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Floods & storms, 1893

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N.S.W. Floods Relief Fond. a Benefit Show

The Australian Star · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 2

We are requested to call attention to an announcement in another part of this issue of a concert to be held next Thursday at the Town Hall in aid of the New South Wales…

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Flood Relief Fund

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 19

For some time there was no response at all to the appeal for "pennies in the slot" for the people who have suffered so terribly by the floods, and Dame Durden…

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N.S.W. Flood Relief Fund. Flower Show at Exhibition Building

Evening News · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 6

On Monday a fruit, flower, and vegetable show, under the auspices of the National Horticultural and Pomological Society of New South Wales, was opened in the Exhibition Building,…

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Flood Relief Flower Show

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 4

With an absence of all ceremony, the doors of the Exhibition Building were yesterday afternoon thrown open to the public, on the payment of an admission fee, in connection…

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The Flood Belief Fund

Evening News · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 5

On Sunday afternoon the city and suburban Volunteer Fire Brigades will hold a parade and a meeting at the Exhibition Building, where a collection will be made in aid of the N.S.W. Flood…

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The Flood Relief Flower Show

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 6

The attendance at the Exhibition Building, where the National Horticultural and Pomological Society of New South Wales are holding their flood relief flower show…

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The Floods Relief Flower Show

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 6

The flower, fruit, and vegetable show, which the National Horticultural and Pomological Society of New South Wales organised in aid of the flood relief fund, concluded last…

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Amusements. the Flood Relief Concert

Evening News · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 2
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"For charity's sweet sake," a most excellent and enjoyable concert, orgainised by Miss Beatrice Griffiths, assisted by M. Kowasiki, in aid of the N.S.W. Flood Fund, was given last night at the…

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Amusements. Floods Relief Fund Concert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 6

To the prevailing financial depression alone must be attributed the poor attendance at the New South Wales Flood Relief [?] and Concert last night, for a more attractive programme, including fine music,…

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The Flood Relief Committee

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- The weekly meeting of the executive of the Flood Relief Committee to-day voted £700 for the sufferers by the Tivoli coal-mining disaster. The…

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The Madagascar Cyclone

The Australian Star · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 5

Mr. H. E. Patterson, agent for the Union Steamship Co., has afforded the Durban ADVERTISER some particulars of the destruction caused by the cyclone there on…

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Terrible Cyclone in America. Fifty Persons Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday, 2.55 p.m. A cyclone, attended with terrible results, was experienced in Iowa yesterday. At Chickasaw the Roman Catholic…

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Cyclone in Iowa. a Church Demolished. Fifty Persons Killed. LONDON, April 28

The Australian Star · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 5

Despatches from America report that a disastrous cyclone has been experienced at Chickasaw, Iowa. Service was proceeding in a Roman Catholic Church when the storm…

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Newcastle Flood Relief Fund Committee. (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 9

A meeting of the Flood Relief Fund Committee was held in the council-chambers this evening, the Mayor of Newcastle in the chair. Mr. Lang stated that application had been made by the joint…

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Correspondence Maitland Flood Relief. to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 7

SIR,—I beg to acknowledge with thanks a donation of £1 from the Rev. J. W. Dowson, and to express the hope that generous help will continue…

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Floods! to the Editor

The Methodist · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 8

SIR,—All who have any acquaintance with flooded districts will cordially agree with your many excellent and sympathetic references to the sad and…

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Maitland Flood Relief Fund

The Methodist · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 4

Rev. J. E. Carruthers desires to acknowledge with thanks further contributions since last issue, as follows:— Mr. S. Ward, Gilgal, Moatfield £2 2 0…

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The N.s.w. Floods Relief Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 4

The committee of the New South Wales Floods Relief Fund at its meeting at the Town-hall yesterday afternoon apportioned a further sum of £1800 amongst the northern…

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Flood at Rookwood

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 7

About 3 o’clock on Wednesday last very heavy clouds gathered over Rookwood and shortly afterwards a veritable deluge swept over the village. The rain came down in…

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