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Broken Hill & the Far West · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

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Floods in Germany. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 June 1910 · page 4

Further particulars relative to the floods in Germany show that the victims included 100 people at Blauken stein, 50 at Adenan, and 25 at…

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Floods in Armenia. Hundreds Drowned

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 4

Floods are also reported at Hassankaleb, on the Erzerum Province (Armenia), where a wall of water swept away half the town, hundreds being…

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Floods in Germany. Further Details. Intoxicated Laborers' Action. Numbers of People Drowned [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 4

Further details of the floods in Germany, are available. Horrible scenes were witnessed in the flooded Ahr Valley. The Italian…

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Floods in Europe. Many Disasters Recorded. Mother and Eleven Children Drowned. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 4

Floods have occurred in Switzerland, and are regarded os a national disaster. A landslide has blocked the St…

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Umberumberka in Flood

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 4

The Silverton correspondent of "The Miner" writest:— A steady, soaking rain commenced to full on Thursdays afternoon about 2,…

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3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. Floods in Europe. Additional Particulars. Considerable Damage Done. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 8

Additional particulars concerning the floods in Europe are available. lt is stated that the streets and quays at Lucerne (Switzerland) were…

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Oberammergau Passion Play. Visitors Cut Off by Floods

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 5

According to a Reuter's cablegram published in Saturday's Third Edition, large numbers of visitors to the Oberammdrgau Passion Play have been cut…

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Floods in Europe. Further Details. Lives Lost and Property Destroyed. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 4

Further details concerning the floods in Europe are available. The "Daily Telegraph's" Vienna correspondent states that over 1000…

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The Following Appeared in Saturday's Third Edition. Floods in Europe. Additional Particulars. Considerable Damage Done. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 8

Additional particulars concerning the floods in Europe are available. It is stated that the streets and quays at Lucerne (Switzerland) were…

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Killed and Injured by Thunderstorm. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

A thunderstorm in New York State yesterday killed 14 people and injured many others…

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Flooded Mines at Bendigo

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

The inrush of water from the flooded mines on the southern extension of the New Chum line of reef, says Saturday's Bendigo "Advertiser," is rapidly…

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Floods in Switzerland. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 4

The floods in Swilzerland having subsided all the trains are now able to resume running…

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South Australia. Floods on the Murray Flats. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 June 1910 · page 4

Truro reports that fences have been washed away and trees uprooted by the floods that have occurred, consequent on the recent heavy rains, on the…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Second Edition. a Ballooning Incident. Caught in a Storm. Balloon Driven Into the Danube. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 4

The Archduke Ferdinand and party when ballooning at Vienna to-day encountered a storm. The balloon was driven into the Danube, and the…

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Umberumberka in Flood

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 2

The Silverton correspondent of "The Miner" writes:— A smart shower of rain fell on Sunday night at Silverton, and 20 points…

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Floods in Switzerland. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 June 1910 · page 8

Floods have occurred again in Switzerland. The River Aar burst its banks at Utzenstorf and inundations are reported at Lugano…

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Lost in a Gale. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 8

The Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Quilpree is considered to have been lost in a gale off the coast of South America…

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The Weather. Rainfall at S[?]vertion. Umberumberka Again in Flood

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 July 1910 · page 1

Seasonable weather continues to prevail with bright days and cool mornings and evenings. The maximum shade temperature on Saturday was…

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N.Z. Rivers in Flood. a Coach Capsizes. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 July 1910 · page 4

The warm, easterly rain has caused the melting of the snow on the hills, and the North Canterbury rivers are in flood…

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The Umberumberka Creek. in Flood Several Times During June

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 July 1910 · page 8

June month proved a very wet period on the Barrier, and according to the figures supplied by our Silverton correspondent the fall was greater in that…

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