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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

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Floods in West Australia

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1909 · page 32

The latest reports from Northam (W.A.) show that the thunderstorms, which occurred in that district on Tuesday, were the heaviest experienced within the memory of…

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Appalling Floods. Thousands of Houses Washed Away. Death-roll Estimated at 10,000

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 7 April 1909 · page 3

Hyderabad in the north of India, has been devastated by a flood of appalling destructiveness, which has swept thousands of panic-stricken…

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French Strikers. Factories Taken by Storm. Conflicts with Troops. London, April 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 April 1909 · page 42

A serious strike has occurred at Meru, in the Department of Oise, a few miles north of Paris. Twelve thousand button-makers, employed in…

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100 Up in a Gale

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 22 May 1909 · page 6

Billiards on board ship! That is the latest innovation—and a popular innovation it is likely to turn out. The experiment, it is…

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The Texas Cyclone. a Town Destroyed. Children Blown Two Miles. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 June 1909 · page 5

The cyclone which swept over the town Zephyr in Texas was remarkably violent. Many houses, schools, and churches were demolished, and 30 persons lost their…

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Fatal Wind Storms. Tornadoes in Oklahoma. London. May 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1909 · page 42

The States of Oklahoma and Texas have been swept by fierce wind-storms, which have caused numerous fatalities. In Oklahoma 22 persons were killed by…

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Floods in Gippsland a Monsoonal Storm. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 June 1909 · page 2

Heavy falls of rains have occurred in Gippsland and the southern districts of the State during the past couple of days Floods are reported from Walhalla,…

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The Gale at Kiama. Kiama

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 4

The severe westerly gale which raged on Sunday did a lot of damage throughout this district, when the roofs of several houses were carried bodily away and…

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Heavy Rain Prevents Play. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 5

Rain fell at Bradford during the night, and there was also a heavy downpour this morning. The result is that the wicket is saturated…

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Heavy Rain and Floods at Jindera. Jindera

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 2

During this month the rainfall has been very heavy. The last few days have been exceptionally wet. All the creeks in the neighborhood are running bankers. The…

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Floods at Tallangatta Main Street Under Water. Business Men Remove Their Stocks. Narrow Escape From Drowning. Tallangatta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 2

Numbers of the residents of Tallangatta, on arising this morning, were surprised to find water a foot deep in their house. The Tallangatta Creek is running a banker, and…

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Floods at Wodonga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 2

At Wodonga all the low-lying land is under water and several residents experience difficulty in entering and leaving their domiciles…

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The River Murray in Flood. Eleven Feet of Water Coming Down Low-lying Lands Submerged. Various Mail Coaches Delayed. the Bowna Bridge in Danger

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 2

Owing to the heavy and continuous downpour of rain floods are chronicled from [?], parts of the district. A reference to the rainfall table printed in this…

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The Murray in Flood. Residents Warned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 28

The heavy rain on Wednesday, night fairly inundated the whole of the low-lying lands around Albury. It is many years since such a volume of water has…

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Heavy Rain at Barnawartha. Barnawartha

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

We are having plenty of rain here just at present. We had 139 points yesterday, and since last Friday over 4 inches. The creek is running a banker, The highest…

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High Floods at Tallangatta. Narrow Escape From Drowning Tallangatta

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

The flood since yesterday has gone down, but there is a great fear that it will again become much higher, as the big hedy of the Milta Milta water has not arrived…

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The Floods. Widespread Damage. at Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

The great [?] experienced in the [?] Murray district seem now to be reached. [?]…

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The Murray in Flood

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

The Murray river at Albury has risen very rapidly this week, and yesterday morning the gauge reading was 12ft. 10in., and it was still rising. Parts of…

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Floods at Bonegilla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 2

The sensational heavy [?] have caused the river to run very rapidly, and all the low lying country [?] i[?]dated. Heavy rain fell here last night, and when the…

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The Tallangatta Flood

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 2

The flood water rose yesterday 17 inches in 4½ hours. The main street was inundated and several business places were again flooded. The flood is said by several…

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