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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1897

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Floods on the Mississippi. Great Damage to Property. Fifty Persons Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 March 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--From New York it is reported that a flood has occurred on the Mississippi River at Memphis, in Tennessee. The flood extended to a width of 40 miles…

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Norfolk Island. a Destructive Cyclone

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 9

NORFOLK ISLAND, February 23.—The ketch Dewdrop, which cleared Sydney Heads on January 19th had variable weather, head winds and calms, and-only anchored in the lagoon at Lord…

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Storm at Katoomba. Places Struck by Lightning. Trees Uprooted

Evening News · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Wednesday.—A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning, passed over Katoomha yesterday afternoon, when Lilianfels, the country seat of Sir Frederick…

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Storm at Kempsey Boats Smashed to Pieces. A Barn Blown Down. Six Hundred Bushels of Corn Destroyech KEMPSEY

The Australian Star · Wednesday 24 March 1897 · page 5

A heavy thunderstorm burst over here last night, and 60 points of rain fell. At Frederickton there was a terrific…

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Storm at Kempsey. Great Damage to Property

Evening News · Thursday 25 March 1897 · page 5

KEMPSEY, Thursday.—News from outlying places show that the storm on Tuesday night was very severe on portions lower down the river. The storm was accompanied with violent…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain in Sydney

Evening News · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 3

Rain fell heavily in Sydney yesterday afternoon, and continued at intervals throughout the night, 57 points bring recorded at the Sydney Observatory. The weather was threatening this morning, and…

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Cyclone at Norfolk Island. Great Damage Done

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 27 March 1897 · page 14

Information has been received from Norfolk Island statin that a destructive cyolone visited the island on January 28, great damage being done at the Cascases. The No. 4 Whalin Company suffered to a…

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Hunter River Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 April 1897 · page 4

Some time ago Mr. Price, an engineer of the Works Department, was deputed to report on the question of flood prevention on the Hunter River. Mr. Price's services have, however, been…

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Storm Water Sewers. An Ashfield Deputation

The Australian Star · Saturday 3 April 1897 · page 6

A deputation, consisting of the Mayor (Alderman Upward), Aldermen Mills and Dougan, Messrs. Bavister and Waddell. M.'sL.A., J. W. Watkin, C…

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Stories of Australasion Shipwrecks. Driven on to the Oyster Bank. The Cawarra Lost in a terrific Storm. Passengers and Crew Perish in Sight of the Citizens. All Drowned But One-Who Was Resened by the Only Survivor of the Dunbar. Failure of the Lifeboat Crew

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 April 1897 · page 9

THE wreck of the steamer Cawarra off Newcastle during a violent storm in 1866 beats considerable resemblance to that of the Dunbar and Orpheus, already recorded…

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Storms and Shipping Disasters

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 April 1897 · page 5

Honolulu papers received by the R.M.S. Miowera devote the major portion of their space to the storm stories told by shipmasters forced to put into the Hawaiian Isles for shelter. The…

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Terrible Gales in the Pacific

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1897 · page 7

Bad weather is reported from Honolulu. The barque Rosalie, which left Puget Sound lumber laden for Geraldton, Australia, on 1st February, did not escape so luckily as some. She caught the gale…

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Thunderstorm in the City

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 April 1897 · page 6

Early on Saturday morning the wind came up from the south, and it continued between south and southeast up till late in the evening, but it was extremely lights. The change made but little difference in the…

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The Mississippi Floods. SiX Thousand People Homeless

Evening News · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 6

LONDON, April 7.—The recent floods in the Missiesippi River valley, United States, did extensive damage to property, and caused great loss of life…

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Floods in the United States. London, April 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 5

Six thousand persons have been rendered destitute by the floods in the Valley of the Mississippi. An appeal is being made at Memphis, Tennessee, for the…

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General Cables. The Nile Cataracts. Utility for Electricity-- The Flood at Memphis -- Abolition of Legal Slavery. LONDON, April 7

The Australian Star · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 3

The bill to give sanction to the amended reconstruction scheme of the London Bank of Australia, has been passed by the House of Lords…

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The Memphis Flood. Six Thousand People Homeless. an Appeal for Relief Funds

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 April 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The recent flood in the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tennessee, United States, extended for a width of 40 miles, did groat damage to property,…

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The Mississippi Floods

Evening News · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 6

LONDON, April 8.—The United States Congress has assigned 200,000dol for the relief of the sufferers by the disastrous floods in the valley of the Mississippi…

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The Floods in the United States. Relief of the Sufferers. London, April 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 5

The United States Congress has assigned 200,000dol. for the relief of the sufferers by the disastrous floods in the valley of the Mississippi…

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The Mississippi Floods. a Relief Vote by Congress

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 April 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday. -- The United States Congress has assigned 200,000 dollars for the relief of the 6000 people who have been rendered homeless and destitute by the flooding…

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