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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

1,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 80

Special Edition the Northern Floods. Despatch of Mails. The Damage at Grafton. Movements of Steamers

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 6

The postal authorities have requested us to mention that the mails despatched on Saturday last for the Clarence and Richmond River districts, per steamer Helen…

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The Queensland Floods. Food From New Zealand. Delayed Mails

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 6

The New Zealand Premier received the following telegram from the managing director of the Union Steamship Co. on February 15 : -- " Have not a steamer loading for…

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Floods in the North. at Richmond Heads

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 6

The pilot at the Richmond River wires from Ballina to the Marino Board to-day as follows There is a heavy sea, with a strong fresh running out. The channel…

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The Northern Floods. Surveys of the Rivers

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly last night Mr. M'Farlane asked tho Minister for Works -- "In view of the disastrous floods which have recently taken place on the…

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The Queensland Floods. Relief From New Zealand. Mr. Wragge's Forecasts. Telegraphic Communication Restored. Brisbane Steamers. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 5

At the meeting of the Floods Committee yesterday it was announced that the sum of £12,717 had been received to date. Mr. Wragge continues to cheer us up…

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The Floods in the North. the Clarence

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 5

MACLEAN, Wednesday, 1.50 p.m.--In response to an application, the Mayor-has been informed by the member for the district that the sum of £200 has been granted…

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The Queensland Floods. Hale of Warwick Under Water the Condition of the Moreton Bay Channel. Mr. Wragge's Forecasts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1893 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday, 10 p.m.--At the meeting of the floods committee to-day a quantity of business was transacted. It was announced that the total receipts to date…

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The Floods in Queensland. the State of Brisbane River. Navigation Impeded. Steamers Ashore. All Steamers to Be Lightered at the Bar. Damage to the Railways. the Relief Fund

Evening News · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 5

LONDON, February 23.—The Eastern Extension Telegraph Company has subscribed £100 and the Duke of York £10 to the Queensland Floods Relief Fund…

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The Floods in the North. the Government Grants. Estimate of Damages on the Clarence River

Evening News · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 4

GRAFTON, Friday.—The council has decided, with reference to the £500 granted by the Colonial Treasurer for the purpose of cleansing the town and repairing the damage done by the flood…

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Floods Is Queensland. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) the Relief Fund in London. London, Feb. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 5

The Eastern Extension Telegraph Company has subscribed £100 to the Queensland Floods Relief Fund. H.R.H. the Duke of York has given £10 to the…

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The Floods in the Richmond. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 5

Accounts from all parts of the district state that the protracted rain is damaging the maize crop, which was ripening well. The mails are still arriving an a very irregular manner. Heavy…

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The Weather. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondents.) the Floods on the Clarence. Great Loss in the District. Relief Works. Lawrence, Thusday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 5

The weather still continues very unsettled. Light showers have been falling throughout the day, and to-night there is every appearance of heavy rain. The river is falling. The flooded-out people…

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New From the East. Floods at Singapore. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Thursday Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 5

The following items of news are extracted from Singapore exxhanges:— The Spanish Consul at Singapore has died. Singapore was flooded out towards the…

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The Floods in the West. Walgett

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 5

The rivers are falling slowly, but may at any time begin to rise again, as discouraging reports are reaching here from Surat and the Moonie, at which places the rivers are within a few feet of being…

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Exports From Sydney Monarch, bq, for Antwerp. Sailed Feb 24th 1893. Flood and Co. agents

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 2

SHIPPERS BALES-WOOL Fuhrmann and Co Ltd ... 637 Picard, Goulet and [?]ils ... 3340 Jules Renard and Co ... 317…

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Queensland Floods

The Australian Star · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 6

It has been determined in connection with the Brisbane Floods Relief Fund collected under the auspices of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association to hold a monster…

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News From Maoriland. by the Union Co.'s Talune. Severe Earthquake Shocks. Big Floods Near Wellington

The Australian Star · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 7

The Union Co.'s steamship Talune, which arrived in harbor on Wednesday from New Zealand ports, brought the following interesting items of news regarding affairs in…

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Queensland Floods. Relief Movement in Newcastle. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 5

The Mayor of Stockton (Alderman O'Toole) has convened a meeting for to-night to take steps to raise a fund for the relief of the sufferers by the floods in Queensland…

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The Floods in the North. the Clarence. Estimated Damage, Between £70,000 and £80,000

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 5

GRAFTON, Thursday.--The weather is still unsettled, and occasional showers have fallen throughout the day. There are about 50 swagmen, strangers to the district, now…

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The Queensland Floods. the Silting Up of the Brisbane River. Steamers to Be Lightered at the Bar. Two Townships Almost Ruined

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1893 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday, 5.50 p.m.--The first flood made considerable alterations in the depths of the various cuttings in the Brisbane River, but it was reserved for the…

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