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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1905

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Severe Thunderstorm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 3

A severe thunderstorm passed over the city this afternoon, but its effects have not cooled the air to any great extent…

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Disastrous Gales. Portions of London Flooded. London, December 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 27

A gale which sprang up suddenly, and lasted only a few hours, wrought great havoc in portions of England yesterday. Several fatalities occurred by land and sea. The…

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Destructive Storms. Intense Cold in Europe. Blizzard at New York. London, January 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 27

The weather on the Continent has been exceptionally cold and tempestuous and advices from New York show that similar conditions have prevailed there…

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Tidal Flood. English Watering Places Suffer. London, Jan. 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1905 · page 27

Owing to tidal floods enormous damage has been done to the piers at several towns on the east coast of England. The piers and promenades at the well-known…

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Cyclone

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 3

On Monday afternoon a cyclone passed over the township. Though it only lasted a short time, considerable damage was done. The lightning and…

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Storm at Wangaratta

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 2

A thunder storm of extraordinary violence passed over the district at half-past 4 on Monday afternoon, bringing a very heavy rain. One inch…

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Fall of Rock. a District Flooded. London, Jan. 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 24

A remarkable accident occurred yesterday in Norway. At Lake Leonvaud, in Bergen, an enormous mass of earth fell away. It created a wave 20ft. high, which…

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Floods at Rockhampton. Hundreds of Snakes Destroyed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 17

The wharves at Rockhampton are now all clear, the flood-waters haying receded. As a result of the floods hundred of snakes have made their appearance. In…

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A Summer Storm

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

MRS JACK WEST[?] ran up tho little garden-path, and rushed into the house in a very school-girlish manner. ‘Jack, dear I’ she exclaimed, before she was fairly,…

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Telegrams. (Interstate.) New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Heavy Rain

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 2

There was very heavy rain in Sydney to-day and a thunderstorm this afternoon interfered with sports and other outdoor amusements. The…

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Severe Thunderstorm in Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 February 1905 · page 3

A terrific thunderstorm passed over Sydney to-night. So heavy was the rain that the tram trallic was disorganised for some considerable time…

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Floods in Sydney. Fifty Families Destitute

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 4 April 1905 · page 2

The floods in sydney caused by the incessant rains late on Saturday night when over 3½ inches were registered, are having serious results…

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Floods in Sydney. George-street West Inundated. Many Families Homeless. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 35

It rained incesantly in Sydney and suburbs for several hours throughout last night, with the result that flooding occurred in the low-lying portions of the city…

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The Bogan Flood

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 April 1905 · page 3

A Dandaloo correspondent to the Trangic paper gives the following account of the flood in the Bogan as it affected the people of Dandaloo:—At…

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General War News, London, Tuesday, Rain and Dust Storms in Manchuria

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 2

A severe delago of rain has succeeded long-continued and extensive dust storms which have been raging in Manchuria…

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Heavy Rain in the City

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 May 1905 · page 2

Heavy rain fell in the city and suburbs on Saturday morning…

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General Cables. London, Tuesday. the Mississippi in Flood. Damage Estimated at Millions

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 June 1905 · page 2

Advices from Chicago announce that a disastrous flood has come down the Mississippi river, which has wrought incalculable damage…

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General Cables. London, Wednesday. Heavy Rain in New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 June 1905 · page 2

An exceptionally heavy fall of rain occurred in New York yesterday, with the result that a number of underground tube railways were flooded…

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Storm at Constantinople

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 June 1905 · page 2

A terrific storm has wrought great havoc at Stamboul (Constantinople), the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Several houses have collapsed owing…

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Poetry. Heart- Storms

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 1

THE shadow night is falling, Bat the shore is sunlit yet Oh tranquil tide, what a flood you bear Of bitter and wild regret!…

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