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Floods & storms, 1891

914 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 46

Heavy Gales on the English Coast. the Wreck of the Benvenue, Wrecks in the Channel. Great Loss of Life

Evening News · Friday 13 November 1891 · page 4

LONDON, November 11.—The ship Benvenue, bound from London to Sydney, went ashore at Sandgate, near Folkestone, Kent. The crew were forced to take to…

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Heavy Gales on the English Coast. Total Wreck of the Ship Benvenue. Other Wrecks in the Channel. Many Lives Lost. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Nov. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 November 1891 · page 5

Severe gales have been experienced in England, and some minor shipping losses in the English Channel are reported. LATER…

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American News. By the Monowai. Rising in Uruguay. The M'Kinley Tariff. Floods in Panama--Social News--Disasters

The Australian Star · Friday 13 November 1891 · page 6

M'Grath, a San Francisco postal employee, with a 20-year record, was suspended from his office of foreman for smacking a cheeky clerk. M'Grath was a foreman of…

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The Gale in the Channel

Evening News · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 4

LONDON, November 13.—Great damage has been done in Paris and at Calais by the heavy gale which has been raging for the past two days, and several lives have been…

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The Jubilee in a Gale

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 1076

One of those perils of the sea that every now and then falls to the lot of the best of ships, the steamer Jubilee, of Sydney, was exposed to on Friday and Saturday last week out in mid-ocean, distant about 500…

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Cyclone in Yass. Wholesale Destruction of Property

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 16

SHORTLY after 1 o'clock on Wednesday Yass was visited by a clyelone. Between Dr. Campbell's residence and the Presbyterian Church, a space of about 300 yards, huge trees were uprooted. The…

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Storm at Yass. Considerable Damage

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 15

YASS, Wednesday.—A violent and destructive storm has just passed over the town, unroofing Crago and Barber's flour mills, Sunderland's store. Moore's house, and a portion of the Saluta…

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Gale at Newcastle--the Pilot Boat Capsized

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--During the past two days the weather has been very unsettled, at times blowing a stiff gale. This morning, .shortly after 9 o'clock, the ship Rossdhue…

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The Gale on the French Coast. London, Nov. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 9

Great damage has been done in Paris and at Calais by the heavy gale which has been raging for the past two days. Several lives were lost. A French, torpedo…

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CABLEGRAMS. Accidents. Fire at Hankow. a Petroleum Steamer Burned. Disastrous Cyclone

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 12

LONDON, November 4.—An extensive fire has occurred at Hankow, the great "treaty" port at the junction of the Han and Yangtse-Kiang Rivers, China. Thirteen…

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Caught in a Storm. Killed by Lightning. Two Men Injured

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 17

PEAK HILL, Tuesday.—In the course of a severe thunderstorm yesterday afternoon a terrible accident occurred. Four men were out yarding cattle on the plain, about half a mile…

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The Weather. Storm Along the Coast.—vessels Sheltering. Tremendous Sea at the Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 10

One of the roughost seas experienced on the New South Wales coast and in Bass's Straits for several months is reported in connection with the southerly gale that has prevailed for the past two days. This is…

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The Gale in England. Wreck of the Ship Benvenue. the Captain and Four of the Crew Drowned. Disaster to a Lifeboat Crew

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 November 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night. -- Among the shipping casualties reported along the English Channel during the severe gale which has been experienced is the wreck…

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Heavy Gale

Evening News · Monday 16 November 1891 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The heavy gale which passed over Newcastle yesterday abated late in the evening. The ship Rossdhu, from Adelaide, had a very narrow escape while making the…

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Gale on the Irish Coast. Wreck of a Barque. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Nov. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 November 1891 · page 5

A barque, the name of which has not yet been ascertained, has been wrecked during a gale off Kinsale, in the South of Ireland. Seven of those on board were…

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The Gale in the English Channel. Grave Charges Against the Lifeboat Service. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Nov. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 November 1891 · page 5

Grave charges have been made against the lifeboat service in the recent gale on the English coast. The Brighton and Shoreham boats, it is alleged, refused to face the…

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The Weather. Heavy Storms

Evening News · Friday 20 November 1891 · page 5

Rain was recorded throughout almost the whole of the colony on Thursday, fine weather alone prevailing in places in the extreme north-west. At Carcoar the downfall…

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Destructive Gale at Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 November 1891 · page 5

BATHURST, Friday. -- A tremendous squall of wind, rain, hail and thunder shortly after midnight this morning did considerable damage. The roof of the cattle and horse…

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Terrific Storm at Yass

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1891 · page 1145

On Wednesday, the 11th. a terrible hurricane passed over Yass. Between 1 and 2 o'clock, says our correspondent, lightning nnd hail with heavy rain could be been coming in the distance, and the roar of the…

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Terrific Storm on the Barrier

Evening News · Saturday 21 November 1891 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Friday.—Thursday was a most unpleasant day in Broken Hill. Dust storms raged continually and rain threatened all day. About noon a tornado of great severity swept…

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