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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1908

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"Through the Vortex of a Cyclone."

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 3

Mr. Hope Hodgson describes in the November "Cornbill" a strange seafaring experience. This is termed "Through the Vortex of a Cyclone."…

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French in Morocco. Snow-storm Kills Thirty Men. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 3

The disaster which overlook the French Foreign Legion near Fort Hassa, Moracen, when a sudden snowstorm decimated their ranks, has resnited in the death of…

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Cablegrams. Pennsylvanian Floods Twenty Thousand Persons Workless. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 3

Calamitous floods have occurred at Pennsylvania, U.S.A., the city of Pittsburg having suffered the most severely. Many quarters of the…

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More Bountiful Rains. Wednesday's Storm

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 8

Between one and two o'clock on Wednesday a thunder storm passed over the town, the downpour lasting about 20 minutes. It…

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A Sensational Gale. in the British Isles. Enormous Damage Reported. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 2

A terrific gale occurred in the Midlands, the North-West of England, and in Ireland, accompanied by a [?] of extraordinary violence, Hundreds of…

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Rain and Floods

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 5

Many farms in the West [?] are now under water owing to the besting of numerates due and the overflowing of many creek. [?] by the…

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More Serious Floods. Macdonald River Rises Porty Feet. Great Damage to Crops. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 3

As a result of the recent heavy downfalls of rain, serious floods have [?] on the Lower Hawkesbury, Most of the streams banks, theory…

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Furious Gale England and Ireland Visited. Extensive Damage. London, February 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 42

A furious gale raged throughout the midland and north-western counties of England and also over a large portion of Ireland on Saturday. It was accompanied by a terrific…

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Destructive Storm at Kalgoorlie. Public Buildings injured. The Electric Light and Power Temporarily Suspended. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 1

A terrific cyclone pasted over Kalgoorlie yesterday, and caused great damage. The new town-hall was partly destroyed, and a number of buildings were blown down…

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Floods in the Worth, the Countey Submerged

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1908 · page 47

In consequence of phenomenally heavy and incessant rainfall since Saturday great tracts of country throughout the Lower Hunter district are under water on Monday last…

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Heavy Storm at Windsor

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 3

A heavy storm, accompanied by hail, swept over the Windeor district last night, and occasioned great damage to buildings, croups, orchards, live…

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Floods Predicted

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 3

Mr. H. A. Hunt, Federal Meteorologist issued the following special forecast on Tuesday:--"A cyclone has developed over Australia from a monsoonal…

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Floods in Northern New South Wales. Heavy Rain in Queensland SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 2

Very heavy rains have fallen in the Brisbane district, and many parts of the low lying suburbs are submerged. Constable Murtagh, of Fortitude Valley, lost his life while…

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Floods in N.s W. and Queensland. Town of Tamworth Submerged

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 2

Armidale on Sunday reported torihe sams, and the rivers wore rising rapidly, while at Tamworth nourly six months of rain had, fallen since Friday…

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Enormous Damage Reported Flood Waters Receding. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 2

Later advices from Tamworth state that the floods have greatly damaged all the business places in Pool and Brinbano-streets, Private property in…

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Great Floods at Tamworth Damages Estimated at £50,000. a Young Man Browned. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 3

[?] a devastation has been caused at Tamworth by the [?] the business people in peel and Bri[?] streets particularly being heavy [?]…

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Corowa Police Court. Wednesday, March 18, '08. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 7

P. P. Board v. David Anderson. Mr. Archer appeared for the Pastures Protection Board, and asked that the information be withdrawn…

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Corowa Small Debts Court. Wednesday, March 18, 'o8. (Before Sir. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 7

E. J. Travis v. E. O'Rourke, claim £410. Verdict for amount claimed. W. J. Gray v, R. N. Bull, claim,…

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Floods in Queensland. Twelve Inches of Rain in Twenty-four Hours. Brisbane

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 31

Brisbane yesterday morning awoke to find itself suffering from some of the inconveniences which have marked disastrous floods of the past…

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Floods in the North Damage in New South Wales. Tamworth Inundated. Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 31

Very heavy rains fell on Saturday and yesterday over the north-eastern and coastal portions of New South Wales, occasioning floods in some places. The…

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