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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1895

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Cyclone in America. Great Damage--100 Persons Reported Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 May 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--From New York it is reported that a cyclone has swept over the States of Dakota and Iowa, doing enormous damage to property…

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Terrific Cyclone in America[?] Fifty-two Persons Killed. London, May 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1895 · page 5

A terrifie cyclone has passed over Sioux Falls, State of Iowa (U.S.A.). Fifty-two persons were killed. Some children were caught up in the cyclone and carried a…

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The Weather. a Heavy Thunderstorm

Evening News · Monday 6 May 1895 · page 5

At about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon a heavy thunderstorm passed over Sydney and the western suburbs. Rain fell heavily, and the lightning was extremely…

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News by Cable. China and Japan. The Treaty of Peace. The Protest of the Russian Movements. Precautions at Pekin. The Country Flooded. Hundreds Drowned

Evening News · Monday 6 May 1895 · page 4

LONDON, May 4.—The " Times " announces that" the Emperor of China ratified the treaty of peace between China and Japan on Thursday last…

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Precautions Against Invasion. Miles of Country Round Pekin Flooded. Hundreds of Inhabitants Drowned. London, May 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1895 · page 5

As a precaution against the invasion of Pekin by the Japanese, the Chinese Government ordered the embankments near Pekin to be cut. The surrounding…

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Star's Special Cables MADAGASCAR. War Under Difficulties. The French Storming the Native Tillages. Operations Retarded by Floods--The Troops up to Their Nocks in Water-Natives Joining the French -- Operations Suspended. London, May 3

The Australian Star · Monday 6 May 1895 · page 6

The French operations in Madagascar have been considerably retarded by floods, but notwithstanding tho swollen state of the streams a number…

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A New York Wind Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 May 1895 · page 2

All wind records were broken at New York on March 28 by the howling gules which swooped down upon the city. Shortly before 1 o'clock the wind had worked itself up to 75 miles on hour— just…

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Terrific Cyclone in America. London, May 5

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1895 · page 950

A terrific cyclone las passed over Sioux Falls, State of Iowa (U.S.A.). Fifty-two persons were killed. Some children were caught up in the cyclone and carried a…

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To Be Sold by Auction. TO-MOBROW. (For auction gales see pages 5 and 8.)

Evening News · Thursday 16 May 1895 · page 5

Household Furniture and Effects, at 14 Renny-street (off Oatley-road), Paddington, at 10, by PHILLIPS AND COMPANY…

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The Country. Seed for Flooded-out Farmers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 May 1895 · page 7

WINDSOR, Thursday.--At a meeting to-day of the committee appointed to supply seed to farmers who suffered by the late floods, 123 applications were considered…

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Northern Items. Flood Mitigation. Meeting at Maitland

Evening News · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.— A large and representative meeting of the united committee in connection with the flood mitigation movement was held in…

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Hunter River Flood Prevention

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 May 1895 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--A large conference of delegates from all parts of the district, interested in the mitigation of floods in the Hunter, was held this…

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Flood Mitigation. [Some of the Following Items Appeared in Our Late Editions of Saturday.] Meeting at Maitland

Evening News · Monday 20 May 1895 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.—A large and representative meeting of the united committee in connection with the flood mitigation movement was held in…

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The Gale

The Australian Star · Tuesday 21 May 1895 · page 5

The southerly and south-west gale which swept along the coast from Gabo yesterday brought about a change in Sydney to the roughest and most…

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The Weather. a Southerly Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 May 1895 · page 5

The southerly gale which was reported at Green Cape on Sunday evening swept along the coast, and burst over Sydney shortly before noon yesterday, bringing…

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The Shipping in the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 May 1895 · page 6

Shipping arrivals report rough weather in the shape of a southerly gale and high sea. The steamer Tambe. from Hobart, had a "dusting" in the gale, and the heavy water…

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Southerly Gale

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 5

The hard southerly gale of Monday and Tuesday last took up yesterday, only to spring up again with renewed vigor last night. All along the coast from Gabo…

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The Mitigation of Floods

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 May 1895 · page 15

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.—A large and representative meeting of the united committee in connection with the flood mitigation movement was held in…

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The Gale at the Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 May 1895 · page 5

Our South Head correspondent sends the following:—At 6.30 on Saturday morning the wind chopped round from W.S.W. light to S.S.E. suddenly, blowing very hard…

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The Weather. a Southerly Gale. the Shipping Has a Rough Time

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 May 1895 · page 6

The southerly gale which set in early on Saturday took off almost as suddenly as it came on, and yesterday it was fine and clear, with a nice westerly breeze. There…

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