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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1908

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Terrific Easterly Gale. in New Zealand. Railway Camps Wrecked. Refreshment Room Demolished. Man, Wife. and Baby Crushed to Death. Aucklnud

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

The camps of the men employed on the North Island main trunk railway construction works were wrecked last night by a terrific casterly gale…

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Heavy Gale at Fremantle. Steamer on the Beach. Fremantle

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 June 1908 · page 2

A heavy gale was experienced at Fremantle yesterday, when the steamer France broke from its anchorage and drifted on to the southbeach, where it…

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Floods on West Coast. Adolaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 4

Floods have occurred on the West Coast, and the Cumings railway reservoir has been damaged…

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Amusements. "The Flood Tide."

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 June 1908 · page 3

During his brief Broken Hill season Mr. Bland Holt has produced, a series of melodramas of a class quite distinct from the garish brand of article which…

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Floods in China. Whole Villages Swept Away. Message Received in Sydney. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 29 June 1908 · page 2

A cable message bas been received in Sydney to the effect that great floods have occurred in the province of Canton, whole villages being swepu away,…

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Heavy Rains and Floods. In New Zealand. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 July 1908 · page 4

Heavy rains and floods have occurred throughout New Zealand. The lowlying parts of Christchurch are under water…

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New Zealand Weather. Christchurch Practically Flooded. Disquieting Reports From Country. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 July 1908 · page 12

Exceptionally bad weather has been experienced in New Zealand. Christchurch is practically flooded. Reports from the country are disquieting. The…

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A Heavy Thunderstorm. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 8

An exceptionally Heavy thunderstorm was experienced in the city and suburbs last night. In some places heavy hail fell. Over 50 points of rain was…

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Damage Done by Thunderstorm. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 July 1908 · page 4

About £200 worth of damage was done by the heavy thunderstorm on Thursday night to the Livingstone Hotel. Petersham. The rain got…

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Storm in France. Works Havoc in a Vineyard. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 July 1908 · page 4

A storm which yesterday oocurred at Beziers, a town in the Department of Herault, France, destroyed 6000 hectares (15,00O acres) of a vineyard there…

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2nd Edition. Miner Office. 2.30 p.ms Floods in China. Greatest Known for Three Decades. Thousands Drowned and Rendered Homeless. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 July 1908 · page 8

On the arrival of the mail steamer from Kastern ports at Thursday Island yesterday additional particulars Ware bhrought concerning the recent…

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Gale at Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

Our Sydney correspondent wires:- Early this morning the wind was blowing a gale, and heavy rain is falling…

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The Rainfall at Umberumberka. the Creek in Flood

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

The rainfall at Umberumberka since last Friday night has been fairly heavy. Whereas the total registration of rain at Stephens Creek has only been 60…

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A Flooded River. Mail Driver's Narrow Escape

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 4

Over lin. of rain which fell in the Boga district, enticed the river to run a banker. The maildriver, David Lambert, in attempting to cross the river…

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Count Zeppelin's Airship. Destroyed by a Thunderstorm. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 8

Count Zeppelin started in his airship from Freidrichshafen yesterday morning, and passed-Basle, Strasburg, Darmstadt and Mayanke, descending…

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Chapter Iv.—a Subterranean Deluge

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 2

Some two or three days after the visit of the Blackwoods to the house of their master, a man from the Hill End Colliery sped hastily through the…

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Terrific Storm at Kiama. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 2

At Kiama on Tuesday night, a [?]rifie storm, with thunder and lightning, occurred. Buildings were shaken and many people frightened. lt was, more…

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Partially Erected Scaffolding. Wrecked by a Storm. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 4

The partially-erected scaffolding in connection with the building at the eastern wings of the Museum, which was wrecked by a storm, has been…

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Disastrous Floods in America. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 8

Disastrous floods have taken place in North and South Carolina (U.S.A.). Whole districts have been inundated, and the operations at many cotton…

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Serious Canal Flood in Georgia. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 8

The canal at Augusta, in the State of Georgia, in the United States, burst its banks and flooded the city to a depth of from 6 to 12 feet. The…

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