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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1907

78 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 4

The Gales in England. Lifeboat Capsized

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 3

While putting off to the assistance of a vessel in distress during the recent gales the lifeboat at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, was capsized and two…

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Gale In Sydney. Loss of Life

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 29

A very strong gale raged in Sydney and along the coast for some hours on Sunday. It ranged from 28. to 43 miles an hour in speed, but was occasionally…

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Storm Costs £1,000,000. Riviera in Ruins

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

The tale of the damage done by the great storm on the Riviera is a fearful one. The storm was the most disastrous experienced for a quarter of a…

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Cyclone at Cooktown. Much Damage Done. Brisbane

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 43

The acting deputy Postmaster-General (Mr. M'Conachie) received a telegram from the postmaster at Cooktown via Cairns at 9 o'clock this morning, which read:—"Gale…

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An Eventful Voyage the Bailie Post Stanley. Succession of Storms

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

The barque Port Stanley arrived in [?]sons Bay from New York yesterday morning, and dropped anchor off Wit[?]mstown to a want port inspection…

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Cyclone at Gunnedah

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 6

A terrific cyclone struck Gunnedah about 3 o'clock on Thursday afternoon. It was accompanied by hail and heavy rain. The roof of the Grand Central…

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Houses on Ice. Swept Before a Gale. London, February 3

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 42

A remarkable occurrence took place during a heavy storm on Lake Michigan. The force of the gale was so great that 20 houses in the Canadian village of Sand…

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Flood in Algeirs a Seaport Submerged. Famine Threatening. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 February 1907 · page 2

A terrible flood is reported to have occurred at Bona, a seaport of Algeria, on the Mediterranean, with 28,000 inhabitants, where an exposed…

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Town Flooded. an Algerian Disaster. London, February 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 42

Bona, a fortified seaport town in Algeria to the north of the mouth of the Seba River, has been flooded, with consequent extensive damage to property, and…

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The Storm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 March 1907 · page 12

All through the sultry lazy hours The sun shines hotly down; His fierce rays withering the flowers. But see! an ugly frown…

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Terrific Storm, the Inhabitants in Terror

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 46

A terrible storm of cyclonic violence struck Bodangora, a small town 250 miles west of Sydney, about 8 o'clock on Monday night, doing considerable damage…

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Cyclone Sweeps Bodangora Many Buildings Unroofed. Trees Blown 100 Yards. BODANGORA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 March 1907 · page 4

A terrific storm of cyclonic violence struck the town at 8 o'clock last night, doing considerable damage. Scarcely a place escaped…

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Ship in a Storm. A Timely Rescue

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 9 March 1907 · page 3

In latitude 47.5 north and longitude 128.10 west, during furious squalls and hail, the British ship Barcore, which reached Port…

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Floods in America. Great Loss and Suffering. a Hundred Thousand Men Idle. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 March 1907 · page 5

Storms of unprecedented violence have occurred in the States of Ohio, Virginia and Kentucky. So great was the downpour that all…

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By Flood and Fire. Huge Losses in America. Flooded City Burnt. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 March 1907 · page 2

The floods in the States of Ohio. Virginia, and Kentucky, are now subsiding, but immense and widespread damage is reported…

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Floods in America. Several States Suffer. London, March 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 42

Storms of unprecedented violence have swept over the United States. Ohio, Virginia, and Kentucky were the States principally affected. The rivers rose…

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Health-Making Storms

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 March 1907 · page 4

What the tide does in the ocean of water, storms do in the ocean of air deleterious and poi-onous germs-are removed or killed…

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The Thaw Murder Trial Report of the Lunacy Commission. Prisoner Proved Insane. Suffering From Brain Storm. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 2

The Commission in Lunacy appointed to examine in private Harry Thaw, the Pittsburg millionaire, who murdered Stanford White in Madison Gardens…

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Nine Novels a Day Flood of Fiction Last Year

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 7

The "Publishers' Circular" announces that [?]985 new books were published in 1906, and 1618 new editions issued, so that the grand total for the year was…

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Storm on the Coast

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 5

A very severe storm is racing on the coast. There was a tremendous sea off Sydney Heads this morning and the wind at times reached a…

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