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Floods & storms, 1898

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Floods in America. Thousands Rendered Homeless. Great Damage to Property

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Night.--From New York it is reported that destructive floods have occurred in the States of Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania…

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Gales and Snowstorms in Great Britain. Lives Lost at Sea. London. March 25

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 March 1898 · page 7

Exceptionally stormy weather is being experienced on the coast and throughout Great Britain. A heavy fall of snow in many cases blocked the railway trains…

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The Dudley Pit Disaster. the Fire Fiercely Blazing Flooding the Mine. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 March 1898 · page 7

MESSRS. W. TURNBULL, Jonathan Dixon and T. Croudace proceeded to the Dudley mine this morning for the purpose of taking charge of the sealing-down…

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The Great Gales. Forty-five Fishermen Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Night.--Terrific weather has prevailed in the English Channel and the North Sea, and great damage has resulted…

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Gales in the North Sea 45 Fishermen Drowned

Evening News · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 6

LONDON, March 27.—Terrific weather has prevailed in the English Channel and the North Sea. Forty-five fishermen have been drowned off…

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Gale on the British Coasts. Wrecks and Loss of Life

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--A heavy, gale has swept over the coasts of Great Britain, accompanied by a great snowstorm. The railways are blocked at many points…

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Heavy Gale in Britain. Railways Blocked. Wrecks and Toss of Life. London, March 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

A heavy gale has swept over the coasts of Great Britain, accompanied by a great snowstorm. The railways were blocked, and there…

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Terrific Storm. Forty-five Fishermen Drowned. Much Damage to Shipping. LONDON, March 27

The Australian Star · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

Terrific weather has been experienced in the English Channel and the North Sea, much damage being done to shipping. The North Sea fishing fleets suffered very…

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The Dudley Colliery Disaster. the Sealing-down Operations. Arrangements for Flooding the Pit. Relief of the Sufferers. Memorial Services. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

The decision of the advisory board of mining experts to seal down preparatory to flooding the Dudley Colliery as the only means to secure Quality in dealing with the extensive fires now raging in the…

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Wreck of the China. Strikes During a Thick Haze. Mails and Specie Saved. Passengers Transferred to the Carthage. Part of the Vessel Flooded a Hope of Saving Her

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--It is expected that the P. and O. Company's steamer China, which is ashore at Azalea Point, the easter[?]est point of of Perim, will become a…

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Flood Minimising Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 5

SINGLETON, Monday.-- Mr. James Wallace, of Pyrmont, Sydney, has written to the borough council in regard to a flood scheme he has propounded. He asserts that he wrote to Mr…

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Floods at Rockhampton

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 8

ROCKHAMPTON, Tuesday.--There is a heavy fresh in the river, and the wharves are submerged, and the tide gauge is registering 17ft. of water…

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The Flood Estate. a Foreclosure Suit

Evening News · Thursday 31 March 1898 · page 5

The suit of Flood and others against Oatley and others was before Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson, sitting in Equity Jurisdiction yesterday. Mr. Adrian Knox, with him Mr. M'Arthur, instructed by…

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The Flood Estate. Proceedings in Equity

The Australian Star · Thursday 31 March 1898 · page 8

The hearing of the suit Flood and others against Oatley and others was before his Honor Mr. Justice A. H. Sh[?] in Equity yesterday. Mr. Adrian Knox and Mr…

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A Big Foreclosure Suit. the Flood Estate

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 March 1898 · page 3

FLOOD AND OTHERS V. OATLEY AND OTHERS. The hearing of the suit Flood and others v. Oatley and others wan continued. Mr. Adrian Knox and Mr. M'Arthur (instructed by Johnson, Minter, Simpson, and…

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Mining Shares. An Important Decision. The Suit of Gale v. Maguire

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 6

His Honor Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson to-day delivered judgment in the case of W. F. Gale v. James Maguire. The ease involves a question of practical importance to…

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A Disastrous Flood

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 21

The recent flood in the Camden district has done a great amount of damage to farm crops on the low-lying lands, and to many of the orchards and vineyards in the electorate. At Camden Park the…

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The Trawlers. Marooned at Lord Howe Island. The S.S. Thetis Blown to Sea in a Gale

The Australian Star · Monday 4 April 1898 · page 5

"We have arrived here with only about five tons of coal in the bunkers, find our passengers are still at Lord Howe Island." The few words uttered by Captain…

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Deep-sea Trawling Expedition. the Thetis in a Gale. Cast Adrift at Lord Howe. Returns Without Her Passengers

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1898 · page 5

Mr. Farnell and his party of trawling enthusiasts, who left Sydney yesterday in the Thetis for Lord llow[?] Island last Friday week, have fallen in with experience upon which they did not count, if not exactly upon…

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New Zealand. the Elingamite in a Gale. a Trying Time. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1898 · page 7

The Elingamite arrived from Sydney to-night after a protracted passage of nearly six days. The steamer met with exceptionally heavy weather on the trip across, a succession of gales from…

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