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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1906

125 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 7

Flood Tide

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 3

[?] heavy flood [?] River [?] are so [?] The waters [?]…

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Cyclone in Cuba. Many People Killed. American Troops Abandon Their Camp. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 October 1906 · page 2

A devastating cyclone has swept over the island of Cuba, in Central America. So fierce and sudden was the storm…

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General Cables. the Cyclone in Cuba. Enormous Damage Done. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 2

The cyclone which recently passed over Cuba did enormous damage to the crops the loss being estimated at £2,000,000…

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Cablegrams. Another Cyclone in America. Appalling Destruction. Hundeeds of Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 2

Appalling destruction has been wrought by a cyclone which swept over Central America and the southern parts of the United States…

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A Thunderstorm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 2

The warm weather that has prevailed for the past two or three days culminated last night in a severe electrical disturbance accompanied by a…

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Thunderstorm

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 4

After three or four days' rather hot weather a thunderstorm-- accompanied by vivid lightning-- occurred at about 7.30 p.m. on…

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Serious Storm

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 3

A violent storm passed over Henty about 9 o'clock on Tuesday night. Clouds of dust filled the atmosphere, and the strong gale blowing was…

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Japanese Fishermen Drowned Effects of a Storm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 October 1906 · page 2

In connection with tho incident recently cabled in which 1210 Japanese-fishermen were caught in a storm it has now been ascertained that 822…

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Terrific Storm on the Riviera. Mk. J. G. Bennetts Yacht Wrecked. Coast Strewn with Wreckage London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 November 1906 · page 2

A terrible storm has caused great damage on the Riviera and coasts. The promenades at Nice and Cannes were destroyed and Mr. James Gordon…

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Peary Arctic Expedition. Farthest North Attained. a Storm for Six Consecutive Days. Dogs Eaten for Food. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 November 1906 · page 2

Further particulars have now been received of the hardships Commander Peary had to undergo in order to reach the furthest point north yet…

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The Riviera. a Terrific Storm. Famous Promenades Destroyed. London, November 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 November 1906 · page 42

A terrific storm has been experienced throughout the Riviera, particularly in its western or French portion. The famous fashionable resorts of Nice and Cannes felt…

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A Snow Storm Tragedy. Eight Spaniards Perish

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 2

The France-Spanish frontier has been the scene of a terrible tragedy. A party of eight young Spaniards, six men and two ladies were…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Saturday. Flooding of Wyuna

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 November 1906 · page 3

The Surveyor-General, the Assistant Chief Engineer of Water Supply, and the Engineer of Roads and Bridges, who have been appointed a board to…

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A Record Flood

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 15

The country station master was walking up and down the platform with the air of a director. "Wonderful floods!" he exclaimed, as he lifted his hat to an extra…

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Cablegrams. an Impatient Captain. Resents the Laws Delay. Steams Away in a Thunder-storm. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 3

An emphatic protest against the law's delays has been made by Captain Henderson of the steamer Briandale of Newcastle (England)…

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Great Storm in America. Thirty Persons Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 November 1906 · page 3

Another of the great storms which has swept over North America during the last few months has occurred. The scene of th latest disaster is…

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Cablegrams. Chinese in South Africa Storms Meeting an Johannesburg. Rival Opinions. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 November 1906 · page 2

A mass meeting convened by the mayor at the instance of Archdeacon Furse and the Rev. Mr Burnett, Wesleyan Minister, who are supporting…

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A Whisky Flood. Persons Nearly Drowned. London, November

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 42

Gray's Distillery, in Glasgow, has been the scene of a disastrous mishap, which resulted in the death of one person, and the narrow escape of a number of others…

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Disastrous Flood in Arizona. Bursting of a Dam. Fifty Lives Lost. London

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

Intelligence is to hand of a disaster involving great loss of life in the mining town of clifton, Arizona. Heavy floods caused the bursting of…

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General Cables. a South African Mine Flooded. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 2

The Valley Mine at Gwenda in Rhodesia was flooded by a water spout. Two whites were drowned and 50…

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