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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1908

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Heavy Floods

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 25

The flood waters in Brisbane have now subsided. Very heavy rainfalls have been recorded in various parts of the state in the last few days. Several other parts of the…

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Floods at Narrabri. Miles of Country Inundated. Bridge Sweapt Away. Residents Removed in Boats. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 3

The rains in the Narrabri district are the heaviest which been experienced for years. It was thought on Monday, when the Namoi river…

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Floods in Northern New South Wales. The Worst Since 1865. Severe Losses. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 1

Reports show that the floods in the north and north-west are of a most disastrous character. The greatest flood since 1865 thus been…

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The Floods in the Northern Districts. Latest Particulars. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 2

The rainfall at Moree, which ceased on Tuesday, was the heaviest for eleven years, and considerable anxiety is felt by stock-owners in the watercourse country regarding…

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Floods at Wee Waa. the Town Submerged

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 2

Woo Waa is experionoing the full of [?] of the flood on the Namol River. The residents were warned at two 6'clock on Thursday morning to…

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Floods in the North

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 6

Latest news from Narrabri shows that the flood waters have caused widespread devastation. Many houses in the town are under water…

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Storms in America. the Gulf States Swept. Small Villages Destroyed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 2

Very sever wind and rain storms have swept over the three Gulf Statos Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, of the American Federation…

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Mount Royal Safe. Leaking Boilers. Through Atlantic Storms

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1908 · page 8

The Canadian Pacific Railway's steamer Mount Royal, for the safety of which considerable anxiety has been felt, steamed into Queenstown Harbor…

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A Cyclone at Murwillumbah a Boy Killed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 1

A cyclone was experienced at Murwillambah, and several windows were blown out. Chimneys were blown down in all directions. A lad was returning from school when a…

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The Narrabri Floods

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 33

A Narrabri correspondent writes:— Encouraged by the splendid rains just before the flood, farmers were just commencing to pre-pare the soil for the coining season, and a…

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A Flooded Railway Line

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 33

A Collarenebri (N.S.W.) correspondent on Friday reported:—The mails and passengers are still being carried on trollies to Collarenebri East, no train having run since the…

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Storm at Junee. So Points of Rain in 20 Minutes

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 April 1908 · page 2

There was a fierce alarm at Junes on Saturday night, at nine o'clock in 20 minutes 80 points of rain fell, and the town was flooded…

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Floods in China. Two Thousand Persons Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 2

Enormous floods have swept down the Hanking river in China. The floods have inundated a wide area, and 2000 Chinese have been drowned in…

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Thunderstorm at Junee. a Heavy Shower

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 30

On Saturday night there was every indication of rain at Wagga. Great dark clouds overcast the sky, and at short intervale vivid flashes of lightning were seen. That, however,…

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Floods at Moscow. Fifty Thousand Suffere[?]s, London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 2

Very serious floods have occurred at Moscow, and one-fifth of the efty has been in Consequence, under water for several days…

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Moscow Flooded

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 May 1908 · page 2

Great floods have occurred at Moscow. Portion of the city was inundated for several days, and fifty thousand people suffered losses: It is estimated the…

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Heat Wave and Blizzard. Weather Vagaries in Great Britain. the Thames in Flood. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 2

Extraordinary weather conditions have marked the early spring in Great Britain this year. The blttor wintry weather, which was…

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A Coming Storm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 2

M. Hunt, the Commonwealth Metecrelogist, stated in Melbourne yesterday afternoon that a heavy rain storm was travelling rapidly cast…

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A Sailor's Daring Risked His Life to Save the Ship In a Gale Off Cape Horn. Lowered Over the Stern In Icy Water to Secure the Rudder—A Wild Ride In the Sea

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 6

To cling for more than an hour to the disabled rudder of a sailing vessel pitching and tossing in the wild embrace of a Cape Horn gale; to hang to…

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Moscow in Flood. Three Millions of Damage

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 42

The city of Moscow, in Russia, is suffering from a very severe flood. The River Moskva, which runs through the city in serpentine windings, has overflowed its…

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