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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1906

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The Melbourne Floods. [?] Flemington Washed Away. [?] Flat Inundated and a Flock of Sheep Drowned. 5000 Sheep Drowned. At the City Abbatoirs. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 1

The damage done by the flood consequent on the very heavy rain of yesterday is not so extensive as was at first thought…

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Floods at Rochester. a Lady's Awful Plight. Many Narrow Escapes. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 1

The biggest flood ever known at Rochester occurred last night. The River Campaspe lose at the rate of an inch a minute. There were several…

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Floods About Adelaide. Rivers Overflow their Banks. Whole Districts Flooded. Train Passengers' Predicament. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 1

The Torrens and Sturt rivers have overflowed their banks in the vicinity of the Reedbeds. Parts of the Richmond and Henley…

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The Victorian Floods. Six Hundred Men Out of Employment at Footscray. Two Boys Drowned. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 4

The damage done at and about Footscray and all along the course of the Saltwater River, the banks of which are lined with factories of…

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The Flooding at Flemington Course. Judkins Improves thee Occasion. Course Should be Kept Under Water. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 4

Mr. W: H. Judkins, editor of the "Reviews of Reviews," who has made himself notorious as an extreme and a violent advocate of licensing law…

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The Melbourne Floods. Loss of £4000 at the City Abattoirs. Mon's Providontial Escapes. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 1

It has now been ascertained that the damage by the flood at the city tabattoirs was in the first instance 'overestirmated, and that the loss does not…

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The Victorian Floods. Sydney Express Delayed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 4

The Melbourne to Sydney express train was two hours' late in reaching Albury last night, on account of having been delayed by the floods in…

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The Floods. Many Families Homeless. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 2

A large area is under water at Echuca, and many families arc homeless. At Rochester a man spent all…

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The Flooding at Flemington Course. Judkins Improves the Occasion. Course Should be Kept Under.Water. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 4

Mr. W. H. Judkins, editor of the " Reviews of Reviews," who has made himself. notorious as an extreme and a violent advocate of licensing law…

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The Victorian Floods. Six Hundred Men Out of Employment at Footscray. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 4

The damage done at and about Footscray and all along the course of the Saltwater River, the bank's of which are' lined with factories of…

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Cyclone at Bourke. Hotel and Army Barracks Wrecked. Many Narrow Escapes from Death. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 September 1906 · page 4

Bourke was visited by a disastrous cyolono' to-day. The Caledonian Hotel and the Salvation Array Barracks were wrecked…

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Gale in Adelaide. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 September 1906 · page 4

During the gale experienced in the city and suburbs this morning Harward Pittman's large mission tent at Hindmarsh, was blown down, the…

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Storms in Spain. Many Lives Lost. Crops Ruined. [Router's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 September 1906 · page 2

Terrible storms have occurred in the south of Spain, causing immense damage and involving considerable loss of life. The crops in the Alicante,…

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Heavy Rain in Melbourne. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 8

The heavy rain and high winds westerday caused great dirsoganisation in the bay and river ferry traffic. Flo[?] are expected at Footscray…

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Coastal Storms in Tasmania. Severest Yet Experienced. Launceston

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 4

The storm experienced on Thursday night all along the north-west coast was one of the severest yet experienced. The rain fell in torrents, and the rivers…

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Flood Damages. Clearing up a Racecourse. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 4

At the Flemington racecourse 250 men are engaged in clearing up and repairing the damage done to the course by the recent floods…

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Spanish Floods. London,Friday

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 8

As a result of the flood which occurred in the Sanamera and Muria districts, in Spain, 100 persons were drowned…

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Murrumbidgee in Flood. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 8

The Murrumbidgue is in flood. At Hay yesterday a barge in tow of the steamer William Dawes collided with the bridge, and the bargemaster Was…

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Tasmanian Floods. Now Subsiding. Unpleasant Experiences. Hobart

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 October 1906 · page 2

The floods in the north and northwest of Tasmania, consequent on the heavy rains that prevailed in the latter part of last week are subsiding…

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Show Ground Flooded. An Exciting Time. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 October 1906 · page 1

While the agricultural show was being held at Benalla to-day the Broken River, which is adjacent to the show grounds and which is flooded, suddenly…

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