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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1908

7 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers

The Thames in Flood. Towns and Churches Isolated. Extraordinary Scenes

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 February 1908 · page 7

"Yes, we are fairly in for it this time, and we've worse to come, sir, as the water gets away from the upper reaches. Should any more rain fall, and…

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Drowned on Horseback. Tragic Fate of a Doctor. a Flood Incident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 8

Dr. G. J. Sealy, of Oak Hill House, Weybridge, was drowned near Shepperton yesterday afternoon, 24th December, through falling into the Thames with…

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Mount Royal Safe. Leaking Boilers. Through Atlantic Storms

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 3

The Canadian Pacific Railway's steamer Mount Royal, for the safety of which considerable anxiety has been felt, steamed into Queenstown Harbor…

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"A Night of Storm and Peril"

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 6

"Come, Billy, you had better go after the cows. A storm is coming up and I hate to have you among the timber when the wind blows hard."…

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Yachtsmen in a Storm. Exciting Experiences in a Midnight Race

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 7

Seldom have the competitors in the annual midnight yacht race from Liverpool to the Isle of Man had such an experience as befell them in the dark,…

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Terrific Storm

Western Champion · Friday 9 October 1908 · page 23

About nine o'clock on Sund.iy night —(says the Peak Hill "Exprens')an awe-in Spiring roar in the west drew many of the householders ont in alarm…

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Floods in China

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 4

Floods are sweeping over several provinces of China. A great number has baen drowned, and vast areas of crops destroyed…

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