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Floods & storms, 1891

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Floods in France. London, Sept. 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 9

Serious floods have taken place in the Department of Ardeche, France. Numbers of lives have been lost…

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The Spanish Floods. London, Sept. 18

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 688

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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Floods in France Many Persons Drowned. London, September 25

The Australian Star · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 4

Floods of a disastrous nature are being experienced in Franco. The river Ardeche has overflowed its banks at Aubenas, The bridges have been carried away, and the…

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Floods in France. Bridges Destroyed. -- Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday, Noon. -- Disastrous floods are being experienced in France. The River Ardech[?], in the province of the same name, overflowed its banks at…

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The Floods in Spain. Donation From the Emperor William

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The Emperor William of Germany has forwarded a donation, to the Queen Regent of Spain, towards the relief of the sufferers by the…

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Accidents. Petroleum Fire. Floods in Spain. Terrible Coach Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 12

LONDON, September 16.—The immense reservoirs at Batoum, the Russian commercial port on the Black Sea, in which the petroleum from Baku is stored while…

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Floods on the Richmond

Evening News · Wednesday 30 September 1891 · page 6

Mr. Ewing, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works this morning, asking that inquiries should be made, and full reports furnished on a scheme for carrying off the surplus…

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The Floods in Spain. a Donation From London. London, October 1

The Australian Star · Friday 2 October 1891 · page 6

The London Corporation has voted a grant of £200 to the sufferers by the floods at Consuegra in Spain…

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The Floods in Spain. a Donation From London. London, October 1

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 October 1891 · page 6

The London Corporation has voted a grant of £200 to the sufferers by the floods at Consuegra in Spain…

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The Spanish Floods Relief Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 October 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The London City Corporation have voted the sum of £200 towards the national fund promoted in Spain for the relief of the sufferers by…

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Terrific Cyclone at Geelong

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 October 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A terrific gale raged through Geelong on Friday night. At 9 o'clock the cyclone swept across the Barwon River from the gorge in the Barrabool-hills,…

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The Weather. Gale in Sydney on the Coast. Disasters to Shipping

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 October 1891 · page 4

Yesterday was an exceptionally cold and stormy day, the wind blowing a gale from the south, accompanied at intervals by heavy showers of rain. Fortunately but little…

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The Weather. Gales Along the Coast. Shipping Troubles

Evening News · Tuesday 6 October 1891 · page 6

Sunday was anything but an agreeable day, owing to the heavy southerly gale which blew the whole time. So far as can be ascertained, very little damage has been done on shore…

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Severe Thunderstorms

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 October 1891 · page 5

CROOKWELL, Friday. -- Very severe storms passed over Crookwell yesterday and last night, loud peals of thunder being accompanied by vivid flashes of lightning. Rain…

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A Dredger in a Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 October 1891 · page 4

The outset of the voyage of dredger No. 121 from Auckland to Melbourne was unfortunate. Dredgers are not intended for rough weather of course, being designed more for hard work inside than labouring in a seaway exposed to…

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Storms and Wrecks in England

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 October 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Severe storms have been experienced in England, and numerous wrecks are reported along the coast…

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Disastrous Storms. London, October 14

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 October 1891 · page 5

Severe storms have been experienced throughout England. Considerable damage was done to shipping, and numerous wrecks have occurred along the coast…

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Fearful Gale on English Coast

Evening News · Thursday 15 October 1891 · page 4

LONDON, October 14.—A fearful gale is raging in the English and Irish Channels. Many wrecks of small craft have occurred, with some loss of life…

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Fearful Gale on the English Coast. London, Oct. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 October 1891 · page 5

A fearful gale is raging in the English and Irish Channels. Many wrecks of small craft have occurred, with some loss of life. The gale blew down Buffalo Bill's…

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Terrible Storms in the Atlantic. Women Frightened to Death. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Oct. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 October 1891 · page 5

The experience of the Cunard steamer in the Atlantic has been similar to that of the Hamburg-American Company's express steamer Victoria Augusta. Aboard…

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