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Floods & storms, 1891

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The Floods in Spain. Enormous Destruction Op Property. London, September 18

The Australian Star · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 5

The damage done by the floods which occurred recently in the province of Toledo, in Spain, is enormous. It is announced that it will necessitate the expenditure of several…

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The Floods in Spain

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The Queen Regent of Spain proposes to pay a visit to the province of Toledo, where such terrible floods have been experienced. The idea is…

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Accidents. Disasters by Sea and Land. Earthquake, Collisions, Floods. Wholesale Loss of Life

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 12

LONDON, September 9.—Disastrous floods have taken place in Styria, a district of Austria, in the basin of the Danube, causing the loss of many lives…

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The Floods in Spain. 100,000 People Homeless. Great Distress in the Flooded Districts. The Populace Starving. Rioting and Pillage. LONDON. September 19

The Australian Star · Monday 21 September 1891 · page 5

Later news from Spain shows that the floods continue. The Rivers Tagus and Guadalquiver, the two main streams in the kingdom, have overflowed their…

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The Floods in Spain. 100,000 Persons Homeless. Rioting in The. Flooded Districts. the Queen Regent Aids the Sufferers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 September 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday Night.--The floods in Spain still continue. The rivers Tagus and Gaudalquiver, the two main arteries of the kingdom, have both overflowed…

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Storm in Spain. Collapse of Houses. London, September 21

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 September 1891 · page 6

The vicinity of Consuegra, in Spain, has been again visited by a fearful storm. Numbers of houses collapsed, and the misery created by the first visitation has been…

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Floods in Spain Enormous Loss of Life. 1780 Bodies Recovered. LONDON, September 21

The Australian Star · Tuesday 22 September 1891 · page 5

The loss of life occasioned by the recent floods in several provinces of Spain watered by the Rivers Tagus and Guadalquiver has been enormous. Already 1780 bodies have…

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The Floods in Spain. Enormous Loss of Life. 1780 Bodies Recovered

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 September 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The loss of life through the floods at Consuegra, a town in Toledo, on tho banks of the River Guadalquiver in Spain, has been enormous…

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The Floods in Spain. Further Storms at Consuegra

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 September 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night.--The town of consuegra (Spain), has been revisited by further storms. Houses which had been undermined by…

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The Floods in Spain

Evening News · Thursday 24 September 1891 · page 4

LONDON, September 19.-Floods in the valleys of the Ebro, Guadalquiver, Tagus, and other rivers have rendered hundreds of thousands of the inhabitants homeless and…

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The Floods in Spain. London, Sept. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 September 1891 · page 7

The disastrous floods in Spain have resulted in fearful destitution aud misery amongst the inhabitants. The country on both banks of the Rivers Armafuillo, Tugus, Guadalquivir, and…

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The Floods in Spain. London, Sept. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 September 1891 · page 7

The Paris banking-house of Rothschilds has given the sum of 20,000 pesotas (approximately £729) towards the fund for the relief of sufferers by the floods at…

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Floods in Spain. Relief of the Sufferers. Liberal Donations. LONDON, September 22

The Australian Star · Thursday 24 September 1891 · page 6

Large donations are being made towards the national fund for the relief of sufferers by the floods in Spain. The Rothschilds have subscribed £5000 to the fund, and Mr…

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The Floods in Spain. Munificent Relief Donations

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 September 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--Large donations are being made towards the national fund for the relief of the sufferers by the floods in Spain. The Rothschilds have…

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Floods on the Macquarie. Traffic Suspended

Evening News · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 3

NEVERTIRE, Thursday.-The Macquarie River is again rising fast. At Warren and Sandy Creek the water is up over the flooring of the new bridge. This district is having a regular…

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The Floods in Spain

Evening News · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 4

LONDON, September 24.-The German Emperor has given a large donation to-wards the relief of the sufferers by the disastrous floods in Spain…

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The Floods in Spain. London, Sept. 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 5

The Emperer William of Germany has given a large donation towards the relief of the sufferers by the disastrous floods in Spain…

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Floods in Spain. the Emperor William Subscribes. London, September 24

The Australian Star · Friday 25 September 1891 · page 5

The Emperor William of Germany has forwarded to the Queen Regent of Spain a donation to the national fund, inaugurated for the sufferers by the floods in the district…

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Floods in France

Evening News · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 4

LONDON, September 25.-Serious floodf have taken place in the Department os Ardeche, France. Numbers of lives have been lost…

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The Floods in Spain. Enormous Loss of Life

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 15

THE loss of life occasioned by the recent floods in several provinces of Spain watered by the Rivera Tagus and Guadalquiver has been enormous. Already 1780 bodies have been recovered from the…

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