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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1892

563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 29

The Floods in New Zealand. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 5

The rain has ceased in Otago, and the floods are rapidly subsiding. All train communication will be fully restored to-morrow…

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Floods in France

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, February 11.—Disastrous floods have occurred in the south of France…

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Floods in the South of France. London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 5

Disastrous floods have taken place in the south of France…

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Children of Darkness. Now First Published. a Romance of Mining Life. All Rights Reserved. Chapter Xviii.--the Flood of Fortune

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 3

Two or three weeks had passed since Dick Orrell paid that visit to Mr. John Boyce at Liverpool, and now everyone in the little, yet sufficiently lively, hamlet of Kingsmoss…

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Disastrous Floods in New Zealand. Auckland

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 353

Phenomenally heavy rain has fallen in Canterbury and North Otago, and it is feared the crops have suffered serious damage. Alarming floods have occurred in the latter district…

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Floods in New Zealand. Two Persons Drowned. Heavy Washaways.. Losses of Stock and Crops

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 13 February 1892 · page 35

AUCKLAND, February 8— Phenomenally heavy rain has fallen in Canterbury and North Otago, and it is feared the crops have suffered serious damage. Alarming floods have occurred in the…

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Heavy Storms in England. London, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1892 · page 7

A fierce easterly gale is blowing, and there have been heavy snowstorms over the greater part of England. Railway traffic is much delayed, and…

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A Violent Storm. Yass

The Australian Star · Friday 19 February 1892 · page 6

A heavy storm occurred yesterday evening. The gale unroofed the horse-pens and publican's booth at the new show-grounds, the damage being estimated at nearly £20…

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Heavy Storms in England. London, Feb. 16

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 408

A fierce easterly gale is blowing, and there have been heavy snowstorms over the greater part of England. Railway traffic is much delayed, and…

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A Severe Winter. Heavy Snowfall. Severe Gales in England. LONDON, February 19

The Australian Star · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 4

The weather experienced on the Continent has been exceptionally severe. Snow has fallen on the Rhine to a depth of 4ft. 12.10 p.m…

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The Late Heavy Floods at Townsville (North Q.). (See illustrations on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 27

In this issue we give illustrations of the recent great floods in the neighborhood of Townsville (Q.). The chief damage was done by the surface water off streets and the slopes of Castle Hill, for…

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France. the Meat Famine. Disastrous Floods. De Lesseps Ill

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 February 1892 · page 11

LONDON, February 11— Mutton has risen 2d per pound in Paris in consequence of the restrictive effect of the new tariff upon the import of meat into France…

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A Violent Storm. London, February 20

The Australian Star · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 5

A violent thunderstorm has been experienced in Lisbon. Great damage was occasioned to property…

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Thunderstorm at Lisbon

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday Night. -- Great damage has been done at Lisbon by violent thunderstorms…

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Disastrous Gales. Wrecks and Loss of Life

Evening News · Tuesday 23 February 1892 · page 4

London, February 22.—Disastrous gales have taken place in the English ChanneL There have been many wrecks, attended with much loss of life…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Gales in the English Channel. Wrecks and Loss Oe Life. London, Feb. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1892 · page 5

Disastrous gales have taken place in the English Channel. There have been many wrecks, attended with much loss of life…

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Destructive Storm at Penrith

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1892 · page 5

PENRITH, Tuesday.--A severe storm passed over the town this afternoon, accompanied by a little rain. The wind at times blew with hurricane force, breaking down and…

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That Storm Water Drain! to the Editor of the Mercury

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 24 February 1892 · page 2

SIR,—It was generally supposed that the new drain would have improved the whilom pestiferous atmosphere in the neighbourhood of Station-street, but that…

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Floods in Spain. Enormous Damage to Crops. London, February 23

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 February 1892 · page 6

Severe floods have been experienced in Spain. The losses entailed on the farming population are said to be enormous, the crops having been nearly all destroyed by…

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A Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1892 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A cyclone visited Port Douglas yesterday afternoon. Several buildings were wrecked and others seriously damaged…

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