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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1903

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A Day to Be Remembered. a Memorable Dust Storm

The Riverine Grazier · Thursday 8 January 1903 · page 2

Tuesday last was a day to be remembered—a day of note in a noteworthy season. It was one of these days of dustiness which are becoming…

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A Heavy Storm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 28

A correspondent from Adelong says:—A very heavy windstorm passed over the town on 6th inst. It travelled in an easterly direction, and resulted in a…

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A Dust Storm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 28

The Narandera Argus thus describes b recent duststorm:—It takes a lot in the way of a duststorm to astonish district residents of late years, and although…

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Floods in Western Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 29

A great flood is reported from the Upper Fitzroy. The telegraph lines have been interrupted for some days. It appears that the river and creeks started rising…

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Floods in Scotland

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 2

As the result of a 50 hours rainfall in Scotland an unprecedented flood prevails between the Forth and Lech Text. Great losses of stock are…

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Floods in Scotland. Great Loss of Stock. London, February 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 27

Bain has been falling continuously in Scotland for over 50 hours, with the result that floods absolutely unprecedented have occurred. The greatest fall has been in the…

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Floods in Scotland. the Clyde Overflows. London, February 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 27

Unsettled weather continues in Scotland, and serious floods have again been occasioned. A. 70-hours' fall of ruin caused the Clyde to burst its banks at Rutherglen, a suburb two…

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Dust Storms

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 2

Nearly all day on Saturday, a cool north wind raised clouds of dust, which, towards evening, Increased in volume, Between five and six…

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The Storm at Hay. (From the " Grazier.'')

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 2

On Saturday the town experienced another of those heart-breaking duststorms which have been so frequent this summer. On this occasion the dust came form the north. From early morning a…

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Storms in Queensland

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 2

A terrible storm occurred at Boercondarra station, Queensland, yesterday. A falling tree killed one man and injured eight others…

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Fierce Gale in Britain. War Ships in Danger. London

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 2

Tremendous storms have visited the whole of Great Britain and Ireland causing heavy loss of life and damage to property…

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A Fierce Gale. Great Britain Visited. Enormous Damage Done. London, February 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 27

Terrible storms have daring the past 48 hours swept over the whole of Great Britain and Ireland. The loss of life has been heavy, and the damage from storm and rain,…

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Floods in America. Forty Thousand Men Out of Work. London. March 2

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1903 · page 27

Unusually heavy rain has fallen in Pennsylvania, causing severe floods. A tract of country 56 miles in extent has been submerged, stopping mining operations, and…

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More Dust Storms

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

Those who consoled themselves with the reflection that the summer dust storms were to be reckoned among things of the past with the…

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A Queensland Cyclone. Brisbane

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 March 1903 · page 2

A terrific cyclone is reported from Townsville. Sheets of iron were flying about the streets like paper. The barometer is falling rapidly…

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Cyclone in North Queensland. Townsville Suffers. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Wednesday 11 March 1903 · page 2

The Deputy Postmaster-General has received the following departmental telegram from Townsville:—"A terrific cyclone is raging here. Sheets of iron are blowing…

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Disastrous Cyclone. BRISBANE

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 3

The Telegraph Department received the following message this morning from Townsville"—Blowing a hurricane here since about midnight; fear Bowen must have had…

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The Townsville Cyclone. Further Particulars

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 3

In Tuesday's issue information of a very meagre character was published in the effect that Townsville and Bowen had been visited by another…

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Heavy Rain in Queensland. Over Five Inches at Charters Towers. a Man Drowned. Brisbane, March 11

The Independent · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 3

Advices from Charters Towers slate that 527 points of rain fell on Monday. A man named George Bodmin was drowned in the river…

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The Peregrine. Encounters the Storm. Sydney, March 11

The Independent · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 3

The steamer Peregrine arrived here to-day from Brisbane. The captain reports that a terrible storm occurred at 6 o'clock on Monday morning, accompanied by…

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