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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

1,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 80

The Flood in the Macleay District Kempsey

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 557

Communication was restored with Bellbrook by noon on Saturday, and that station reported that the river was at its highest, 40ft, at 1 o'clock on Saturday. Many people…

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The Nepean Flood Waters Subsiding. Windsor

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 557

The flood waters are slowly subsiding, and the weather clearing. Considerable damage has been done to the crops in the lowlands, but, fortunately, the water did not break over the banks, otherwise…

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Flood Belief Fund

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 575

A public meeting was held on Tuesday in the Vestibule of the Town Hall to consider what steps should be taken for the relief of the sufferers by the floods in the Hunter River and other…

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Latest about the Floods in the Hunter District. West Maitland

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 545

The work of cleaning up and getting things once more in order is going on as rapidly as circumstances will permit. The flood has been the most disastrous ever known in this district,…

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The Floods

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 543
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

In the midst of the general depression, the chaotic condition of public affairs, the development of the deficit, and the proposals of the Government to impose heavy…

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Great Floods in New Zealand. Auckland

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 548

The floods in Wellington and suburbs, particularly at Hutt, are the worst known for 22 years. In the Tinakori-road the residents had to be rescued in boats. Damage has been done to…

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Bishop Murray's Statues at Maitland and the Reported Floods

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 3

A respected Roman Catholic not a hundred miles from Sydney is dreadfully perplexed by the recent reports of serious disasters caused by floods in the Hunter,…

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An Exchange of Flood-bound Compliments

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 5

THE MEETING OF THE WATERS. QUIRINDI:" "You infernal liar!" MUSWELLBROOK : " You miserable old imbecile ! "…

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The Floods. the Distress at Maitland. West Maitland

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 6

The Railway Commissioners, at the solicitation of Mr. Gillies, M.L.A. for West Maitland, have very generously consented to allow all parcels of clothing and other things…

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The Hunter Flood. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 4

The heart of this district has been stirred in a manner which has never been witnessed hitherto by tho sad tales of woe and distress which came from the recently flooded…

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Flood Benefit Concert

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 5

A monster concert, in aid of the New South Wales Flood Relief Fund, has been arranged to take place at the Exhibition Building, Prince Alfred Park, on Tuesday…

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Crop Report. Effect of Floods

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 6

In the departmental report on the state of the crops for February, it is estimated that in the Clnrenco district alone 3000 acres of maize, equal to 100,000 bushels,…

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The Recent Floods. the Macleay River

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Friday. -- A crowded meeting was held last night for the purpose of asking the Government to provide relief works in consequence of the destruction and…

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The Week. the Maitland Floods

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 2

The terrible inundation which the valley of the Hunter has suffered surpasses anything which has occurred within the memories of white inhabitants. In this respect, as well as in its…

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The Hunter Floods

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 3

The reports from the Hanter district in respect of the floods are melancholy indeed. The one gleam of comfort is to be found in the intimation that the waters are subsiding…

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The Grafton Floods

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 10

One of the customers of the Australian Drug Company writes: Send me 1 gross of Colemane and Son's Eucalypte Extract; I am in urgent need of same. It shows what a reliable article effects, for the orders have been for…

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Floods in Wellington

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 12

Some very heavy floods have oc-curred in Wellington and its suburbs. In the Tinakori-road the residents had to be rescued in boats. Damage has been done to Thornden…

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Hunter River in Flood. Loss of Life. Houses and Stock Destroyed. Highest Flood on Record. Damage to Railway Lines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 14

One of the most disastrous floods which has ever occurred in the Newcastle and Hunter River districts was experienced on March 10. All the low-lying portions of the town and mining…

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Queensland Flood Relief Fund

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 4

A MEETING of the Committee was held in the Town Hall, Parramatta, on Wednesday evening, the Mayer (Mr. C. J. Byrnes) in the chair, and there were, present, Archdeacon…

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