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Floods & storms, 1894

769 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 39

The Weather. Storms at Sea. Change in the Country

Evening News · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 6

Although the weather was stormy at sea yesterday a change took place on land and in Sydney and the country districts, and the cloudy weather…

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Renshaw Fanning's Quest. [Now First Published.] [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter Xvii. After the Storm

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 2

Several days went, by before things at Sunningdale settled down into their normal calm. The excitement of the night attack had left its mark upon…

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Flood at Seymour

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Goulburn River has risen rapidly, and part of the town of Seymour is flooded. A flood in the Yarra is aprehended…

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Rough Weather and Heavy Rain. Several Small Vessels Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 6

PERTH, Thursday.--Heavy rain, accompanied by boisterous weather, is being experienced on the southern coast. At Fremantle several small vessels are ashore; the…

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The Weather. a Pleasant Change. Flood in the Murray

Evening News · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 4

In Sydney and in many parts of the country the westerly winds have now given place to calm, fine weather, and it has been fine during the past two or three day. At…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondents.) Flood in the Murray. Houses Surrounded by Water. Tocumwall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 6

The Murray here is 17ft. 5in. above summer level, and is still rising. All the low-lying land on either side of the river is being submerged, and many residences are completely surrounded by water. This…

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The Barque Examiner in a Gale. Auckland

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 198

The barque Examiner was towed into Russell by the steamer Rotomahana to-day. The Examiner left Kaipara for Melbourne and Geelong on 28th Jane, loaded with timber consigned…

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The Recent Storm. Damage to Shipping

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 13

Owing to the recent storm at sea, considerable damage was done to shipping. The steamer Hauroto reached Sydney 24 hours overdue from Wellington, New…

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Hurricane in Spain Towns Flooded. Loss of Life Feared. LONDON, July 27

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 6

News has been received of a terrible hurricane having taken place in Western Spain. The hurricane was followed by a terrible rainfall, and…

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The Weather. Rain Coming In. the Lachlan in Flood. an Overdue Steamer

Evening News · Tuesday 31 July 1894 · page 6

Sydney has so far escaped the rain that has been threatening for the past few days. This morning the weather was very gloomy and overcast, and…

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The Flood on the Lachlan

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 July 1894 · page 4

CONDOBOLIN, Monday.--The flood waters are within 18in. of the 1891 mark, and rising. The common on the south side is a large lake. Last Wednesday's and…

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The Weather. a Westerly Change. Flood on the Murray. Heavy Falls of Snow

Evening News · Wednesday 1 August 1894 · page 4

Yesterday's westerly wind caused the weather in the city to be unpleasantly bleak and cold, and at times' the wind brought up dense clouds of…

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The Murray in Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 August 1894 · page 5

MOAMA, Tuesday.--The Murray is in high flood, and several selectors have been flooded out a few miles from town. Other residents have had to leave their homes. A…

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Pitt Town Floodgates. (From Our Correspondent.) Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 August 1894 · page 9

An officer from the Works Department has inspected and favourably reported upon the proposed floodgates at Pitt Town. These will be 13ft. 6in. high, and will save a lot of land from inundation…

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Ashfield Storm-water Drainage to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 August 1894 · page 6

Sir,—In your issue of 4th instant a report appears of the Ashfield Ratepayers' Association respecting the action of the members for the district in connection with the Storm-water Dramage Bill. Mr…

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Pitt Town Floodgates. Windsor, August 3

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 306

An officer from the Works Department has inspected and favourably reported upon the proposed floodgates at Pitt Town. These will be 13ft. 6in. high, and will save a lot of land from inundation…

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Flood on the Murray

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 August 1894 · page 5

MOAMA. Friday.--The fresh in the Murray has caused the waters to be out over a portion of the Perricoota estate; some of the paddocks are covered to a considerable…

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A Westerly Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 August 1894 · page 5

The westerly gale predicted by Mr. Russell blow with great violence early on Saturday morning, but it quickly passed over Sydney to the southward. The weather…

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The Weather. Saturday Morning's Westerly Gale. General Clearing Up in the Country

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 August 1894 · page 5

A westerly and S.W. change which usually brings rain along to this part of the coast has come and gone since Friday last and left the coast as dry as it found it. At Sydney there is still a deficiency of 9½in. of rain…

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The Weather. a Westerly Gale. Rain Wanted in the Country. a Dry Season

Evening News · Monday 13 August 1894 · page 6

The westerly gale that sprang up on Friday night passed away to the southward early on Saturday. At about 3.30 a.m. it had a velocity ranging…

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