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Floods & storms, 1899

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FLOOD v. FLOOD. An Unsuccessful Divorce, Suit

The Australian Star · Friday 16 June 1899 · page 7

The suit in divorce of Evelyn Gertrude Flood v. Charles Flood was concluded yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Justice Walker. In giving judgment his Honor said the…

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Divorce Court. (Before Mr. Justice Walker.) FLOOD V. FLOOD

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 June 1899 · page 10

The hearing of the suit was concluded in which Evelyn Gertrude Flood (formerly Talbot) petitioned for the dissolution of her marriage with Charles Flood, conchdriver, on the ground of adultery, or for a judicial…

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The Babylonian Account of the Deluge

The Australian Star · Saturday 17 June 1899 · page 9

Deluge myths are world-wide. Berosus gives an account of the Babylonian myth, which is substantially identical with that given in Genesis. But the highest authority…

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The Star of Victoria. Meets Terrific North-east Gales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 June 1899 · page 11

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--The steamer Star of Victoria, which searched for the Perthshire on the voyage from Sydney to Auckland, met with terrific north-east gales, and was…

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After the Storm. a Fleet of Vessels Arrives. One Fever Stricken. Newcastle, Saturday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 June 1899 · page 7

Quite a fleet of deep-water vessels arrived to-day, no less than ten putting in an appearance before dinner. The majority, coming from infected ports, were placed in…

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The Egremont Castle in the Late Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 June 1899 · page 3

A report from Melbourne states that the Egremont Castle, from Newcastle, passed through a somewhat sensational experience of bad weather, galas, and tumbling seas, which flooded tho decks and [?]mashed things. she left…

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The Storms Off the Coast. a Typhoon Reported

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 June 1899 · page 9

The masters of the whole of the deep-sea vessels Which arrived in part yesterday report having encountered exceptionally stormy weather off the coast. Captain Crowley master of the ship Verngeau,…

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The Steame [?]Raki in a Gale. Loss of an A[?]hor and Chain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 June 1899 · page 9

The North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Coraki, which arrived on Saturday morning from the Manning River, had a rough experience during the recent gale. Captain Boulden states that the…

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The Late Sub-inspector Flood

Evening News · Tuesday 20 June 1899 · page 5

The Melbourne "Age," of Monday chronicling the death of Sub-inspector Flood says: The Victorian police force loses by death of Sub-Inspector Flood, one of its most prominent old…

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The Late Sub-inspector Flood

Evening News · Wednesday 21 June 1899 · page 5

The Melbourne "Age," of Monday, chronicling the death of Sub-Inspector Flood, says: The Victorian police force loses by the death of Sub-Inspector Flood, one of its most prominent old…

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A Theoretical Deluge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 June 1899 · page 8

It would be inconvenient, to say the least (says the 'London Daily Mail,") if London were some day soon to find itself at the bottom ot several miles of water. Yet some geologists assert that such a…

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Floods at Murrumburrah. Murrumburrah

The Australian Star · Friday 23 June 1899 · page 5

After threatening for several days heavy rain set in late last night, and continued until early this morning. Harden registered 95 points. The full on the northern side of…

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Municipal. the Tram Vale Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 12

The recent heavy rains having caused a severe flooding of the low-lying land around Sydenham and that portion of Marrickville known as Tram Vale, Alderman Farr is urging the local council to take into immediate…

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Rivers in Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 June 1899 · page 10

The town of Rochester is under water, owing to the heavy rise in the rivers. Residents along the Campaspe River have been warned of the approaching danger. The Murray to-day at…

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Mr. Curtis's "Colored Cyclone.'

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 June 1899 · page 2

Mr. M. B. Curtis sent the following telegram to us on Saturday from Brisbane:--"Lookout, for the Colored Cyclone will reach Sydney on Tuesday morning on R.M.S. Mlowera, with 50…

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The Coogee in a Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 June 1899 · page 8

Our Melbourne correspondent wires:—The fast steamer Coogee was 12 hours late in arriving from Launceston owing to a heavy N.W. gale, and she reached the bay only at 9.40 p.m. on Saturday…

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Victoria. the Barque Hawa[?]an Isles in a Heavy Gale. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 June 1899 · page 7

The voyage to this port of the large four-masted barque Hawaiian Isles was marked by a sensational incident. On May 28, when in Int. 23 S. and long. 13S E., the barque,…

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Prevention of Floods on the Hunter River

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 June 1899 · page 4

Some time ago the eminent engineer, Mr. C. Napier Bell, was commissioned by the Government to report upon the schemes that had been prepared with the object of adequately dealing…

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THE R.M.S. Shannon in a Gale. Albany

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 5

The P. and O. steamer Shannon encountered exceptionally heavy weather, and did not reach here until 5 o'clock this morning. On Friday night the seas were mountainous and the vessel…

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The River Murray in Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 June 1899 · page 5

ALBURY. Monday.--During yesterday and today there bas been a rapid rise In the river, and this afternoon tbe stream had broken away from the banks in many places, submerging all the…

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