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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1903

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Great Storm in France. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 April 1903 · page 4

A great storm has swept over Marseilles, a French seaport. Many vessels broke their moorings, whilst others foundered. All work on the…

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Storms in Europe. Great Damage Caused. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 April 1903 · page 2

The Daily Express states that incalculable loss has been caused by the recent severe weather in the Bordeaux district, of France. The frost is also…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages] The Storm in Europe. LONDON, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 April 1903 · page 4

The gale in Germany caused fearful havoc at the Emperor's palace grounds at Potsdam, uprooting many trees dating from the time of Frederick…

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The Weather. [By Telegraph] Heavy Rains and Floods. Cootamundra Under Water. Melbourne-Sydney Trains Blocked. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 April 1903 · page 2

Heavy rain fell in the Cootamundra and Harden districts, on the Great Southern railway line, yesterday, and several wasbaways have occurred…

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Telegraphic News Great Floods at Coota[?]dra a Fall of Twenty Inches of Rain. the Town Under Water. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

An unpres[?]dented flood occurred at Cootamundra last night, parts of the cown being three feet under water. The railway lines ate washed away…

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The Weather. [By Telegraph.] The Cootamundra Floods. Railway Traffic Restored. SYDNEY, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

Through railway traffic on the Great Southern Railway between Sydney and Melbourne, blocked by the floods in the Cootamundra and Harden…

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General Rains in New South Wales. The Coot[?]mundra Storm. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1903 · page 2

General rains are reported throughout the State. A telegram from C[?]otamundra yesterday states that the total damage…

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Remarkable Storm. at Cootamundra. Terrifying Experiences. Many Buildings Wrecked

Western Grazier · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2

This town, which suffered so severely from the [?]nd of Thursday, was the scene of still another disaster early on Saturday morning, before it had time to…

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[By Telegraph.] Mr, Wragge and the Cootamundra Storm, SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2

Mr. C. L. Wragge, in a lecture before a large audience at Cootamundra, explained by diagrams what he considered the cause of the recent aborm…

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Fires and Gales at Sea. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 May 1903 · page 2

The barque Saragossa, from Liverpool, arrived in harbor yesterday after a voyage of 118 days. During the voyage the ship suffered from three…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland. Flood Anticipations. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 May 1903 · page 2

Heavy rains have occurred at the heads of the Brisbane and Mary rivers. Both rivers are commencing to rise in the vicinities of their sources…

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The Gale

Western Grazier · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 1

There was considerable excitement as to the situation of the inhabitants of the Ile de Sein who have been without provisions since the gale. The Minister of…

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Heavy Storm in Sydney. (By Teligraph.] Sydney. Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 May 1903 · page 1

A heavy thunderstorm is passing over the city and metropolitan area this afternoon. The water reservoir on the catchment area has already…

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The Weather, a Thunderstorm

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 May 1903 · page 2

A VERY heavy thunderstorm passed to the southeast and north-west of Broken Hill about 7 o'olook last evening, bub in the main part of the town…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Terrific Gale. A Boy Killed. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 2

Whilst a terrific gale was blowing in the Wolumla district yesterday afternoon, several children sought shelter behind an outhouse…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 P.M. Disasters at Sea. Experiences in Recent Gales A Captain Washed Overboard. Wreck of a German Barque. Laden with Timber for Broken Hill. Heven Men Missing. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane, Saturday. [/ BBIBBAHB. Sstnrdft

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 4

The [?] [?] which left Sydney last week en route to New Guines, has arrived here after a rough experiance, When 20 miles off Cape Moreton, the…

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The following appeared in Saturday's Second Edition: Disasters at Sea. Experiences in Recent Gales A Captain Washed Overboard. Wreck of a German Barque. laden with Timber for Broken Hill Eleven Men Missing. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 4

The yacht Stells, which left Sydney last week en route to New Gainea, has arrived here after a rough experience, When 20 miles off Cape Moraton, the…

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Floods in the States. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 2

Disastrous floods have occurred in Kansas, U. S. A, involving heavy loss of life, especially at North Topeka, An Immense destruction of property is…

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The following appeared in yesterday's Second Edition:— Floods in America. Great Damage. Heavy [?] of life. A Township Afire. [Reuter's Message.] London, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 4

Unp[?] rains have fallen over the Indian [?] of Ok[?] and the States of K[?] M[?] N[?] [?] the United…

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Floods in America. The loss of life. Great Damage to Property. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 2

The latest news from the scene of the great floods in the central portion of the United States (K[?] Mis[?] and Oklahoma) shows that before…

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