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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1904

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Damage by Storm at Moscow

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 2

Considerable damage has been done to Moscow by a severe hailstorm, accompanied by a hurricane. Several villages in the vicinity were A bullock killed in Germanton the other day weighed when dressed 1107 pounds. It was one of the Messrs Ross Bros. herd on the Killabong…

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Torrents of Rain. Russians Drowned in the Floods. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 July 1904 · page 2

Extremely heavy rains, resembling mighty torrents have fallen in the Liaotung peninsula and the country is under flood…

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A Great Storm. Over 150 Persons Killed. London, June 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 July 1904 · page 27

A terrible hailstorm and hurricane visited Moscow and its vicinity last. evening. A large part of the city was damaged, and several of the neighbouring villages were…

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The Storm at Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 July 1904 · page 3

At Newcastle the violence of the storm was abundantly manifested, and several houses were unroofed, trees torn up, signs blown down, etc…

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Heavy Rains. Rivers in Flood

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 July 1904 · page 3

The weather in Sydney continues showery, and rain, accompanied by damage by floods, is reported from various parts of the State…

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Another Storm Forecasted

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 3

Following upon the terrible gale of Saturday, a forecast has been issued that another force storm is in progress along the coast, and will reach…

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Gale on the Coast

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 28

The rain storm which set in on the coast with great violence on Friday was continued on Saturday without abatement, and from an early hour in the morning was…

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Floods in New South Wales

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 24

Monday morning's weather map shows that during Saturday and Sunday heavy rain had fallen in the South Coast and Cumberland districts and on the central tableland. In…

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Terrible Gale. a Dwelling Wrecked. Mother and Infant Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 35

A storm which swept over the Avenel (Vic.) district on Friday night and early on Saturday morning struck the residence of a family named Talbett, about 2 a.m., with the…

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A Lost Parliamentary Candidate. a Severe Experience. Hemmed in by Floods. Lives Nine Days on Oats. A Companion Missing. KERANG

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 August 1904 · page 4

Mr J. Lewis, a candidate for the Deniliquin electorate in the New South Wales Assembly, whose whereabouts since Wednesday last were…

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Short Story. a Storm

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 September 1904 · page 2

INTO the dark wet night he disappeared, and never once turned he head to give a last look at the white, angry, little face pressed against the window pane…

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Children's Page. In the Offshore Gale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 September 1904 · page 13

What befel old Tom Lacey and his crew came in the course of the day's work. Fisherman and seal-hunters, such as the folk of Breakheart Harbor, on the east…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Terrific Wind Storm

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 28 September 1904 · page 2

A terrific wind storm, accompanied by heavy rain, occurred at Oodnadatta, South Australia, on Sunday last. Many of the buildings were unroofed…

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Gales in New Zealand. Three Men Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 26

The usual equinoctial gales at the end of September have, been experienced, and on the present occasion have been more severe than for years past. A good deal of minor…

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General Cables. London, Friday. Equinoctial Gales Prevailing

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 3

Equinoctial gales are nor raging, and several shipwrecks, involving some fatalities, have occurred on the coasts…

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A Gale in Progress

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 October 1904 · page 2

A gale has been raging with extraordinary fierceness at Port Arthur…

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Storm at Broken Hill

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 21 October 1904 · page 3

A storm of great severity has passed over Broken Hill, and wrought much damage to buildings roads, and bridges. The rain fell in streets, and…

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The Shaho in Flood

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 24 October 1904 · page 2

Colonel Gadke, a German war correspondent, says that the swollen state of the Shaho frustrated a great Russian night attack upon the Japanese…

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Storm at Nyngan

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 October 1904 · page 29

The town of Nyngan has been swept by a damage-working wind storm. Houses and sheds were unroofed, galvanised iron sent flying through the air, in some instances hundreds…

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Steamer in a Storm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 3

During the storm on Wednesday a large body of excursionists on board the steamer General Gordon on the Hawkesbury River had a lively…

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