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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1892

563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 29

Floods at Bathurst. Bathurst

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

The heaviest rain of the season occurred last night The Macquar[?]e River is a banker, having risen 12ft. since yesterday. The flood waters have submerged the flats near Kelso, and the low lands in the vic[?]ty…

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Floods at Morpeth. Great Damage. Morpeth

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

The weather continues showery and the river is still rising. It has broken over the banks in many places and submerged a vast area of agricultural land, doing an immense amount of damage. The country…

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The Yellow River Flooded. Twelve Towns Inundated

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--Immense damage has been done in China by the overflowing of the Yellow River (or Hoang-ho)…

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The Turon River Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 6

HILL END, Saturday.--The Turon River is flooded, and as the boat cannot cross no mails were delivered to-day. A young man, a native of Tambaroora, named George…

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Houses Flooded at Wellington

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Saturday.--Rain continued to fall all last night, and to-day there is every appearance of a continuance. From Thursday night until this morning at 8…

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The Macquarie River in Flood. Thirty Feet Above Summer Level

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 6

DUBBO, Saturday.--Heavy rain fell here yesterday, and continued all night. This morning 2in. had fallen. Owing to the rain being general throughout the district, the river…

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In the Country. a Flood at Bathurst. Great Damage to Property Expected

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 September 1892 · page 6

BATHURST, Saturday.--Heavy rain fell all last night and to-day, registering 296 points. In consequence the Macquarie is in fierce food and much damage has been done. The flood…

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Storm at Crook Well

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 5

CROOK WELL, Monday.--The town has been cut off from telegraphic communication since Friday, the wires being down in all directions. Friday night aud Saturday the…

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Inquests. Killer [?]Uring the Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 7

Mr. J. E. Bowde the Parramatta district coroner, held an inquest at [?]stwood on Saturday touching the Death of a mai[?] woman named Margaret Keddie, who was killed a falling tree at Eastwood…

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The Sydney in the Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 4

Captain Skinner sends a report of his experience during the recent storm. Leaving the company's wharf at 11.80 p.m. last Friday night, it was over an hour before she cleared the Heads, owing to…

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The Recent Storm. Arrival of Two Crippled Vessels. Narrow Escape of the Waitemata. the Grasmere Dismasted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 5

Two vessels which passed through the recent easterly gale reached Port Jackson yesterday in a crippled condition. The barquentine Waitemata was one and the barane…

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The Recent Storm. Flood at Dubbo. Details of the Disaster. Rise in the River. The Town Inundated--Loss of Life and Property--Chinese Washed Out--Camped in the Street--Narrow Escapes From Drowning--Cap- size of a Boat--Man Drowned--A Young Lady's Terrible Experience -- Swept 12 Miles in a Flooded River -- Heroic Conduct. DUBBO

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 7

In the opinion of many here the heavy local rains last week were certain warnings of a flood, and when it was known on Friday that it was raining in the west at…

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The Weather. Rough Experiences Off the Coast. the Floods Inland. Heavy Agricultural and Pastoral Losses. Some Exciting Incidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 5

If anything were needed to emphasize the eccentricities of September weather yesterday's sudden change to dust and heat would be sufficient to satisfy the most fastidious and exacting meteorological…

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[By Telegraph.] (From Ouh Correspondent.) Great Flood at Dubro. Fatal Accident. Narrow Escape of a Young Lady. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 5

A most serious flood took place during yesterday and last night. Although timely warning had been received from Bathurst, Orange, and Mudgee, still much damage was done and great loss of stock took…

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The Flood at West Maitland

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--As a result of the heavy storm of Friday night the river rose yesterday to a height of 26ft., flooding all the farms around Louth Park, Morpeth…

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Flood in the Namoi

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 5

GUNDAGAI, Monday.--An inch and a half of rain have fallen since Friday. Owing to the heavy rains on the New England and Breeza plains, the Namoi and Mooki rivers…

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Flood in the Macquarie-- Dubbo Partly Submerged

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 September 1892 · page 5

DUBBO, Monday.--Owing to the heavy rains of the past few days, the heaviest flood known at Dubbo within the past 20 years has occurred, doing a great amount of…

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The Storm in Parramatta

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 28 September 1892 · page 2

In Parramatta the effects of the storm were to be seen in every direction. The gardens have suffered severely ; trees were uprooted in different directions, or denuded of…

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The Recent Storm. Another Drowning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 September 1892 · page 5

BATHURST, Tuesday.--Mr. G. E. Machattie yesterday had a dangerous experience in the Turon River, near Sofala. He was driving from Eui[?]mulla station, and when half way…

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The Regent Storm. Rise of Rivers. Some Narrow Escapes ALBURY

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 September 1892 · page 5

A report from Tumut to band this morning states that much concern was felt yesterday along the coarse of the Murrumbidgee from Tumut to…

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