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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1908

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A Colliery Flooded. Creek Overflows. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 4

The Stanford Merthyr colliery has been flooded in consequence of the creek overflowing…

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Tamworth Flood Subsiding. Record Flood at Gunnedah. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 2

The flood waters at Tamworth are subsiding. The damage done by the floods to property runs into several thousands. The flood in Gunnedah…

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Flooded Areas. Records at Namoi and Gunnedah. A Village Inundated. The Floods Continue. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 2

At Namoi and Gunnedah the waters are higher than had ever been known before. There is a big flood at Narrabri,…

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Flood at Wee Waa. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 4

The floodwaters at Wee Waa are still rising, and some of the residences already have 3ft. of water in them. The first train for five days arrived…

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Floods in Far North. Heavy Rainfalls Reported. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 8

The Deputy Postmaster-General (South Australia) has received telegrams stating that the mails have boen considerably delayed by floods in the far…

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Floods Subsiding. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 March 1908 · page 4

[?] [?] waters at W[?] Waa are [?]coding and are now clear of [?] The greatest damage done [?]ood is at Narrabri. At…

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The Floods. Great Losses of Stock. Hundreds of People Camped. A Vermin Infested Village. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 2

The Namoi flood waters are [?]ailing rapidly. Heavy losses of stock have occurred about Wee Waa…

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Floods Subsiding. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 4

The flood waters at W[?] Waa are rapidly [?]ceding, and are now [?]ar of the town. The greatest damage done by the flood is at Narrabri. At…

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Floods in Par North. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 4

A telegram was received from Oodnadatta to-day in rofernce to floods in tile Par North. It states that the Finke River ran for 14 days past Henbury…

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Gale at Samoa. Several Boats Wrecked. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 4

A gale at Sumoa recently drove several schooners ashore and wrecked a number of smaller craft. The seas washed across the main…

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Storm at Murwillumbah. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 4

A storm wrought a good deal of damace at Murwillumbah yesterday. A boy named Frederick[?] was killed by a falling tree, and a man mined Josia[?]…

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Gale at Samoa. Several Boats Wrecked. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 8

A gale at S[?]moa recently drove several schooners ashore and wrecked a number, of smaller craft. The s[?]us washed across the main…

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A Severe Gale. Ketch Believed to Have Been Lost. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 8

A telegram received from Cooktown states that the Government steamer Melbidir, which has just arrived from the North, brings the following…

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Storm at La Grange Bay. Pearling Fleets in Danger. Several Vessels Smashed. Number of Men Drowned. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

A telegram from La Grange Bay, West Australia, states that a severe storm, lasting from 7 p.m. on Sunday till daylight on Monday, passed over…

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Floods in England. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 8

Floods have almost isolated Maiden head and E[?]on and other places in Eng land. A heat wave is succeeding the wintry weather…

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Floods in England. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 4

Floods have almost isolated Maidenhead and Eton and other places in England. A heat wave is succeeding the wintry…

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North Para River Flooded. Adelaide, Saturduy

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 4

Some narrow escapes from drowning yesterday occurred through the North Para River being flooded. Two schoolchildren fell into the river, and some…

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Floods at Reedbeds. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 8

Floods Mourned at the Reedbeda through the Torrens overflowing on Thursday night. The water, however, receded to-day. Little or no damage…

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Terrible Loss Of LIFE. Flooding of a Chincse River. Two Thousand People Perish

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 6

A terrible disaster, involving grent loss of life has occurred in China, owing to the Hooding of the Han River. Particulars brought to Sydnew…

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The Picture Storm

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 2

That a duststorm may present a grand sight is recognised even by those who have only verbal descriptions from which to form their opinions. That…

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