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Hunter Valley · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1903

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Disastrous Floods in America

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 3

Disastrous floods are reported from Kansas. There has been heavy loss of life, especially at North Topeka, and immense destruction of property…

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On the Mighty Deep. Gales and Tidal Waves. Many Vessels Suffer

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 2

WHAT will be known as the "Oakland gale," which set in on Wednesday last, will be long remembered by those at see on the Australian coast at the…

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Disastrous Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 3

Two hundred people perished at North Topeka. The heavy rains extinguished the fires in the buildings. Many of the victims were Russians and Italians employed in the factories…

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Terrible Disaster. 'Twixt Fire and Flood. a Burning Town

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday.—Disastrous floods are reported from Kansas, causing immense destruction of property and heavy loss of life, especially at…

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The Floods in America. Sad Fatalities. Tracts of Country Inundated. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 3

LATER particulars of the disastrous floods at Kansas, North American States, are to hand. The burning lumber afloat on the Kansaa River…

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Winter Gales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 2

The winter gales have set in with almost unexampled severity. The Oakland, a fine screw collier which weathered the " Maitland" hurricane…

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Police Court. Tuesday, June 2Nd. (Before Mr Gale, P.M.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 2

Herbert Edward Batler versus Dud ley C. B Weldon, assault; and Dudley C. B Weldon, versus Herbert Edward Butler, assault…

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Floods and Storms in the United States

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 3

The damage done by the tornado at Gainsville amounted to half a million dollars (£100,000). The —Reuter. [?] which lasted only two minutes, was…

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Disasters in the United States. Floods and Fires. Half a City in Flames. 500 Persons Cut off from Rescue. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 2

UNPRECEDENTED rains have fallen over the lndian Territory of the United States of America, causing disastrous, floods, in the Territory of Oklahoma…

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POLICE COURT.—1st JUNE. (Before Messrs. C. H. Gale, P.M., W. F. Parker, M. C. Mackenzie, E. R. Hall, J's.P.)

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 3

R. C. McAdam proceeded against Harold Barkley, Hardy Wilkins, and Walter Smith, for entering into the enclosed lands of the A.C. and F. Co.,…

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The Great American Floods

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 June 1903 · page 3

Steam launches rescued 200 starving Topeka. children, who had been flood-bound in a school house since Friday last…

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Heavy Rain and Rough Weather

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 5

Rain threatened on Saturday, and a light shower or two fell during the night. Between Hand 12 o'clock on Sunday there, were a couple of smart showers. Afterwards the wind chopped round to the…

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Cyclone at Brisbane

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 2

THERE was a heavy fall of rain at Brisbane on Saturday, which ended in a terrific storm during the early hours of Sunday morning, accompanied by…

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Floods and Storms in the United States

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 2

THE damage done by the tornado at Gainsville amounted to half a million dollars (£100,000). The tornado, which lasted only two minutes, was…

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District News. Aberdeen. Police Court. June 1st, 1903. (Before Messrs. C. H.Gale, P.M., W. F. Parker, M. C. Mackenzie, and E. R. Hall, J's.P.)

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 2

R. C. M'Adam proceeded against Harold Barklay, Hardy Wilkins, and Walter Smith for entering into the enclosed lands of the A. C. and F. Coy.,…

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Macleay Aiver in Flood. Kempsey Partly Under Water

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 6

Between Sunday and Wednesday last the weather at Kempsey was extremely boisterous, and 800 points of rain fell, whilst at Bellbrook no less…

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Floods at Moree. An. Unusual Spectacle

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 5

THE Mehi River was running very strong at Morea on Thursday morning, registering 15ft. at the bridge. The water was all over Yarraman…

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Fearful Forest Fires and Floods. Several Towns Menaced. [By Cable.] LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 5

FEARFUL forest fires are raging in Canada, and the State of Maine (U.S.). A vast amount of damage has been done and several towns are still…

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A Sweeping Flood

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1903 · page 3

By a cloudburst Spartan burg dam was swept away, and the country flooded. Cotton mills were wracked and damages done to the value of two million o[?]lars. Every building in Pnnc[?]t, a…

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The Recent Gales. The Steamer Kyogle's Experiences Passengers Bede Each Other Good-bye

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 4

THE overdue steamer Kyogle, from Sydney, arrived at Yamba at 8.40 a.m. on Friday last. The passengers arrived at Grafton in the afternoon…

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