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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1906

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"Turn Your Trousers Up!" Heavy Rain in London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 2

A very heavy downpour of rain for London, was experienced yesterday. Over two inches of rain fell in nine…

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Floods and Snakes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 2

It is reported that snakes are to be seen in threat numbers since the rising of the river. Yesterday Mr. F. W. Shepard, manager of the Albury…

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Floods on the Murray

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 3

The Murray river is still rising, and so great is the flood that the Victorian railway system to Tocumwal is interrupted. The railway station at…

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Heavy Rains in London. Severe Floods. London, July 1

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 15

A tropical downpour of rain took o'ace in the valley of the Thames on Thursday, and caused the river to become greatly swollen. This has been succeeded by a…

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Floods on the Murrumbidgee. Dam at Cudgell Creek Bursts

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 2

In consequence of the high flood which is coming down the Murrumbidgee the irrigation works are being put to a severe strain. A large dam…

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The Duma at Work. Warning to the Government. "The Coming Storm."

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 2

A heated debate has just taken place in the Duma over the Bielostock massacres. The liberal and Opposition members…

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Terrific Storms. Hailstones Like Oranges. London. July 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 15

Terrific storms have raged throughout Southern Europe. They were especially severe at Valencia, in Spain, Hailstones fell aa large as oranges, and smashed in…

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Exciting Experience. Boggy Upset in a Flooded Cpeek. Bank Manger's Swin for Life. Echuca

The Independent · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 4

A thrilling experience befel Mr J. D. Ferrier, manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Echuca. A large area of country between Moama and Barmah is…

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The Czar Moves at Last. Hurls the Gauntlet Duma to Be Dissolved. Mutterings of the Storm Later

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 July 1906 · page 2

Nicholas 11. has decided on a momentous step, fraught with dancer to the Romanoff dynasty. To-day, after a long and anxious…

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Floods at Tocumwal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 July 1906 · page 2

The river has now iallen sufficiently to allow traffic on the lower river road, but the damage done by the Hood to the approaches to the various…

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Floods in New Zealand. Thousands of Stock Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 July 1906 · page 38

Bad weather has been experienced over many parts of New Zealand. At Poverty Bay the flats were inundated with one of the heaviest floods ever known. The…

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The Murray in Flood

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 2

Between Wednesday morning and yesterday a rise of one foot nine inches was recorded in the height of the Murray River at Albury. Reports…

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Floods at Tocumwal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 8 August 1906 · page 2

The river at Tocumwal is again rising very rapidly, and is almost 18 feet above summer level. The railway line is under water in places, and the vard…

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A Fatal Flood. the Colorado Overflows. Relief Train's Cut Off

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 3

Owing to heavy rains the River Colorado—which rises near Pikes Peak in the Rocky Mountains, and flows into the Golf of California through the…

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Floods at Tocumwal

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 2

The river at Tocumwal is still rising. It is now over 18 feet above summer level. The work done by local residents in building a corduroy…

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INTERCOLONIAL. Floods in New Zealand

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 28

Under date July 28, a report says:—One of the most trying and exciting experiences in connection with the floods in the Poverty Bay districts was that of Mrs…

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Floods in Senegambia. Many Natives Doomed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 2

Telegrams from West Africa report great floods on the Senegal River. Nearly the whole of the French settlement of Kayes, on the river,…

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Victoria. the Great Snow-storm. Plays Havoc with Telephones Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 August 1906 · page 3

The lines of 342 out of the 434 subscribers of the Ballarat Telephone Exchange have been cut off as the result of yesterday's great snowstorm…

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Flood and Famine in India

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 September 1906 · page 3

Heavy foods have been experienced in Bengal and East Bengal, which, following on poor harvests, have caused a serious famine…

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"Turn Up Your Trousers." Heavy Rain in London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 2

The abnormal heat has been followed by a heavy rainfall in London, and the Home Counties. Consequently, the heat-wave is…

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