and violent storm, which carried away the roofs from 30 houses…

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Railway Bridge Over the River Avon, Gippsland, Victoria. One of the Bridges Washed Away in the Recent Flood

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 17

THIS bridge was situate about nine miles from Maffra and four from Briagolong, being built in twenty-three spans of 20ft. each, and standing about 25ft. above the general…

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Railway Bridge Over the River Avon, Gippsland, Victoria. One of the Bridges Washed Away in the Recent Flood

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 17

THIS bridge was situate about nine miles from Maffra and four from Briagolong, being built in twenty-three spans of 20ft. each, and standing about 25ft. above the general…

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The S.s. Port Pirie.--a Heavy Thunderstorm

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 7

The steamer Port Pirie, of tho Anglo-Australasian line, completed another voyage from London to this port yesterday. On this occasion she touched at Melbourne only. The Port Pirie still upholds her…

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Gales in Ireland. Damage to Crops. London, September 1

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 5

Further disastrous gales, accompanied by heavy rains, have been experienced throughout Ireland. The damage to standing crops is very large, and in many instances the…

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Gale in the Channel

Evening News · Thursday 3 September 1891 · page 4

LONDON, September 2.-A heavy southwesterly gale is blowing in the English Channel. Several wrecks are reported…

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Storms in the United Kingdom. Damage to Crops--several Wrecks

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 September 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Heavy gales of wind and rain continue in Ireland and are doing enormous damage to standing crops. In some places the crops are…

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Storms in the United Kingdom. Damage to Crops and Shipping. The River Barrow Flooded. Farmers Reduced to Beggary. LONDON, September 2

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 September 1891 · page 5

Severe storms have been experienced throughout the United Kingdom during the last few days, and much damage has been occasioned to standing crops. Considerable…

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