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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

1,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 80

Further Serious Floods in the North

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 421

Our correspondents in the Clarence, Richmond, Tweed, and Macleay River districts reported by telegraph towards the end of last week fresh heavy rainfalls and prospects of further floods. The…

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Queensland Flood Relief Fund

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 389

On Wednesday a grand theatrical performance, and on Thursday a concert by the Sydney Liedertafel were arranged in aid of this fund…

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Latest about the Queensland Floods

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 391

Our Brisbane correspondent telegraphed on Wednesday night that the flood had almost entirely subsided, and matters in the city were resuming their normal appearance. Reports…

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Floods in Queensland. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 390

A Monkwell-street warehouse company has given 50 guineas towards the fund. The committee to-day forwarded by…

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Queensland Floods. Admissions to Hospital, Cablegram to London. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 6

There were 53 admissions to Brisbane Hospital in four days during the recent flood. Nearly all ailments were attributed directly or indirectly to the floods. The…

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The Northern Floods. Three Years in Succession. In Need of Charity

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 6

This morning the case of settlers on the Richmond who have been reduced to destitution by the recent floods was brought under the notice of the Premier by Mr. Perry, M.L.A…

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The Floods Fund

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 5

Yesterday's income to the fund for the relief of the flood sufferers was £500, bringing the total up to £6900. In addition to this largo parcels of clothing are coming to…

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The Queensland Flood Names of the Drowned. Inquiries in London. LONDON, February 24

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 6

Sir James F. Garrick, Agent-General for Queensland, has received scores of inquiries as to the names of the people who lost their lives by drowning in the recent Queensland…

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The Floods in the North. the Clarence

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 5

GRAFTON, Friday.--The river is now down to its ordinary level, and the weather is line and clear. All fears of a further flood are allayed…

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The Queensland Floods. a Cablegram Sent to London. an Estimate of the Latest Losses

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--There were 53 admissions at the Brisbane Hospital in four days during the recent flood. Nearly all the ailments are attributed, directly or indirectly,…

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The Queensland Flood Relief Fund. The Parramatta Movement

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 4

A meeting of the Parramatta Flood Relief Committee was held on Wednesday evening in the School of Arts, Parramatta, Archdeacon Gunther presiding. There were present—…

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The Queensland Floods. The Relief Fund. Public Meeting in Parramatts

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 2

ON Friday night last a meeting, convened by the Mayor, on the requisition of a number of influential townspeople, was hold in the Town Hall, Parramatta, for the purpose of taking…

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Floods in the North

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 10

Upon our own northern costal districts the ravages of flood have been almost as severe as they have been in Queensland. At Lismore the flood reached its highest point at noon on…

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The Queensland Floods

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 10

Since our last issue we regret to have to record the recurrence at Brisbane of a flood almost as high as that which we then recorded. We offer our readers this week more illustrations of flooded…

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Mining Disaster in Cornwall. Wheal Owles Mine Flooded. Twenty Men Drowned

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 25

The many Cornish miners in Australia will read with sorrowful interest the following summary of an account of the mining disaster in Cornwall, which was reported by cable. Our account is…

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Floods in Queensland. and in New South Wales. Brisbane Again Flooded. Toowoomba Under Water. Great Damage to Property. Bridges Washed Away. Landslips on the Railways. Ipswich Inundated. Movements for Relief. (See illustrations on pages 26 and 29.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 13

In this week's issue we publish a series of pictures showing the condition of Brisbane during and after the terrible floods. Our illustrationson page 26 show the South Brisbane wharves, and…

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Floods in New South Wales. Lismore and Grafton Inundated. Extensive Damage to Crops. Water Subsiding

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 13

LISMORE, Saturday.—The river up 30 feet, or about five feet below the biggest flood on record. The water is rising slowly. The lower parts of the town and across by Dean's Hotel are under…

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The Floods

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 18

The Queensland floods, upon which we commented last week, have been renewed with even greater severity than before, and there also comes news that the similar…

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The Queensland Flood. Sympathy from Parramatta

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting, convened by the Mayor, at the instance of a public requisition, in sympathy with the sufferers by the disastrous floods in Queensland, was held in the Town Hall on…

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Heavy Gales

Evening News · Monday 27 February 1893 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—Nearly every vessel that arrives reports having experienced terrible weather. The three-masted schooner Pendle Hill, from Napier (N.Z.) in ballast, arrived here…

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