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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

134 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 7

American Earthquake. Mount Baker in Eruption. Broken Waterpipes Flood House. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 2

The earthquake shooks which were felt yesterday afternoon and evening at Senttle, Bellingham, Tacoma (Washington State), and at Vancouver and Victoria…

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Socialism in Saxony, Attempt to Storm King's Palace. Mounded Police Repulse Rioters. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 2

The Dresden correspondent of "The Standard" has forwarded to his journal news of the occurrence of a serious political riot in the capital of Saxony…

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Storm at Urana

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3
Also in The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express

A Tornado passed over the Urana district on Sunday about 6 p.m. Two dwelling house were wrecked and the roofs of several stables and shed were torn off,…

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Heavy Rain

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 2

Advices received from Bathurst state that over an inch of rain fell in a few minutes yesterday at Athlone. In all parts of the Bathurst district the…

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Disaster at Johannesburg. Bursting Dam Floods a Mine. 160 Lives Lost. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Johannesburg reports the occurrence of a serious catastrophe at the Witwatersrand mine. Knight' dam burst and the released…

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The Bathurst Floods

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 32

A Bathurst correspondent writes:— Further Particulars of the storm at Perthville and George's Plains show that 4in. of rain fell in two hours, silting up the…

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Mine Flooded 160 Lives Lost. London, January 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1909 · page 47

Reuter's correspondent at Johannesburg reports the bursting of Knight's dam, with the result that the W[?]waterstrand gold mine, which is supplied with water, was…

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Imprisoned in a Flooded Mine. Twenty-four Natives Rescued. After Ten Days. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 1 February 1909 · page 2

A serious catastrophe occurred at the Witwatersrand mine at Jo[?] on January 31. Knight's dam burst and the released waters [?]ooded the mine. The…

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New South Wales Storms. Towns Flooded

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 31

The weather map issued on Monday morning shows that, a large portion of the State has been affected by a disturbance, which, accompanied by thunderstorms, yielded heavy…

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Flooded Mine. Johannesburg Disaster. London, January 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 41

A week ago the bursting of Knight's dam, at Johannesburg, caused the Witwatersrand gold-mine, which it supplied with water, to be flooded. Ten whites and…

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Cablegrams. Floods in Central Europe. Sudden Melting of the Snows. Whole Towns Inundated. Rivers Rising Rapidly. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 February 1909 · page 2

Floods of extraordinary magnitude, caused by the sudden and premature melting of the snows on the mountains, are occurring in Saxony, Thuringia, [?], and…

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Cablegrams. Floods in Central Europe. Many Lives Lost. Precarious Position at Dresden. Bridges Crushed by Ice. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 2

The extraordinary floods in Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, and the Tyrol, caused by the sudden of the snows on the mountains, are hourly becoming more…

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Bursting of a Reservoir. Streets of Newcastle Flooded. Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 11 February 1909 · page 2

The Obelisk Hill reservoir at Newcastle, which was seriously affected by the district, burat to-day, and large volu[?] of water…

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Floods Abating. London, February 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 42

The ice floes in the Elbe are melting, and all danger is over. The floods in some of the western streams are abating…

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Floods In Germany. Snows Suddenly Melt. Whole Towns Under Water. London, February 6

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 42

Extraordinary floods have occurred in Germany and Southern Austria owing to the sudden molting of the mountain snows. The districts most affected are…

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Thunderstorm at Henty

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 2

A fierce thunderstorm followed by a heavy downpour of rain occurred at Henty about 5 o'clock yesterday evening. The rain lasted about 15…

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Terrific Storm Near Narrabri. [?] in the [?]Ndewar Mountains. Men Perched in Trees. Six Inches of Rain in an

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 2 March 1909 · page 3

Reports have [?] been [?] that a terrific storm [?] mountain. 20 miles from [?]…

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When King Storm Ruled. the [?] Stoce[?] an Electric [?]Play of Unparalleled [?]Deur

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 3

"The [?]…

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Storms in America. London, March 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 42

The snowstorms which swept across the United States towards the end of last week did ,great damage and caused much inconvenience…

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