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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1898

743 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 38

Cyclone at Roma

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 5

A heavy storm, with a strong wind, passed over Roma yesterday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, and considerable damage was done to buildings. Roofs were blown away, and several places were…

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Snowstorms and Gales. New York and Boston Suffer

Evening News · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 6

LONDON November 28, 4.26 p.m.—Heavy snowstorms and severe gales have swept over the eastern seaboard of the United States. In New York traffic was paralysed, and…

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Gales and Snowstorms. Disasters at New York and Boston. Wrecks and Less of Life. LONDON, November 28, 4.26 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 5

Disastrous gales and snowstorms are being experienced on the Atlantic seaboard. In New York considerably damage has been done to property, and traffic the city is…

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A Disputed Will. Williams and Another V. Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 3

The will of the late James Flood, of Hurstville, was the subject of a suit before the Probate Judge Mr. Justice Walker. The plaintiffs were Phillip Williams and Isaac Peake, the executors of the will, and the defendant…

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Gales and Snow Storms. Wreeks Off the United States Loss of 170 Lives. LONDON, November 29, 4.30 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 30 November 1898 · page 3

The Atlantic gales on the eastern seaboard of the United States continue, with disatrous results to life and shipping. Seventy wrecks have occurred off the New…

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Snowstorms and Gales. Loss of Life in America

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 November 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Night--Heavy snowstorms and severe gales have swept over the eastern seaboard of the United States. In New York the traffic has been paralysed…

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The Atlantic Gales. Seventy Vessels Wrecked. Great Loss of Life

Evening News · Wednesday 30 November 1898 · page 6

LONDON, November 29, 4.30 p.m.—Seventy wrecks occurred on the New England coast during the gale which swept over the Atlantic scaboaror of the United States…

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Atlantic Gales. Many Wrecks Occasioned. Appalling Loss of Life

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--The losses among shipping occasioned by the great gales on the eastern seaboard of the United States have proved even more numerous…

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The Storms in the United States. Two Hundred Wrecks. London, Nov. 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 5

During the recent hurricane in the north-eastern States of America 70 vessels were wrecked on the coast of New England…

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Another Atlantic Storm Two Hundred Wrecks. Great Loss of Life

Evening News · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 6

LONDON, November 30.—Another terrific storm has swept the New England coast of the United States. Two hundred wrecks are reported…

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Another Storm. Two Hundred Wrecks. a Steamer Driven Ashore. Over 100 Persons Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--A further terrific storm has devastated the coasts of the New England States. It is reported that no fewer than 200…

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Huster River Flood Prevention. Mr. Napier Bell Offered the Commission

Evening News · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 4

With regard to the proposed Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the various schemes which have been submitted for the prevention of floods in the Hunter River district, the…

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Floods in the Hunter. The Rival Schemes

The Australian Star · Thursday 1 December 1898 · page 5

The question of flood prevention in the Valley of the Hunter is likely to form the subject of an exhaustive investigation at an early date. The Premier, at the beginning…

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A Ship in a Storm. the Marion Frazer Thrown on Her Beam Ends. a Perilous Incident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 8

When the four-mas[?]ed steel barque Marion Frazer anchored yesterday from Liverpool her master, Captain J. MacDonald, looked as though he had been less in his bunk than on deck. There were stove-in deckhouses and…

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Hunter River Floods Prevention

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 December 1898 · page 4

It will be remembered that some time ago the Premier promised that a Royal Commission would bo appointed to report upon the best means to adopt to prevent floods in the Hunter River…

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Disastrous Floods in Kerry and the West

The Catholic Press · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 3

Ill-luck seems to pursue the people of the South-western corner of Ireland. They were the chief sufferers through the terrific storm of hail and thunder which swept with…

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Great Gales and Shipwrecks on Both Sides of the Atlantic

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 December 1898 · page 9

Terrific snowstorms have been experienced in the North of England, blocking the railway lies. Heavy snowstorms and severe gales swept…

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Cyclone at Parkes

Evening News · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 5

PARKES, Monday.—Yesterday was the most distressing day experienced here this summer. Throughout the day fierce heat raged, accompanied by hot winds. The thermometer registered up to…

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A Dust Storm on the Darling

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 6 December 1898 · page 4

The severest drought this district has ever known since the memory of the oldest inhabitant is now raging with painful intensity. The outlook…

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Cyclone at Brewarrina. Intense Heat Brewarrina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 December 1898 · page 7

A terrific cyclone swept over the town at 11 o'clock last night, blowing clouds of dust before it, and unroofing several houses, amongst which was a valuable back store occupied by Messrs. Saunders…

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