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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1902

10 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Severe storm at Narrabri

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 2

A severe storm occurred at Narrabri on Saturday which did much damage to buildings, the wind raged with cyclonic…

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The Sonoma in a Storm

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 2

News has been received that the steamer [?] which left Auckland on April 6, met a gale from the [?] which gradually increased to a hurricane accompanied by a…

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Tidal ware and fire cyclone

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 23 May 1902 · page 2

A tidal wave broke the vessels from their mornings The people fled to the hills The sea partly destroyed Le Carbet Simultaneously a cyclone of fire fell on the…

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LONDON Friday. FATAL storm at Illinois

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 13 June 1902 · page 2

A storm has occurred at Illinois Many persons were killed. There was much damage to crops and the shipping…

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Heavy floods in New Zea land

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 16 June 1902 · page 2

Heavy floods have oocorred at Hawkes Bay in the district of New Zealand…

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Train wrecked by a cyclone

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 3

A train at Ram[?] India has been wrecked by a cyclone Thirteen persons were killed and fifteen injured…

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International News. SYDNEY, Thursday. Storm at Broken Hill

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 October 1902 · page 2

A violence thunderstorm visited Broken Hill last night, [?]panied by heavy winds…

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Wednesday's dust storms

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 2

Severs dust [?] passed over New South Wales and Victoria yesterday. The [?] stopped communication on numbers of Victorian…

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Gale at Peak Hill

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 3

PARK HILL, Saturday.—A violent gale, accompanied by dust and 14 points of [?] occurred at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Several houses were unrodfed. The…

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Destructive cyclone in Queensland

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 December 1902 · page 2

A cyclone has occurred at Brookville, Queensland. A number of houses were levelled. Five inches of rain and bail fell, and there was great…

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