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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1907

16 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Treasures Guarded by Floods

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 4

Passing along on his bus by the Bank of England the average citizen , who looks down on the night guard of soldiers entering,…

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[?] Storms Cooma. Sheep Drowned

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 3

Yesterday the weather was sultry, and inwards the afternoon dark appeared is the west, and a heavy [?] over the town. The…

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Cooktown wrecked by a cyclone. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1907 · page 2

The greater part of Cooktown, northern Queensland, has been wrecked by a eyelone. There were several socidents, but no lives were…

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The Cocktown Cyclone. Vessel's Fate in Doubt. a Carrier's Losses

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 2

Mr.Thomas M'Lean, a packer, has had the misfortune to lose eleven of his horses, together with all his loading for the tie miners. The water…

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Storm in Central Africa

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 4

Sir Harry H. Johnston, late special commissioner and commander-in-chief for Uganda, describe in "Cassell's" for January, a storm…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Friday. Violent Storms at Wollongong

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 2

The Wollongong Show was opened on Thursday. Violent thunderstorm occurred in the afternoon and carried away most…

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Wheat Ship in a Gale

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 3 June 1907 · page 2

The ship Glenlni, wheat laden from Adelaide to South Africa, arrived off Otago Heads N.Z. on Thursday afternoon, and singalled for the…

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Heavy rain in Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 June 1907 · page 2

Heavy rain fell all the day in Sydney. The Canterbury Park races were postponed till Tuesday. In the football…

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Heavy rain in England. Crops Affected

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 2

Several weeks continuous rain has been experienced in the United Kingdom. Great damage has been occasioned to the crops and fruit…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Friday. Gales on the Coast

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1907 · page 2

[?] continue on the coast. The part three months have been exceptionally dry, with notable high winds…

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Heavy rain In New Guines

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1907 · page 2

Rain has fallen incessantly in New Guines for four months…

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Great floods in Italy

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 4 November 1907 · page 2

Di[?]strone floods, accompained by loss of life, have occurred in Northern Italy. The damage to embankments and hydraulic works…

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Phenomenal Storm in Northern Suburbs

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 November 1907 · page 2

A phenomenal storm passed over Sydney at 8 o'clock on Saturday night. In the northern suburbs hailstone the size of hen eggs fell,…

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Thunderstorms in New South Wales

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 2

Thunderstorms [?] in Sydney and parts of the coast, Bathrust and else where last night…

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Severe storms in the south. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 16 December 1907 · page 2

Severe storms occured at Albury and Wagga on Sunday night, which caused suspension of telegraph business…

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Short Story The Flooded Gallery

Delegate Argus · Friday 27 December 1907 · page 7

Away up in Trumgelly, in Walea, they all the story to this day, and the memory of it moistens the eyes of many a rough gray-bearded miner. It was a hot July…

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