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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1895

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Storm-water Sewers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 3

Messrs. Joseph Abbott and W. Rigg, Ms.P., introduced a deputation from the Newtown and Erskineville Municipal Councils to the Minister for Public Works to ask…

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Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Heavy Floods in the North. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 5

Rain in the North still continues. Since the beginning of the month 25in. has fallon at Townsville, and to-day the water is 25ft. over the rails of the Macrossan Bridge, and rising. At…

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Floods in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1895 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Reports from Winton to-day state that steady rain has fallen during the past four days; the fall during that period has been 3in. 39…

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Northern Territory. Heavy Rain and Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 4

PORT ADELAIDE, Friday.--Heavy rains have fallen, and the country districts are flooded…

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The Recent Gale

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 336
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We described in our last week's issue the experiences in the harbour during the hard southerly gale of Saturday, the 2nd. Our illustrations this week will convey a better idea of those experiences…

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Sherwood. The Storm

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 6

On Saturday this district was visited by one of the severest storms seen for many a year. The wind unroofed many dwellings and ap. rooted a considerable number of large trees,…

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Saturday’s Storm

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 3

The most terrific storm which is recollected here for the past twenty years took place, last Saturday afternoon. The would-be weather prophets, as they looked through the glass at…

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Rydalmere, The Storm

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 10

A terrific storm broke over this district on Saturday afternoon. The wind blew from the south with hurricane force, and in a particular track hail of an extraordinary else fell. The…

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Further Heavy Storms in the Metropolis

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 336

Ever since the gale of Saturday, the 2nd instant, the meteorological conditions have been most disturbed, scarcely a day passing over without heavy rain. On the morning of…

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"Cyclone" Home Trainer. (See illustration on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 25

This apparatus is the nearest approach to road riding. It constitutes a vindication of the sound principle of the bicycle. It is an open secret in…

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The Recent Gale.—sketches in Sydney Harbour. [See Page 336.]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 331

1. The Sea rolling in between the Heads. 2. The Horuby Light. 3. On Board s.s. Fanlight. 4. Crowd on the Manly Pier watching the Incoming and Outgoing of the Steamers. 5. Scene at the Gap, South Head…

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Heavy Storm. Cyclonic Wind and Bain; and Fierce Blasts of Heavy Hail

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 10

On Saturday last—after a terribly sultry morning and noontide—an extremely violent storm of wind, rain, and hail, burst over Parramatta district. Coming up from southward,…

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Terrible Storm at Sherwood Houses Blown Down and Carried Away. Mail 5 Inches Long

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 8

Last Saturday afternoon we were visited with a terrific storm of wind, rain and hail on about, half past three o'clock, lasting at its worst for about 20 minutes. The wind…

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The Scene in the Gap, Watson's Bay, on Saturday, February 2. During the Recent Storm in Port Jackson

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 19

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The Recent Floods. Incalculable Damage

Evening News · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 5

CORAKI, February 16.-Mr. Pyers, M.P., finished his tour through the electorate to-day, and leaves for Sydney on Sunday via Tenterfield. Mr. Pyers says the damage…

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Morpeth Circuit Flood Relief

The Methodist · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 3

The following donations are acknowledged with thanks :—£ s. d. W. H. Miller, Spring Ridge 1 0 6…

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On Floods. the Beastly Wethaw. Swimming Taught Here. a Desirable Suburban Villa, with Views Attached. The Dude's Dilemma

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 4

DR. JOHNSON made some caustic remark about people who talk of the weather. As a matter of history, Dr. Johnson was a crusty old card. If he had lived in a later…

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Queensland. the Floods in the North. Traffic and Business Suspended

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1895 · page 5

HUGHENDEN, Friday.--Over in of rain has fallen during the past two days. The river is in strong flood and about as high as in 1391. Railway trains have been…

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2.30 Edition. Late Cables. The Weather in America Great Loss of Cattle. Hundreds of Families Starving. The Recent GaleS. Twenty-five Ships Missing

Evening News · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 5

LONDON, February 18.It is estim­ated that 60 per cent, of the cattle in the state of Texas (U.S.) 'have perished during the recent snowstorms…

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