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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

1,595 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 80

The Richmond River Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 March 1893 · page 6

A deputation from the Richmond River district, accompanied by Messrs. Ewing, Ferry, and Nicoll, Ms.P., waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday with regard to…

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The Flood Relief Fund. Sympathy with New South Wales in Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 March 1893 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--At the meeting of the committee of the central flood relief fund to-day, Alderman Clarke in the chair, the Rev. A. J. Webb moved--…

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The Late Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 March 1893 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--The Governor has received a letter from Lord Ripon, the Sec[?]tary of State for the Colonics, expressing great regret at the lamentable floods in…

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Disasters. Disastrous Cyclone. Volcanic Eruption. Many Lives Lost

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 11

LONDON, March 24.—A disastrous cyclone has passed over the State of Mississippi, United States. Cleveland and several other towns have been destroyed. It is feared…

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Richmond River Flood Water

Evening News · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 6

A deputation consisting of the members for the Richmond waited upon the Minister for Works Thursday, to urge a scheme for the relief of the Richmond River at flood time. It was pointed out…

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N. S. Wales Flood Relief

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 10

WE would direct the attention of the charitable to the Relief Fund advertisement in this issue…

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Correspondence. The Maitland Flood Relief Fund. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 7

SIR,—The kindness of friends continues. If the flood-gates of heaven have been opened, letting a flood loose upon the fertile valley of the Hunter, to…

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DEPUTATIONS. Floods in the Richmond

The Australian Star · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 6

A deputation waited upon the Minister for Works (Mr. Lyne) to-day concerning the frequency of floods in the Richmond River district, and asked that measures might be…

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The Flood Relief Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 4

In our issue of to-day is published the twelfth list of the Queensland flood relief fund, which shows total accounts £10,318 7s. A further sum of £500 has been forwarded to…

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N.S.W. Flood Relief Fund. Christy Minstrel Entertainment

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 4

On Tuesday evening last the long-promised Christy Minstrel entertainment, in aid of the Floods’ Relief Fund, was given before a full and appreciative house. The fact that some of…

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Prevention of Floods in the Hunter. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 13

Sir,—It is a problen, that the mont eminent engineers have so far failed to solve—how floods and their consequent ill effects on the Hunter Valley can be prevented. It would therefore be highly…

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The Recent Floods. Grants to Repair Damages. the Relief Fund

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 April 1893 · page 14

On page 31 we give a view of Ironbark Creek, on the Maitland-road, as it appeared during the recent floods, and also a picture of the steamer Federal, stranded on Stockton Beach. The…

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The Royal Agricultural Society and the N.S.W. Floods Relief Fund. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 6

Sir,—May I crave sufficient space in your columns to suggest the desirability of the "powers that be" considering the wisdom of keeping the show open an extra day…

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The Queensland Floods. Restoration of Victoria Bridge. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 6

The tender of Messrs. Chamberlain and Wyllie has been accepted for the temporary restoration of the Victoria Bridge, half of which was destroyed by the recent flood…

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The Hunter River Floods. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 3

Sir,--During this week two large organisations (the Manchester Unity Order of Odd fellows and the Good Templars) will hold their annual session in Sydney, at which…

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The Floods Relief Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1893 · page 5

KIAMA, Saturday.--At a meeting of the Shellnarbor Council yesterday, the Mayor announced that the distriet had forwarded £46 to the treasurers of the northern rivers…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms. a Rough Night. Welcome Bain in the Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1893 · page 5

It was pleasant to see how nicely the weather cleared yesterday. How few persons who were out in the previous night's storm would have predicted so clear a day. True, the rain set in late…

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The Recent Cyclone in the Atlantic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1893 · page 4

Hurricanes, gales, and cyclone storms are bad enough in all conscience in the tropical and semi-tropical latitudes, but in the North Atlantic in winter, such weather is terrible, in[?]eed. A letter from New York, describing such…

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The Flood Relief Funds

Evening News · Tuesday 4 April 1893 · page 4

LAWSON, Tuesday.—Miss Goddard's pupils, of Glenroy School, near Lawson, gave a concert, with Indian club and dumbbell exercises, yesterday in aid of the West Maitland Flood Relief…

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The Cyclone at Madagascar

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1893 · page 4

Fuller particulars are to hand by the R.M.S. Ionic of the recent cyclone at Madagasear. Among the marine disasters, the slap Caroline, ready laden for se[?], sank…

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