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Floods & storms, 1897

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The Weather. Yesterday's Gale. Six and a Half Inches of Rain in Sydney. Floods in the Country. Extensive Damage. Railway Washaways. a Boy Drowned. Scope of the Rainfall

Evening News · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 6

The rain which fell almost continuously from Friday afternoon, ceased last night, together with the boisterous weather. This morning broke fine and clear, but about 10 o'clock heavy rain clouds again collected,…

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Shipping Disasters. Three Vessels Lost in the Gale. Two Sailing Vessels and a Steamer. a Sydney Yacht Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 5

The easterly gale which has been raging off the coast has left behind it a tale of disaster. Involving the loss of shipping property to the value of several thousand pounds. The storm…

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Flood Waters at Tramvale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 5

Whenever it rains heavily for' any length of time, that portion of Marrickville known as Tramvale, as well as a great deal of the area of the Lower Warren, promptly loses itself under a…

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Floods Feared at Coonamble

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 5

COONAMBLE, Monday.--The rainfall here has reached 357 points. Magomadine Creek came down a banker, and miles of the plains are under water. It is expected that when the…

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Flood at Camden

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 5

CAMDEN, Monday.--All train traffic is suspended, and the water is over the Camden Bridge rails. The river Nepean is still rising, and the country is flooded around Camden. The…

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Rivers in Flood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 5

The following reports were received by the Talegraph Department during the day:— Canden reports, 10.6 a.m., weather dull, showery: rainfall, 396 points. Nopean River over Canden…

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The River Bogan in FLOOD.,.-'-'ra NYNGAN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 5

The weather cleaned up to-day. The total rainfall was 375 polnta. A good spring is now [?]ed. The Bogan is in flood. This is the first time the river has born running for the past 15 months…

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Flood at Camden. Camden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 5

Tho rainfall up to the preeent totola can. Tho Camdon Bridge hu been, inundated MUM thia mommg, noceaoltuting the tm flic of tamil and passengers beug effected acron the river by the coondra boot,…

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Flood at Windsor. Windsor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 6

Rain has been falling ever since Friday, with the result that the river has risen, and the recently-raised Windsor Bridge promises to be submerged before nightfall. The rush of water all through the night…

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The Weather. a General Copious Downpour. Divers in Flood, and Washaways, Shipping Disasters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 July 1897 · page 5

The cyclonis disluibauco which has done to much good to the couotry [?]luco lest Friday might appropriately be ohrusted "Souter " were some [?] cost precedents of naming theres [?] capable of…

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The Recent Storms. Floods in the North

Evening News · Wednesday 28 July 1897 · page 5

MOREE, Wednesday Afternoon.-The mails due last Sunday tram Queensland and outside districts have not yet arrived. A. number of sheep Save been drowned in the Gilgil country, which is under…

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Effects of the Gale

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 July 1897 · page 2

The gale had serious effects for a number of sailing coasters, while shipping along the coast had a rough time of it. A summary of the damage…

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The Burrawong in the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 July 1897 · page 6

KEMPSEY, Tuesday.--The North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Burrawong, for whose safety some anxiety was felt during the gale on Sunday, reached Trial Bay on Monday night, and her…

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Heavy Gale and Floods at Fern- Mount. an Aboriginal Killed by a Falling Tree

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 July 1897 · page 6

FERNMOUNT, Tuesday.--Rain set in on Friday, after three weeks of fine weather, and 46 points fell till Saturday morning. On Saturday afternoon a heavy rain storm set in, with an easterly gale, and in 48 hours 780…

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The Recent Storms. Great Damage in the North. an Aboriginal Killed

Evening News · Wednesday 28 July 1897 · page 2

QUIRINDI, Wednesday.-During the last forty-eight hours very heavy rain has been falling at Wallabadah, 6½in being registered. The Wallabadah Creek rose 8ft on Monday night, and swept…

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The Recent Gale. a Lively Experience. Off Moreton Bay. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Wednesday 28 July 1897 · page 6

The Elamang, which was due here on Sunday morning from Sydney, arrived early this morning. She experienced the full force of the gale, and…

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The Recent Gale. Another Wreck on the Coast. the Ketch Candidate Ashore at Byron Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 July 1897 · page 6

Another shipping disaster was reported yesterday as the outcome of the recent cyclonic gale off the north coast. The unfortunate vessel was tho ketch Candidate, owned by Mr. Nicholas…

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Intercolonial Steamers in the Gale. the Elamang Has a Rough Experience. Deck Cargo Washed Overboard

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 July 1897 · page 6

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The steamer Elamang, which was due here on Sunday morning from Sydney, arrived early this morning. Captain George King reports that the steamer left Sydney…

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The Flood in the Moree District. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 July 1897 · page 5

Accounts to hand indicate that the rainfall caused the water to flood large areas of country in the Gilgil and Wallon districts. There was a continuous sheet of water from Dolgelly to Moree, a…

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The Flood in the Hunter. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 July 1897 · page 5

The weather has been fine all day. The farms a[?] Phœnix Park Narrowgut, and Pitnacree are flooded. The water burst ober Pitancree from the Hunter River. Traffic on the Largs-road is…

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