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Floods & storms, 1894

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Storm at Coonamble--catt Le Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 5

COONAMBLE, Friday.--Last night a fierce storm, accompanied by heavy rain, thunder, and vivid lightning, passed over the town. A large tree was struck and…

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South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Heavy Storm at Port Adelaide. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 9

Owing to an exceptional storm which passed over Port Adelaide this morning, a portion of the town was partially under flood waters…

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A Storm in Court. Speight v. Syme Case. Mr. Duffy and the Judge. "A Cruel and Cowardly Insult" -- The Court Abruptly Adjourned

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 5

The thunder cloud which has for a long time been gathering over the head of Mr. Duffy, the leading counsel for the plaintiff in the railway iibel action, Speight v. Syme,…

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Disastrous Flood in the Punjaub. London, May 29

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 1106

A disastrous flood, causing serious landslips in many places, has taken place at Kulu, in the Punjaub. Two hundred lives have been lost…

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A Town Destroyed. Swept by a Flood. a Terrific Waterspout. a Colorado Town Devastated. Hundreds of Houses Collapse -- Many Lives Lost -- Bridges Destroyed. London, May 31

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 6

From Pueblo, a town in Colorado, one of the Western States, comes news of a terrible catastrophe. The disaster was due to a waterspout which burst…

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American News. The Coxeyite Movement. [?]oxey, Brown and Jones Under Arrest -- Other Agitators Arrested -- The Coke Strike Riots -- The Corbett-Jackson Fight -- The Brazilian Revolt -- May -- Day Riots -- Fighting Between Indians and Mexicans -- Escape Of a Chain -- Gang. Terrible Flood in Canada

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 9

The following items of news are taken from American files to hand, by the R.M.S. Monowai: -- Carl Brown and Jones, two of the chief…

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The Pennsylvania Floods. Ten Thousand Homeless

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 11

LONDON, May 24.—It is reported that the floods in and around Williamsport, Pennsylvania, caused hy the overflowing of the Susquehanna River, have rendered 10,000…

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Disastrous Floods in China. Terrible Loss Oe Life

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 June 1894 · page 12

LONDON, May 28.— Disastrous floods have occurred oh the Yangtse-Kiang River, China. About 600 persons have been drowned…

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Disastrous Flood in America. a Town Under Water. a Company of Coxeyites Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 June 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--A disastrous flood is reported to have occurred in the State of Colorado, America. The flood was caused through the…

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Floods in British Columbia. Great Loss of Life

Evening News · Wednesday 6 June 1894 · page 4

LONDON, June 5.—The floods in British Columbia, caused by the Fraser River overflowing its banks and submerging miles of country, have caused great loss of life as…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain in the South. Snow and Hail

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 5

Intermittent showers fell in Sydney yesterday, the record being 22 points. At 6 p.m. there was a short sharp hailstorm, though the area it covered was very…

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The Wyalong Goldfield. Heavy Rain and Bad Roads. a Saving in Cartage

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 5

BARMEDMAN, Wednesday.--The wet weather seems to have fairly set in, and, as a consequence, the roads and streets are getting very muddy. The price of…

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News by Cable. (From the Evening News Correspondents.) The British Columbia Floods. Immense Damage Done. Entire Villages Destroyed

Evening News · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 4

LONDON, June 6. The floods in British Columbia caused by the overflowing of the Fraser River are increasing. Several towns are in darkness owing to…

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Special Cables. From the Herald's London Correspondents. Floods in British Columbia. Appalling Devastation. London, June 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 June 1894 · page 5

Great loss of life has been caused by the floods in British Columbia. The Fraser River overflowed its banks, and submerged the country for miles around…

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Heavy Rain and Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE. Thursday.--Heavy rain has been falling in the mountainous country of the Dargo, and on the border of New South Wales since Monday last, and…

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A Handsome Four-master in a Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 6

One of the Clan line, the Clan Galbraith, arrived yesterday after a splendid passage of 78½ day's from Rothessy Bay to Sydney. This is one of the finest specimens of the four-masted sailing ships afloat. Shef is Russell's…

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A Gale in Bass' Straits. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 5

A telegram from Flinders reports that it has been blowing a very hard gale from the southeast since Tuesday, causing a heavy sea to rise in Bass' Straits. The steamer Glaucus, which had…

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A Voice from the Storm. CHAPTER I. [All Rights Reserved.]

Evening News · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 7

With fierce gusts the wind sweeps across the ocean, lashing the mighty billows into fury, and hurling them with thunderous roar upon the shore. And far out at sea…

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The Weather. a General Clearing Up. Another "Disturbance" Reported. Recent Storms on the Coast

Evening News · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 6

The country weather reports, received at the Observatory, show that rain has been pretty general from the high lands to the coast; the records ranged from an inch down, while Cape…

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News by Cable. Storm in British Columbia. a Railway Disaster. Forty Lives Lost

Evening News · Friday 8 June 1894 · page 4

LONDON, June 7—Another terrible disaster, caused by the weather, is reported from the Eraser. River, near Vancouver, is British Columbia…

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