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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1906

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New South Wales. Thunderstorm in Sydney. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 October 1906 · page 2

A heavy thunderstorm was experienced in the city yesterday afternoon. It rained at intervals, and at knight the fall was heavy. There is every…

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A Flood Tragedy. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 2

John Reed, of Seymour, while rescuing some cattle from flood waters, was swept away by the current and drowned…

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Saltwater River in Flood. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 4

The Saltwater River is again in flood. All stock has been removed from the abattoirs…

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River Country Flooded. Sydney v

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 8

The River murray rose an additional 6in on Thursday night. The whole of the low-lying country between Albury and Wodonga is under water. Four…

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River Country Flooded. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 October 1906 · page 4

The River Murray rose an additional 6in. on Thursday night. The whole of the low-lying country between Albury and Wodonga is under water. Four…

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Flooded Country. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 October 1906 · page 2

The whole of the low-lying country between Albury and Wodonga is under water as the result of recent heavy rains. Many dwellings have been…

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A Violent Storm. Number of Boats [?]. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 4

Kingston has reported tremendous seas to be raging outside the harbor. The steamer Kintore had to put back during last night's storm at Kingston,…

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Cyclone at Cuba. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 8

A cyclone has caused great damage on the Island of Cuba. Many people were killed, while the Amorican troops were forced to abandon their camp at…

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Disastrous Cyclone. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 October 1906 · page 4

A' cyclone lias wroufiurt.[?] [?] struction in the South American Republic of San Salvador, and has caused great loss of life. The Salradoroan…

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Terrible Cyclone. at Havana. Numerous Deaths. Great Damage to Groperty.. [Reuter's 'Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 October 1906 · page 2

The cyclone reported from Havana, the capital of Cuba,. was the worst-on record. In the' fury of the hurricane' large buildings were shaken as though…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] the Cuban Cyclone. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 2

The recent cyclone in Cuba caused damage to the crops to the extent of £2,000,000…

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Yesterday's Storm

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 2

It is not often that Broken Hill citizens are subjected to such weather as that of yesterday; and it is well that they are not. Such a continuous…

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A Warehouse Flooded. Expensive Carelessness. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 October 1906 · page 1

H[?]man's warehouse was flooded last night through the neglect, of an employee to turn off a tap. The damage caused to the stock is estimated at…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Storm in Japan. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 4

Advices from Tokio state that great storm has been experienced along the coast of Japan. As a result 360 Japanese pearling vessels are missing…

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Storm in the Riviera. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 November 1906 · page 8

A terrific sterm has occurred in the Riviera. The handsome popular proemnades of Nice and Cannes have been destroyed by the storm…

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A Disastrous Storm. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 November 1906 · page 2

The storm which strack the Riviera coast on Friday wrecked 19 miles of promenades, along the coast, causing £1,000,000 worth of, damnge…

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Gale at Glenelg. a Cutter Wrecked. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 1

On Saturday night and Sunday morning one of the heaviest gales of the season was experienced at Glenelg. The cutter Playfair, which was washed…

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A Destructive Gale. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 November 1906 · page 2

A new two-storeyed building at U1marra was demolished by a fierce gale that blew yesterday. A bey passing the building on a bicycle was burled…

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The Weather a Destructive Storm. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 November 1906 · page 2

A violent storm at Grafton on Sunday did considerable damage. The rucecourse, where the recent cyclone destroyed the grandstand, fencing, and…

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Yesterday's Storm. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 November 1906 · page 3

Yesterday's storm was very severe in several districts. At Bingara hailstones 6in. deep fell. Windows were broken and houses were unroofed…

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