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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1895

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The Orchards. The Effects of the Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 8

THROUGHOUT the past week and continuing up till Wednesday this week rain has fallen pretty constantly throughout the Central Cumberland district. The result generally will be…

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Latest Weather Reports. An Alarming Change. Damage by Storm and Flood. Reports from the Threatened Districts

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 171

"When is this rain to cease?" might have been heard in any part of the city on Tuesday. About a month ago the question was, "When shall we have a shower?" Cloudy days, followed…

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3.P.m. Edition: Slate Cables. Gale in the Channel. a Steamer Wrecked. Ten Persons Drowned

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 5

LONDON, January 25.-A heavy gale swept over the English Channel to-day. Daring the height of the storm the…

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Flood at Moss Vale

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 6

Moss Vale, January 26.-A heavy thunderstorm fell here yesterday after-noon at 4 o'clock, lasting half an hour/ during. which -231 points of Main were…

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Floods in the Country

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 16

THE rain on Thursday has cleared off from almost all parts of the colony, and the Government Astronomer expects that a spell in the weather will be experienced. The Northern rivers are falling…

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Flood in the Tweed. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 10

It has been raining almost incessantly for the past week. All the lowlying lands are flooded. The river is now 2ft. over the public wharf, and rising a foot every hour. The water is expected…

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Floods in the Hunter District. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 171

Never in the history of the old residents of the Newcastle district has such a continuous rain fallen as during the past two days. From early yesterday morning up to 10 o'clock this evening it…

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Floods at Moss Vale

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 5

MOSS VALE, Friday. This morning broke unusually fine and warm, but heavy rain fell about 4 p.m., flooding Argyle street near the railway bridge to a depth…

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The Floods. the Rivers Subsiding. Railway Communication Restored. the Clarence

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 5

GRAFTON", Friday. Showery weather continued throughout last night and today, and it is still raining lightly. Since Sunday, at noon.10in, of rain have fallen…

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Coastal Floods. the Macleay Flooded. Serious Outlook. Continuous Rains

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 13

KEMPSEY, January 22.—The worst fears are likely to he realised. Since Monday morning 529 points of rain have fallen in Kempsey, resulting in a…

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Heavy Gales on the Coast. LONDON, Friday Night

Truth · Sunday 27 January 1895 · page 5

A heavy gale has swept over the English Channel. During the height of the storm the steamer "Escurial" was wreeked on the coast of Cornwall. A lifeboat which…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1895 · page 5

The southerly change of Friday brought rain, which fell at intervals all Saturday, Interfering with the holiday fixtures. Alter 9 p.m. the rain was breavy and continuous,…

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News by Cable. Gale in the Channel. A Steamer Wrecked. Ten Persons Drowned

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 25.-A heavy gale swept over the English Channel to-day. During the height-of the storm the…

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The Weather. Floods at Bingara. a Ma Water Wave. Destruction of Property. Residents Rendered Homeless. Houses Washed Away. Town Strewn with Debris. Miraculous Escapes

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1895 · page 5

BINGARA, January 28.-A phenomenal and quite unprecedented flood of a disastrous nature occurred here late on Saturday, by which a number of farms have been…

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Queensland. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Further Heavy Rains. Parts of the Ctty and Suburbs Flooded. a Considerable Rise in the River. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1895 · page 5

Heavy ram fell again on Friday night, but eased off towards the morning, and the day broke fine. Over 2½in. was registered for 12 hours. Although yesterday was fine, it was very cloudy…

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The Flood at Kempsey. a Large Area Submerged. Great Damage to Crops. An Isolated Locality-Trials of the Residents-Guarding Against the Inundation. KEMPSEY

The Australian Star · Monday 28 January 1895 · page 5

Except for the telegraph line, which in passing, it may he remarked, was partially monopolised by Armidale (owing to the Hunter floods cutting off…

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In Queensland. a Flood Threatened at Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1895 · page 5

BRISBANE, Saturday. Exceptionally heavy rain fell in Brisbane last night. The average for the 24 hors ending 9 a.m today was nearly gin. The weather today is…

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The Flood at Moss Vale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1895 · page 5

MOSS VALE, Saturday. Incessant steady rain has fallen since yesterday. The flood, upon subsidence, shows that a considerable portion of the new approach to Lackey…

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Floods in the North. (To the Editor of the " Australian Star")

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 3

Sir,--Owing: to the flooded slate of the rivers south of the Macleay we have only this morning, Anniversary Day, at 10 o'clock, received the Sydney newspapers of…

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Destructive Flood at Bingara. Many Families Lose Their All

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 6

BINGARA, Monday.--On Saturday night the rainfall was phenomenal, 2.61 points being registered in five hours, making a total of 9in. for nine days. Hall's Creek, which…

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