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Floods & storms, 1898

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Floods in the North Coast. Kempsey

The Australian Star · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 5

The mall coach, which is due here on Wednesday at 7.30, arrived at noon to-day from Bellinger, and, reports that the approaches to seven bridges were washed away, and…

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Flood V. Garnsey

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.--The appeal from the decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court in the case of Flood v. Garnsey and wife, has been dismissed with costs by the…

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New Zealand. Heavy Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 June 1898 · page 11

AUCKLAND, Friday.--The drought in the Auckland district has broken up, and the fears of a water famine are over for the year. A heavy flood occurred in the Paeroa district, also near…

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New Zealand. Storms and Floods. Buried in a Landslip

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1898 · page 5

WELLINGTON, Sunday.--The storm at Wellington has moderated. The steamer Rotomahana, for which some anxiety was felt, has arrived safely, after a passage of nearly two days…

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Flood Prevention on the Hunter. West Maitland, Sunday.--A deputation

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1898 · page 6

comprising farmers and landholders at Raworth and Narrowgut was introduced to the Colonial Secretary yesterday by the Mayor of East Maitland (Mr. J. H. F. Waller), to urge that the…

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Floods on the Orara

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 June 1898 · page 8

ORARA, Tuesday.--Last Wednesday the Orara was visited with the heaviest flood that district has suffered from for years. On Wednesday evening the water began to subside at Coramba. But on Friday the Bluff Bridge,…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain in Sydney

Evening News · Thursday 30 June 1898 · page 6

The rain which was reported along the north coast yesterday gradually worked south, and reached Sydney about 6 o'clock last evening. Light showers were at first experienced, increasing in…

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Distress Through Recent Gales

Evening News · Friday 1 July 1898 · page 8

In the Assembly yesterday afternoon, the Premier stated that the Government had taken into consideration a request made by a deputation some weeks ago that he would grant a sum…

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Floods in the Hunter River District

The Australian Star · Friday 1 July 1898 · page 5

Replying to Mr. Price, in the Assembly last evening, the Minister for Works said the question of the mitigation of floods in the Hunter River district would,…

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A Heavy Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 11

CORAKI, Friday.--To-day there was a heavy southerly buster, which uprooted trees and made houses tremble. Stock sought shelter from the cold, blinding rain and the wind under the…

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Storm in the North

Evening News · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 6

CORRAKI, Saturday.-A southerly buster passed over the town yesterday, with great force, uprooting trees, and blowing down fences, and doing other damage. Heavy rain followed, being the…

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Gales in the West. Rumors of a Wreck

Evening News · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 3

PERTH (W.A.). Saturday.-A heavy gale blew along the coast all day yesterday, and the sea at Fremantle was very rough. The cutter Gazette was swamped, and several small craft were driven…

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Heavy Storms in Hungary. Drops Damaged. LONDON, July 1

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 9

Reports from Vienna state that cloudbursts and hailstorms have injured the wine and corn harvests in Hungary to the extent of 30,000,000 florins…

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Gales in West Australia. Anxiety Felt for Shipping. Telegraph Communication Interrupted

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 11

PERTH, Friday.--A heavy gale has been blowing all day, accompanied by showers. The sea at Fremantle was extremely rough, and the cutter Gazette was swamped on the south beach,…

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The Manning Flood

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 July 1898 · page 13

WINGHAM, Monday.—The flood has caused considerable damage to many of the farms on the Upper Manning. Messrs J. Cameron, J. W. Walker, Robt. Broomfield, James Hanney, W. Lyndon,…

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A Mail Steamer in a Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 July 1898 · page 8

ALBANY, Sunday.--The R.M.S. Austral, on route from Colombo, ran into a heavy gale on Friday. The seas were tremendous, and washed over the ship, smashing the after gangway and…

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A Gale at Sea. Rescue of the Wodonga

The Australian Star · Monday 4 July 1898 · page 5

The Howard-Smith steamship Barrabool arrived in Sydney this morning from Brisbane, and her passengers report an exciting incident during the voyage. The plain…

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Disastrous Storms in Hungary. Vine and Corn Harvests Ruined

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 July 1898 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Night.--From Vienna it is reported that disastrous storms have occurred in Hungary. The country was deluged by cloudbursts…

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The Recent Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 6

PERTH, Monday.--The anxiety occasioned by the delay of the steamers Bulimba and Marloo was allayed early on Saturday, when both boats arrived at Fremantle. The Wollowra also…

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Dispatch From the Front. General. Shafter's Army Too Small. Impossible to Storm Santiago. Valuable Co-operation of Insurgents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 5

LONDON; Monday.--The authorities at Washington have received a despatch from Major- General Shatter, who was established yesterday at Savilla, a village to the south…

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