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Floods & storms, 1894

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Great Floods in British Columbia. Miles of Country Under Water. London, May 31

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 1158

Tremendous floods have taken place in British Columbia. The Fraser River overflowed its banks, and submerged many miles of country. The country in the…

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Flood in British Columbia. a Train Wrecked.--forty Passengers Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--A terrible disaster has occurred in British Columbia. By the bursting of a storm cloud the…

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Floods in British Colombia. Fraser River Flooded. Immense Damage Done

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 12

LONDON, May 31.—Tremendous floods have taken place in British Columbia. The Fraser River overflowed its banks, and submerged many miles of country…

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Cable Messages. The United States. Strike Riots. a Negro Plot. the Tariff Bill. Flood Disaster

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 June 1894 · page 11

LONDON, May 30.—A plot on the part of a number of negroes to abduct several white women at Polta, Jacksonville, Illinois (U.S.), having been discovered, the relatives…

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The Darling in Flood

Evening News · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 6

WILCANNIA, Tuesday.—The river here is 33ft 7½in, and rising slowly. The water is overflowing its banks on the eastern side. The puntman's residence is submerged, and the occupant has…

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The Country. Flood Prevention in the Clarence

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 June 1894 · page 5

GRAFTON, Monday.--A well attended public meeting, convened by the Mayor, was held this evening, at which a resolution was carried urging upon the…

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New Zealand News. Grounding of the Alert. The Captain's Story. Disastrous Fire at Mount Eden--The Omapere In a Gale--Floods and Gales--A Mall Coach Opset--The Prohibition Crusade--Fire at Parnell--A Woman and a Child Injured--A Child Shot Dead--Sticking Up In Auckland-- Death of a Maori Chief. The Cutter Emma Ashore--News from Fiji

The Australian Star · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 6

New Zealand files to hand include the following items of news:-- Captain Keys, of the schooner Alert, which went ashore at Lyell Bay, bound…

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Re-opening of Castlereagh Wesleyan Church President Wesleyan Conference. Some Historical Memoranda. Lost in the '67 Flood. Oldest Wesleyan Church in New South Wales. Interesting Records Come to Light

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 3

Never do we think in the history of Castlereagh has a more enjoyable day been spent than on Wednesday last, the occasion being the re-opening of the Wesleyan…

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Floods in British Columbia. Appalling Devastation. London, June 5

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 1210

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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The Country. Flood Prevention on the Hunter

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--The large embankment at the Horseshoe Bend is now completed. It is a splendid piece of work, and reflects the greatest credit on Mr…

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The British Columbia Floods. Immense Damage Done. Entire Villages Destroyed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 June 1894 · page 11

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

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Foundering of a Steamer in a Cyclone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 June 1894 · page 5

According to further telegrams received by the owners, the [?] learns that the steamer [?] foundered in [?], and is a total loss. Two b[?], containing 74 passengers and…

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New Zealand. Heavy Gales and Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Monday.--A gale in the Hawke's Bay district has been followed by continuous rain, culminating in heavy floods, which are doing considerable…

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New Zealand. Heavy Gale and Floods. Destruction of Property. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 6

A fierce gale, with heavy rain is reported from various parts of the North Island In the Hawkes Bay district the rivers are in high flood. In Taranaki a church at Omata was wrecked and…

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Floods in New Zealand. Heavy Damage

Evening News · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 6

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.—Parts of the North Island have been visited by a fierce gale with heavy rain. In the Hawkes Bay district the rivers are in high flood. A church at Omata in…

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Floods in Anam. London, June 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 June 1894 · page 5

Heavy rains with floods have occurred in Anam, causing considerable damage…

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Beattu[?]-street Storm-water Sewer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 June 1894 · page 3

Considerable time was spent in the Balmain Council on Tuesday evening last in discussing certain matters in connection within the recent Appeal Court and the…

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Great Floods in Hungary. Loss of Life and Property

Evening News · Friday 22 June 1894 · page 4

LONDON, June 21.—Disastrous floods have taken place in Hungary. Thousands of horses and sheep have been destroyed, and numbers of peasants have…

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Floods in Hungary. Loss of Life. London, June 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 June 1894 · page 5

Disastrous floods have taken place in Hungary. Thousands of horses and sheep have been destroyed…

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Heavy Rain and Floods

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 23 June 1894 · page 14

Parts of the North Island have been visited with heavy rain. In the Hawkes Bay district the rivers are in high flood. A church at Omata in Taranaki was wrecked and several buildings were…

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