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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1905

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Gales at Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 29

Heavy Rales were experienced in the vicinity of Wyalong during the early part of last week. A cyclone of limited dimensions is reported to have passed over the country between Wyalong and Wambovne. In…

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Upper Murray. KHANCOBAN. The Murray in Flood

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 2

Our noble stream is over its banks, submerging miles of country, the proximate cause being the heavy rain of Saturday night and Sunday, the 8th and 9th. As…

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The Murray in Flood. Tocumwal in Danger. Railway Closed for Traffic. Tocumwal

The Independent · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 3

The river this evening registers 19 feet above summer level at Tocumwal-bridge, and issuing fast, Mr. R. Hennesey, one of the oldest settlers in the district, who can…

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Original Correspondence. Heights of Floods in the Murray. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 2

Sir,--In reference to the sensation of last week, the flood, I wish to say that the driftwood of error brought down by the stream of tradition has…

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The Murray in Flood

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 July 1905 · page 3

Writing under last Monday's date a Tocumwal correspondent stated:--"The river this evening registers 19 feet above summer level at…

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The Murray in Flood. Tocumwal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 July 1905 · page 4

The river has fallen another three inches, and to-night registers 18 feet 5 inches at Tocumwal-bridge. The Tuppal coach left to-day for the first…

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The Murray Floods. Tocumwal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 July 1905 · page 3

At Tocumwal Bridge the river has fatten 13 inches altogether, and now stands 17[?]t 11 inches above summer level. It is falling very slowly…

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The Flood

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 July 1905 · page 2

The river at Tocumwal has fallen a foot from the point which it reached at the height of the flood, but it will be Monday at the earliest before the…

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The Murray Floods. TOCUMWAL

The Independent · Friday 28 July 1905 · page 3

As the flood waters are draining off, the damages which the roads and approaches to the bridges have sustained is becoming apparent, and the Department of Roads and…

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Floods in Korea. London, August 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 26

Heavy rains are still falling at the theatre of war. The rivers in Korea are flooded, and many bridges have been swept away, The consequence is that the…

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The Flood

The Independent · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 2

The Murray river on Monday last reached a height of 28 feet, which is the highest recorded since the 12th September, 1894, when it registered…

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Channel Fleet in a Storm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 August 1905 · page 2

While the British Channel Fleet, which, under the command of Admiral Wilson and is making a cruise in the Baltin, was leaving the Da[?]rish…

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Floods in Ireland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 30 August 1905 · page 2

Heavy rain has fallen in ireland and great damage by floods in reported from all paris of the country, in public nearly of inches of rain was…

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Latest by Telegraph. Latest News From Sydney. Heavy Gales on the Coast. a Yacht Wrecked. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 September 1905 · page 2

Strong gales, with tremendous sens, continue along the roast. The yacht Fairlee, which arrived last night from Hobart, was driven on the beach…

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Floods in China

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 2

It is reported from Shanghai that great floods are devastating the valley of the Yang-Tse-Kiang, Musung and Puting districts in particular suffering…

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Floods in the Punjaur

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 2

Large tracts of country in the Punjaub district of India, have been submerged by floods owing to the recent heavy rains. Thousands of cattle…

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Floods In the Punjab. Great Damage Done. London. September 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 27

There have been extensive and very destructive floods in the Punjab, in the north- west of India. Large tracts of country have been flooded. Thousands of cattle have been…

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General Cables. London. Sunday. a Destructive Cyclone

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

A cyclone has ploughed its way through the centre of Malmsbury, one hundred houses have been razed to the grouned, six persons killed, and many…

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Mishap to an Atlantic Liner. the Campania Flooded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 October 1905 · page 2

Owing to the unexpected flooding in heavy weather of the decks of the steamships Compania, one of the great "ocean greyhounds," off the Great…

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The Breaking of the Storm

The Independent · Friday 27 October 1905 · page 2

It is now many months since public attention was first directed to the administration of our Lands Department. In the interval that has elapsed great…

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