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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1904

71 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 4

Cablegrams. War. At Port Arthur. Flooding Russian Entrenhments. Dynamiting Important Positions. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 November 1904 · page 2

Mr. Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," reports that the Russian troops still hold the forts of the Liatishan…

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Storm at Tumut

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 November 1904 · page 28

The "Tumut Times" says:—A tremendou heavy thunderstorm was experienced, about ½in. of rain falling in a space of about 10 minutes. During the night further heavy falls…

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Severe Dust Storm

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 November 1904 · page 2

About [?] yesterday afternoon the town was visited by a dust storm of short duration, but of great severity, 1 culominating is a rain and hall storm…

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Great Storm at Tumut

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 November 1904 · page 3

A disastrous storm swept over Tumut this afternoon. A considerable amount of damage was done to property. Shops and dwellings were…

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Germanton. the Storm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 November 1904 · page 4

A terrific thunderstorm accompanied by wind of cyclonic force passed over the town to-day. Dense clouds of dust enveloped the place causing much…

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Henty. Great Damage by the Storm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 November 1904 · page 4

About 2 p.m. to-day a most terrific dust storm passed over the township. It was a regular tornado, and was followed by a heavy thunder and hail…

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Thursday's Storm

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 November 1904 · page 2

Although considerable damage was done in the district by the strung gales which raged last Thursday afternoon fortunately no fatality occured. Reports of numerous minor casualties have…

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Gales in the North Sea

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 November 1904 · page 2

Immense gales, doing fearful damage, have occurred in the North Sea, and many small vessels and fishing boats have been lost…

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Barque in a Gale. Two Men Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 16

The French barque Jacques, bound from Troon, in Scotland, to Hobart for orders, put into Sydney on Saturday for repairs. The vessel had a sensational voyage, losing two of…

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Another View of the Case. Prevention From Floods

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 December 1904 · page 3

The landholders between Strathmerton and Cobram, whose lands previous to the loves being constructed were Subject to floods, are very…

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Port Arthur To-day. Last Battleship Gone. Torpedoed in a Snow Storm. A Deserted City. No Vessel Afloat in Port LONDON, 16th December

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 December 1904 · page 4

The Russian battleship Sevastopol, which was taken out of Port Arthur harbor into the outer roadstead, in order to escape the fire of the Japanese…

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