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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1901

17 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Storm fatality at Too-woombs

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 2

In a storm which occured at Toowombs a house was blown down. Eliza Shultz a woman of 66 years was crushed to death…

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Severe storms in N.S. Wales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1901 · page 2

Severs storms occurred Inland yesterday. Over an inch of rain fell in many districts. It is cool and clondy in Sydney…

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Dust storm at Broken Hill

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1901 · page 2

Broken Hill has been visited by unprecedented dust storm. Huge banks of red dust rolled into the town with burricane force…

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Equinoctial Gales

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 4

Few ideas are more firmly rooted in the popular mind than the notion that the equinoxen are times when severe gales are to be expected. Last Friday the sun…

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Equinoctial Gales

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 9

Few ideas are more firmly rooted in the popular mind than the notion that the equinoxes are times when severe gales are to be expected. Last Friday the sun…

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Storms on the Southern Coast

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 6 April 1901 · page 5

[?]is now [?]ly room for a glimmer of hope with [?] to the fate of the [?]hip Federal, which is supposed to here [?]in the hurricane which…

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The Gippsland Flood

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2

The dis[?]trous flood which swept down upon the promising settlement known as the Mos Swamp just walve months ago has now been [?] in its covertly by…

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Floods in Victoria Great Losses to Settlers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2

The rainfall in some of the country districts of Victoria has been phano[?] heavy. Thus at Walbails, a mining town in the mountainous part of…

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Floods in Wetor[?]

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 4 May 1901 · page 2

THE rainfall in [?] of Vi[?] heavy [?] town in [?]…

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Floods in China

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1901 · page 2

In the Yang[?] River Valley heavy floods have take place, [?] interruption to telegraphio communication…

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[?] and the Storm

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 4 October 1901 · page 2

[?] his way towards [?] [?] who right, [?] his feet [?] big hand, his knew [?] was [?] in his [?] working a light…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 4 October 1901 · page 4

When farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his foot against a big toad, he know there was trouble in the wind. When, on…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 7 October 1901 · page 4

When farmer Oak, on his way towards his humble cottage one night, struck his foot against a big toad, he knew there was trouble is the wind. When, on striking a light…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1901 · page 4

When farmer Oak, on his towards his humble cottage one night, street his four against a big road he know there was trouble to the wind. When on striking a light in…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 October 1901 · page 4

When farmer Oak, on his way towards his be Cottage one night, strock his for [?] a big [?] there was trouble to the wind. When, on striking a light in…

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Farmer Oak and the Storm

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 21 October 1901 · page 4

When farmer Oak, on his way towards his humbe cottage one night, struck his left against a big toad, he know there ws trouble in the wind. When, on striking a light…

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Storms and Cyclones. in Victoria and Riverina. Melbourne, Friday Morning

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 22 November 1901 · page 4

A very heavy storm of a tropical character broke over Melbourne last evening. Hailstones of an ordinary kind began to fall at first, but rapidly…

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