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Mid North Coast · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1906

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Floods in Queensland

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 7 February 1906 · page 3

The drought in Queensland has broken, and heavy rains have caused floods. Many persons had narrow escapes at Charleville, and were…

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A Cyclone

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

The total damage at Geraldtown, Queensland, by the recent cyclone is estimated at from £100,000 to £150.000…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. FLOODS

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

" Owing to the floods ia Queensland, the mailmen 'were compelled to camp on sandhills for three days without food…

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Storm in Queensland

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 1

During a heavy storm at Longreach, Queensland, a local hospital wag badly damaged, several wards unroofed, aud some houses were completely wrecked…

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A Cyclone Story

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 7

A settler in the Western States of America tells how his house, his wife and his live stock were all blown away by the violence of a…

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A Strange Storm Warning

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 7

While a British brig was gliding smoothly along before a good breeze in the South Pacific, some seventeen years ago, a flock of small birds…

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A Cyclone

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 3

An appalling cyclone is reported from Croydon, Queensland, where the town has more or less been damaged. A11 the churches have been…

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Floods in Queensland

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 3

More heavy rains have fallen in Queensland, where tho highest; floods for years have occurred. Farther general rains are predicted in New…

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Cyclonic Storm

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 3

A cyclonic storm is reported off the the coast. Heavy rain is reported throughout the State, the heaviest falls being in the southern districts…

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Out of the Storm

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 9

Bandy Thompson had a wife whose tongue was quite equal to the task of 'deaving a miller.' One vary wet, windy night as the minister was passing the farmer's house he…

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Steamers in a Gale

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 4

The steamers City of Graf ton and Cavanba met the easterly gale on the iron from the North Coast. The Cavanba had a particularly rough trip…

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Floods on the Tweed and Richmond. Houses and Shops Inundated

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 30 May 1906 · page 2

OWING to heavy rains, which amounted to over 12in., the Tweed River rose at the rate of 18in. an hour, and on Thursday evening broke over the banks, flooding the lower portions of the town of…

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New Sight for Tourists. Floods in Flanders

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 7

From Brussels, on 21st March, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:—The great floods in Flanders have…

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Floods in Tasmania

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 28 June 1906 · page 4

Floods on the east coast of Tasmania are the heaviest for years. Surface work at all the mince is suspended…

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Murray River in Flood

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 6

THE Murray River, owing to the heavy rains last week, rose 12ft 7 in above summer level. Advices from the districts above Albury state that an increased volume of water was flowing into the…

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Storms and Floods In New Zealand. Schooner Wrecked and Crew Drowned

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 4

DISASTROUS floods have occurred in the North Island of New Zealand. Land a few miles from Gisborne is 10ft. under water…

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The Coming Storm. Russian Peasants Incited. "Judgment on the Trai[?]ors." Revolutionaries Wreck a Train

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 7

Details of a manifesto have been issued by all the revolutionary bodies to the peasantry, Hocusing the Government of an intention to employ…

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Heavy Weather. Easterly Gale and Phenomenal Rainfall

Macleay Argus · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 9

TAE heaviest weather experienced for many years past occurred this week, and from Wednesday till Friday morning about 10 inches of rain fell…

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Serious Floods. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 3

There is a heavy flood at Footscray, Victoria. Saltwater River overflowed the banks, and all the out-lying lands are submerged. A number of women…

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Floods in Victoria

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 September 1906 · page 5

A heavy flood has occurred at Footscray, Victoria. The Saltwater River overflowed banks, and the damage was enormous The greatest loss was in the city abattoirs, where…

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