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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1892

563 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 29

Terrible Cyclone. Great Destruction of Property

Evening News · Thursday 25 February 1892 · page 6

Port Douglas, Wednesday.—A cyclone swept over the town at 5.30 yesterday afternoon, totally wrecking some buildings, and more or less damaging others. The heaviest sufferers are…

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Storms in Spain. Enormous Damage to Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night. --Severe storms have been experienced in Spain, where great damage has been occasioned. The farming community has suffered…

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Destructive Cyclone

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 13

PORT DOUGLAS, Wednesday.— A cyclone swept over the town at 6.30 yesterday afternoon, totally wrecking some buildings, and more or less damaging others. The heaviest sufferers are…

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A Big Storm

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 February 1892 · page 6

On Tuesday last the atmosphere was so heavy that there were predictions all round of a violent storm, but it was not till a little after three o'clock in the afternoon, immediately following a dead…

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Terrible Storm. 200 Fishermen Drowned

Evening News · Monday 29 February 1892 · page 4

LONDON, February 28.—A terrible storm has occurred on the Portuguese coast, off Oporto. Many fishing and other vessels were wrecked and driven ashore, and 200…

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Terrible Gales. London, February 29

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 March 1892 · page 5

Severe gales have occurred off the coast of Portugal and terrible damage has been occasioned to property. The amount of damage is estimated at £20,000…

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General Cable News. Gales Off the Portuguese Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 March 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- Severe gales have occurred off the coast of Portugal, and terrible damage has been done to the shipping…

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Violent Gale at Port Macquarie. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Port Macquarie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1892 · page 7

A violent westerly gale, union resembling a cyclone, struck the town on Saturday morning. The wind and rain came with great violence, and several buildings were partly unroofed and sheets of iron…

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The Gale Off the Coast of Newfoundland. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1892 · page 7

Many of the Newfoundland fishermen who were driven out to sea by a gale have been rescued, and the deaths due to the calamity are now estimated at 40…

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Accidents. Storms and Wrecks

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 11

LONDON, February 28.—A terrible storm has occurred on the Portuguese coast, off Oporte. Many fishing-and other vessels were wrecked and driven ashore, and 200…

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Heavy Rain at Gundagai. Gundagai

The Australian Star · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 6

Heavy rain has been falling at intervals, at times coming down in torrents; 143 points were registered up to 7 o'clock on Saturday evening…

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Disastrous Floods. Farms Devastated. Standing Crops Destroyed. SINGLETON

The Australian Star · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 6

The rain which fell here on Friday night was unprecedented. With the influx of farmers to town on Saturday news was brought that farms on the low levels were…

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Disastrous Floods. Farms Devastated. Standing Crops Destroyed. SINGLETON

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 March 1892 · page 6

The rain which fell here on Friday night was unprecedented. With the influx of farmers to town on Saturday news was brought that farms on the low levels were…

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Charming Tahiti. a Gem of the Pacific. Unswept by Storms. Happy, Peaceful, and Indolent People-- A Fertile tout Little known Island

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 8

TAHITI, the scene of the recent episode in which Bell and Davis, the Sydney "tourists," figured so prominently, is one of the,most charming places in the world…

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Australian Maritime History. Rise and Progress of the N. AND H.R.S.S. CO. Death of Captain T. F. Dye. Disastrous River Floods. Formation of the Kembla Co. and the N.S.S. Co.--Withdrawal of the A.S.N. Co. From the River Trade-- Amalgamation of the H.R.N.S.N. Co. and the Newcastle S.S. Co. No. 43

The Australian Star · Saturday 12 March 1892 · page 8

THE death of Captain Dye a few days ago at Brisbane recalls the fact that the deceased gentleman was one of the pioneers of the Hunter River Co. Captain Tilmonth…

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The Weather. Prospects of a Flood at Lismore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1892 · page 5

LISMORE, Monday. -- Heavy rain commenced to fall on Saturday night and continued without intermission till noon to-day, the register up to 9 this morning being 711 point. The river commenced to…

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The Late Floods in Spain

Evening News · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 4

LONDON, March 15.—Queen Maria Christina, Regent of Spain, has given a donation of 100,000 pesetas (about £4000), and the Government 400,000 pesetas (about…

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The Late Floods in Spain. the National Relief Fund. London, March 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 7

Queen Maria Christina, Regent of Spain, has given a donation of 100,000 pesetas (approximately £4000) to the national fund for the relief of the sufferers by the…

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A Clan Liner in a Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 8

The Clan line steamer Clan Stuart arrived from Giasgow and Liverpool at Bombay on the 11th ultimo. By the Arcadia's mail the following particulars of her tempestuous passage are to hand:—She left Liverpool on the 9th…

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The Wellington in a Gale--oil on the Troubled Waters

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1892 · page 7

The steamer Wellington was caught in the recent easterly gale on her passage hence to Port Macquarie. The gale was at its height when the vessel was off Seal Rocks, and the sea that accompanied…

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