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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

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The Gale in Britain. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 4

The official record of Sunday's gale in Great Britain shows that it blew at the rate of 100 miles an hour…

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The Express Delayed. Severe Storm in South Australia. Washaways at Oodlawirra and Terowie. Traffic Temporarily Suspended

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 February 1910 · page 2

A storm of exceptional violence occurred in and around Terowie and at Oodlawirra yesterday, which caused considerable damage to the permanent…

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"End of All Things Appioaching." General Booth Suggests a Deluge of Fire

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 February 1910 · page 7

General Booth (says a London message in the "Sunday Times," dated January 10 drew a furid picture of a possibly imminent cataclysm in his…

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SPORTING. [Reuter's Messages.] English Cricketers in Africa. Third Test Match. Play Interrupted by Thunderstorm. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 February 1910 · page 5

The third Test match, England v. South Africa, was started at Johannesburg to-day. The South Africans went to the…

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Floods in France. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 8

Serious inundations have occurred from Dinant to Namur (France). The factories at Marchienne are flooded and 5000 people are idle…

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Mansion House Flood Fund. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 8

The Mansion House fund for the relief of sufferers by the floods in France totals £64,500…

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The Weather. Floods in the Wimmera. Adelaide Express Held Up. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 March 1910 · page 2

The Adelaide express was held up at Stawell from 11 O'Clock till a quarter to 12 last night, owing to the heavy floods in the Wimmera at Glenorchy…

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Caught in a Gale. Ketches' Rough Experience. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 6

Yorketown reports that the ketch Aerial, of Port Moorowie, had a trying time during a gale. It lost its rudder and drifted, dragging its…

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The Glenelg Gale Disaster to Yachting Squadron. What It Represents. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 4

Sunday's disaster to the yachting squadron anchored at Glenelg represents a total loss of from £800 to £1000 to the owners of the pleasure…

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A Delayed Train. Adelaide to Port Pirie. Caused Through Floods. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 6

The Adelaide to Port Pirie train, which should have arrived at Port Pirie at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was delayed at Gladstone through the…

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The Paris Floods. Incidents of the Disaster

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 7

The London correspondent of the "Age" writes as follows under date of January 28:— The enormous floods which have…

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Waiting for Gales to Subside. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 March 1910 · page 2

The lighthouse men at Eddystone were relieved to-day after waiting a fortnight for the subsidence of the gales which have been prevalent along…

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A Flood in Wales. Caused by Dam Bursting. Number of Children Drowned. Mother and Infant Killed. Railway Traffic Blocked. [Reutar's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 March 1910 · page 4

A dam in Rhondda Valley, Wales; burst to-day, resulting in heavy loss, It flooded the houses at Clydack Vale, several of which collapsed…

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Drowned in Flood Waters. Near Mackay. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 2

News is to hand to the effect that George Arthur Hall has been drowned in the flood waters near Mackay…

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Floods in Queensland. a Mail Coach Lost. Two Horses Drowned. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 4

The postmaster at Rolleston advises that the mail coach bound for Springsure was lost on account of floods in Meteor Creek on the 15th instant…

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Heavy Rain at Arltunga. the Winnecke Battery Threatened. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 March 1910 · page 4

A telegram, dated March 18, has been received from Arltunga, stating that over 13in. of rain have fallen there in four days. Apparently this…

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The Paris Floods. Causes of the Water Invasion

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 March 1910 · page 2

"Engineering" says that the invasion, of the waters into quarters of Paris which had otherwise been free [?]om such visitation has been…

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Rockhampton Flooded. a Serious Position. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 2

For the second time this year, Rockhampton is flooded. The present visitation is likely to prove mole disastrous than the previous one…

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A Flood-bound Coach. Position Becoming Serious. Rations Give Out. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 4

The mail coach, with seven passengers, is flood-bound at the 27 mile crossing on the Charleville to Augathella-road, where it has been held up…

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Queensland Floods. Warrego River Rising. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 2

A report from Cunnamulla states that the Warrego River is still rising, and that the flood at Wyandra is the highest on record…

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