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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1892

563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 29

A Cyclone at Cunnamulla

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 6

BRISBANE, Monday.--A telegram has been received to-night intimating that the town of Cunnamulla was wrecked this morning by a cyclone. The courthouso was unroofed,…

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Thunderstorms

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 September 1892 · page 19

Sedulously avoid all conductors of electricity. Do not shelter under trees or go near them; the great majority of accidents arise from want of this precaution. Do not handle or be very close…

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Floods and Storms in China and Japan. Great Loss of Life and Damage to Property

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 September 1892 · page 6

The steamer Changsha arrived on Friday from Hongkong with news of several very disastrous storms and floods in China and Japan. The floods of the Chikusagawa…

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Floods in the Yarra. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Wednesday 14 September 1892 · page 2

A meeting of the Yarra Floods Board is being held to consider the suggestion of Professor Kernot that the Upper Yarra should be widened to relieve the Richmond…

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Thunderstorms

Evening News · Thursday 15 September 1892 · page 7

Sedulously avoid all conductors of electricity. Do not shelter under trees or go near them; the great majority of accidents arise from want of this precaution. Do not handle or be very close…

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Storm at Picton. Picton

The Australian Star · Friday 16 September 1892 · page 5

A heavy storm, lasting some three hours, occurred here last evening. The lightning at times was very vivid, and heavy rain fell. The weather is now fine…

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A Terrible Storm. 300 Persons Killed. 40,000 Houses Demolished. LONDON, September 18

The Australian Star · Monday 19 September 1892 · page 5

Eastern news received via San Francisco gives particulars of the disastrous hurricane which was experienced at Tokushima in Japan sometime ago. During the prevalence…

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Severe Storm in the Country

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 September 1892 · page 3

ORANGE, Tuesday.--A heavy thunderstorm was experienced to-day. About 1 p.m. Thomas Elliott's Carrington Club Hotel, opposite the courthouse, was struck by…

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The Weather. Destructive Thunder and Hal[?] Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 September 1892 · page 3

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--One of the most violent thunderstorms that has occurred for years visited the town to-day. The morning was very close, bringing up a storm…

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Terrific Storm. an Unprecedented Gale. Wind Reaches 120 Miles an Hour. The Storm on the Coast. Extensive Damage--A Steamer Sunk --The Harbor Vessels Seeking Shelter

The Australian Star · Saturday 24 September 1892 · page 5

IT is a number of years since so violent a storm passed over the metropolitan district as that which was experienced between midnight and 4 o'clock this morning. The…

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The Weather. an Easterly Gale on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 September 1892 · page 5

The unsettled weather of the past few days culminated yesterday in a violent casterly gale, attended by heavy rain squalls. The storm made its appearance on the south…

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The Shipping in the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 6

Shipping arrivals on Saturday and yesterday give further testimony of the violence of the storm. A very rough experience fell to the lot of the French mail steamer Tanais,…

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The Storm of 1876

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 6

Those who remember the gale of 1876 say that it was even more severe than that of Saturday morning. It occurred on September 10 and 11, and is better known as the…

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A Steamer in a Gale. a Pilot Boat Swamped

Evening News · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—During the passage from Sydney the stoamer Bhundara encountered very boisterons weather. On Thursday night, outside the Heads, quite a hurricane…

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The Great Gale. Souses Blown Down. a False Report

Evening News · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 6

Considerable damage was done in the Redfern district, the loan amounting in all to some thou­sands of pounds. A building in Elizabeth-street, Redfern, No. 14, was totally wrecked. It was owned…

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Effects of the Storm at Kiama. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 6

Last night this town and district were visited with the severest south-easterly gale experienced here for a long lime. From the early forenoon yesterday a change in the weather was apparent, and between…

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Particulars of the Damage. Remarkable Effects of the Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 5

The city surveyor, accompanied by Mr. Lee, the clerk of works, made a cursory inspection of the city on Saturday morning in order to ascertain what damage had been…

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A Terrific Storm. Havoc Played by the Tempest. Damage on Land and Sea. Destruction of Life and Property. Rivers in High Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 5

Not for 16 years has there been any near approach to the violence attained by the storm of last Saturday morning. In the wind scale known to marmers as Beanfort's scale the…

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A Terrible Gale. Great Damage in Sydney and Suburbs. Houses Unroofed and Trees Destroyed. a Ferry Steamer Sunk. a Woman Killed -- a Man Missing. Wind Velocity 120 Miles an Hour. Rain and Snow in the Country. Towns Flooded--great Damage to Property

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 5

Never since September 11,1876, has Sydney and surrounding districts experienced a storm equal in violence to that which, commencing mildly on Friday morning, gradually…

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Anticipated Floods

Evening News · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 6

BATHURST, Saturday.-The river has risen wonderfully fast, and is now (12.30 p.m.) almost level with the banks. On the Kelso side is an immense sheet of water, and the Chinamen's…

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