Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Floods & storms, all years

Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1905

64 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 4

The Weather. [By Telegraph.] Floods in Victoria. Sensational Incidents, MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 July 1905 · page 2

Fierce weather has been experienced in the north-east. floods have been caused at Stanley, near Beechworth, where…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Flood at Tumut, Highest River for Years. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 July 1905 · page 2

A sensational flood occurred, at Tumut yesterday morning. An additional [?]in., 34,,points of rain fell, and the river registered 13ft…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

N.S.W. Floods, SYDNEY, Wed[?]day

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 July 1905 · page 2

The floods continue in the southern districts, The town of Wodonga and Gundagai are partly inundated…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Weather. [By Telegraph.] The Victorian Floods. Two Cases of Drowning. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 July 1905 · page 2

James Taylor (23) and Albert Sheridan (13) were drowned in the Ovens Rivor at Wangarratta yesterday. The flooded river is now 15ft. 7in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Weather. Further Floods. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 July 1905 · page 1

Floods are reported from many places in the southern districts. The Murrumbidgee River at Gundagai is 25ft. above summer level, and is…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Telegrams Heavy Floods in South Australia and Victoria. Sydney

Western Grazier · Friday 14 July 1905 · page 2

Heavy floods have occurred in South Australia. The Tor[?]ns River overflowed and the Ad[?]aide racecourse and all low-lying la[?] near the river…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Weather and Floods. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 July 1905 · page 8

Flood reports from Gundagai are more reassuring, but the position at Albury is worse. The river there is still rising, the waters…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

The Murray in Flood. Great Damage, [By Telegraph.] Melebourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 2

The River Murray is in flood. A telegram from Tocumwal intimates to the Railway Department that the line has been closed for traffic…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Stage in Flood

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 August 1905 · page 3

It may nort be generally known that there is at the crystal Theatre what is known as a " water curtain," or large waterpipe running from side to side of…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Tragedy of a Storm. The Deaths from Lightning at Hampstead

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 August 1905 · page 3

Mr. Walter Schroeder held an inquest on July 12 at Hampstead (England) with reference to the deaths of Harry William Watkins (32), of Brodrick road,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Storms in the Soudan. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 4

Heavy rainstorms have destroyed a mile and a half of the Soudan railway, in Africa…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Severe Coastal Gales. a Schooner Founders. Eight Men Drowned. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 4

Cold southerly eales continue along the coast. The Bondi sea baths Miave been greatly damaged a yacht is ashore at Manly;…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Gales on the Coast. Wreck of the Jones Brothers. Narrow Escapes. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 2

The foundering of the schooner Jones Brothers means the loss of seven lives, not eight, as first reported. The schooner was picked up at…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Severe St0rm, Gales on the W.A. Coast, [By Telegraph.] Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 September 1905 · page 2

Extremely boisterous weather continue along the W.A. coast. The sea outside Rottnest is exceedingly high, Cape Leuwin…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Storm in Melbourne, MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 September 1905 · page 2

A thunderstorm broke over Melbourne last evening, when 15 points of rain fell in 15 minutes. Hie banks burglar, alarms at the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Floods in India. Immense Damage. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 2

Indian telegrams state that large tracts of country in the Punjaub have been flooded by the excessive late rains. Thousands…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Weather. Storms Predicted. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 4

The following weather forecast has been issued':—" The conditions are such that it would be extremely inadvisable for any but…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

A Manila Storm. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 September 1905 · page 2

The storm that passed over Manila, in the Philippines, yesterday was the worst experienced for years…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Cyclone in Cape Colony. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 October 1905 · page 2

A cyclone yesterday ploughed through the centre of the township of Malmsbury, in Cape Colony, razing 100 houses to the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Storms and Bushfires. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 November 1905 · page 4

Yesterday the temperature in the city rose tu 98. I degrees in the shade, but a cool change, with a southerly buster," came along in the evening…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →