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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1907

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Gales on the coast. Vessel Sho[?] on Stockton Beach

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 2

Fierce gales, accompanied by heavy seas, are raging along the coast. Many vessels were complied to return to port, while others are sheltering at various places. Last…

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The Famine in China Millions Starved by Flood

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 May 1907 · page 4

In a land where scarcely a year goes by without the crops failing in some one of the many provinces, the word "famine" has a different significance…

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Wheat Ship in a Gale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 33

The ship Glenlui, wheat-laden from Adelaide to South Africa, arrived off Otago Heads (N.Z.) on Friday and signalled for the pilot. The tug Plucky went out, and…

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In the Grip of the Storm

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 3

To some, in search of relaxation from the stress of life, a sail on the broad ocean presents by far the greatest attraction, and…

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Cloud-Burst and Flood. Twenty Lives Lost. London, June 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 43

Through a cloud-burst and flood the village of gradyville, in adair County, Kentucky, has been almost entirely destroyed. The disaster was accompanied by serious…

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Will There Be Another Deluge?

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 2

Many geologists declare that another deluge is within the bounds of possibility, and that it may take place at any time…

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Perils of Ballooning. Race in a Thunderstorm. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 3 July 1907 · page 2

The recent ballooning fatalities have not had a deterrent effect on the enthusiastic aeronauts who have a taken up ballooning as a pastime. Several balloons ascended…

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Heavy Rain in the United Kingdom. Agricultural Prospects Affected

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

For several weeks past heavy and continuous rain lias fallen throughout the United Kingdom and has done a considerable amount of damage…

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Cablegrams. America and Japan Admiral Yamamoto Interviewed. Storm Will Disappear. in the Waters of the Pacific. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 2

Although the diplomatists assembled at the Hague entertain the opinion that the relations between Japan and the United States are really strained the…

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Mail Coach Burnt. Ignited During Thunderstorm

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 July 1907 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Wilcannia mail coach, which left Bourke last night, was, with the mails, destroyed by fire at Yanda Station, about…

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Beer for Transvaal Natives Storm of Popular Opposition. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 2

The agitation against the Transvaal Government's new Liquor Bill, which legalises the sale of beer to native workers in the mines, is increasing. The…

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Floods in Fremantle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 33

A Perth (W.A.) report of Friday last was as follows:—Very heavy rain fell at Fremantle early this morning, and later in the day, and at times many of the streets in the town were…

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Gales on the East Coast a Remarkable Harbor Incident

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 3

A heavy northerly gale raged along the coast and over Sydney Harbor to-day. The greatest Velocity of the wind registered was 62 miles per hour…

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The Storm in the West

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 32

The Albany "Telegraph" states that the steamer Brennonshire, from Port Pirie, sustained considerable damage during a storm. Her hand steering gear was struck by a…

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WODONGA. Wednesday. a Violent Storm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 August 1907 · page 3

A violent storm broke over Wodonga this evening doing a deal of damage, roofs of sheds, etc., being blown off, and trees uprooted. The streets…

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The Corowa Show Wrecked Struck by a Cyclonic Storm Blast Travels 70 Miles an Hour. Great Damage Done. Tremendous Excitement. a Miraculous Escape. a Roof Falls on the Crowd. All Side-show's Levelled with the Ground. Corowa

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 August 1907 · page 3

Exactly at 3.12 p.m. to-day a westerly cyclonic storm, travelling at an enormous rate of speed, struck Corowa, and wreeked the 1907 Show of the Corowa P.A…

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Second Day. a Memorable Storm. Corowa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 August 1907 · page 46

A more ideal morning for an agricultural show than that of Wednesday never dawned in Riverina. In the early morning there was a comparatively sharp frost, and later…

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The Corowa Show. Sunshine and Cyclone

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 4

President: Mr. Homy Hay. Vice-Presidents: Messrs. J.G. Gray and R.J.G. Morkham. Tresurer: Mr. C. T. Brewer…

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The Cyclone

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 2

Last Wednesday's cyclone visited Albury, Beebworth, wangagaratta, and other district centres, but the damages done was slight compared to that…

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Monowai Towed to Port. Disabled in a Gale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 September 1907 · page 43

The disabled steamer Monowai, of the Union Company's fleet, was picked up 294 miles from Sydney by the Mokoia, another Union liner, on Thursday…

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