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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1893

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New South Wales Flood Relief Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 4

The central committee of the New South Wales flood relief fund regret that the response to their appeal has not been so general as might have been anticipated. Four…

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The Floods Fund. Lecture at Hunter's Hill

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 8

A most interesting lecture was delivered by Mr. J. A. Dobbie, B.A., the subject being "Robert Burns." Through numerous requests Mr. Dobbie consented to re-deliver…

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The Flood Fund. Glen Innes

The Australian Star · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 6

The council and friendly societies have arranged a day's sport next week in aid of the sufferers by the Maitland flood. A general holiday has been proclaimed…

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New Zealand. the Late Gale at the Islands

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Wednesday. -- The Union Company's steamer Taviani, which has arrived from Suva, reports that the Fijian Group escaped the hurricane which proved so…

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New South Wales Flood Relief Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 April 1893 · page 4

The central committee of the New South Wales flood relief fund received additional subscriptions yesterday amounting to £193. This included £50 cabled from London by…

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Another Cyclone

Evening News · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 4

LONDON, April 13.—A destructive cyclone has swept over the southern and western portions of the United States. Townships have been wrecked, and railway and road…

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Cyclone in America. London, April 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 5

A destructive cyclone has swept over the Southern and Western States of America. Townships have been wrecked, and railway and road traffic has been interrupted…

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Struck by a Cyclone. Twenty-five Children Killed. a Mississippi School Wrecked. LONDON, April 13

The Australian Star · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 5

News has been received of a terrible disaster which has occurred in Mississippi (U.S.). A school was struck by a cyclone while the children were engaged at their…

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Queensland Floods Relief Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 April 1893 · page 4

The central committee of the Queensland fund held a meeting yesterday at the offices, 10 Bridge-street, when the following resolution was passed:--" That, in…

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The Cyclone in America. London, April 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 9

It has been ascertained that 50 persons lost their lives through the late cyclone in part of the United States…

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Cyclone in America. a School Building Destroyed. Twenty-five Children Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--New York telegrams give particulars of a disastrous cyclone which bus occurred in the State of Mississippi. During the storm a school…

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The Council and the Electoral Bill. Calm After the Storm

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 16

THE principal work done by the legislative Council on Tuesday was the undoing of something they bed previously agreed to. On further consideration of the message from the Assembly…

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New South Wales Flood Relief Fund

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 19

THE central committee of the New South Wales flood relief fund regret that the response to their appeal has not been so general as might have been anticipated. Four thousand…

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The Maitland Flood. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 7

SIR,—Since my appeal for help made through your columns, the following contributions have been kindly sent me for the sufferers. The generous donors…

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The Recent Floods in the Hunter

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 763

The great damage occasioned by the recent floods in the Hunter continues to form one of the main topics of reference, both in Private and public. We recently gave full particulars and a number of…

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Floods Relief Fond

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 765

The secretary to the New South Wales Floods Belief Committee reports that 4000 subscription lists have been issued from the central office at the Town Hall. These have been distributed to all…

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The Flood Fund

The Australian Star · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 2

It is gratifying to find that the New South Wales floods relief fund has been considerably augmented during the, past few days, although the distress caused by these…

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New South Wales Floods Relief Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 4

In another portion of this issue we publish the ninth list of subscriptions received by the central committee of the New South Wales Floods Relief Fund. The moneys…

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Smithfield. Concert in aid of Flood Funds

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 2

A concert in aid of the New South Wales Flood Relief Fund was given by local artistes in the Smithfield Town Hall on Saturday evening, 8th inst., at which the Mayor (Mr. Thomas…

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The Queensland Flood Relief Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 April 1893 · page 7

The Mayor of Sydney has received the following letter from the committee of the Central Flood Relief Fund of Queensland:—"Dear Sir,—The munificent response to the needs of our flood[?]…

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