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Floods & storms, 1891

914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 46

Terrible Floods in Spain. Towns Totally Destroyed. Thousands Op People Drowned. Troops Burying the Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 September 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--Terrible floods have been experienced in the province of Toledo, Spain, where whole towns have been destroyed…

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The Floods in Spain

Evening News · Thursday 17 September 1891 · page 4

LONDON, September 16.-The floods in Spain were so sadden as to surprise people asleep. The number of persons who were…

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The Floods in Spain. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Sept. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 September 1891 · page 5

The floods in Tolede, Spain, were so sudden as to surprise people asleep. About fifteen hundred inhabitants of Consuegra were drowned…

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Floods in Spain. Three Thousand Lives Lost. Sufferings of the Survivors. The Work of Pillage--Hundreds of Corpses Floating--Robbing the Dead Bodies--Relief for the Sufferers. LONDON, September 16

The Australian Star · Thursday 17 September 1891 · page 4

Further particulars to hand from Spain show that the floods in the province of Toledo resulted in a greater loss of life and destruction of property than was at first…

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The River in a Flood at Kempsey. Adventure of Mr. Dangar, M.p

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 September 1891 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Wednesday.--Nearly 2in. of rain fell here on Monday afternoon after a splendid spell of line weather. The river tins morning, in consequence of the rain in…

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The Terrible Floods in Spain. Three Thousand Persons Drowned. Four Thousand Families Homeless. Women Dying From Exposure

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 September 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Further particulars which have been received show that the floods in the province of Toledo, Spain, were more disastrous than at first…

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The Origin of Storms

Evening News · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 8

At the Royal Meteorological Society, London, an interesting paper on "The Vertical Circulation of the Atmosphere in Relation to the Formation of Storms" was recently read, in which the two…

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The Floods in Spain

Evening News · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 4

LONDON, September 17.-The total amount of damage to property at Consuegra by the disastrous floods in Spain amounts to £400,000. Hundreds of persons were…

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The Floods in Spain. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Sept. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 5

The total amount of damage to property by the disastrous floods at Consuegra, in Spain, amounts to £400,000. Ono hundred persons, though previously warned,…

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The Floods in Spain. London, September 17

The Australian Star · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 5

Latest news from Spain is to the effect that 1000 bodies have been recovered from the floods in the province of Toledo…

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The Floods in Spain. Visit of the Queen. London, September 17

The Australian Star · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 6

The Queen Regent of Spain proposes to pay a visit to the province of Toledo, where such widespread desolation has been occasioned by the recent disastrous floods…

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The Floods in Spain. Recovery of 1000 Bodies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 September 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--From Spain it is reported that 1000 bodies have been recovered from the flood waters in the province of Toledo…

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The Origin of Storms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 27

At the Royal Meteorological Society, London, an interesting paper on "The Vertical Circulation of the Atmosphere in Relation to the Formation of Storms" was recently read, in which the two…

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Use of Oil in Storms

Evening News · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 6

The following extracts from recent reports are (says SEA) of interest as illustrating the practical advantages to be derived from the use of oil in storms…

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The Floods in Spain

Evening News · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 4

London, September 18.-Heartrending details continue to be received of the fearful destitution of the victims to the floods in Spain. The people are sufferingthe greatest…

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Floods on the Hunter. a Bridge Washed [?]

Evening News · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 10

BRANXTON, Friday.-The recent rains have caused the Hunter River to rise about 18 feet at Elderslie, and it has risen and fallen for the second time. The…

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The Terrible Floods in Spain. Three Thousands Persons Drowned

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 16

PARTICULARS received, by cable, September 27, show that the floods in the provine of Toledo, Spain, were more disastrous than at first reported…

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The Floods in Spain. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Sept. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 9

Reports of fearful destitution continue to be received in reference to the floods in Spain. The people are suffering the greatest hardships. Van loads of dead…

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The Floods in Spain. London, Sept. 14

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 633

Two thousand persons are said to have lost their lives through the floods at Toledo, in Spain. Help to the distressed people is impracticable for the present, as the…

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The Floods in Spain. Visit of the Queen. London, September 17

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 6

The Queen Regent of Spain proposes to pay a visit to the province of Toledo, where such widespread desolation has been occasioned by the recent disastrous floods…

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