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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

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River Weir Bursts. South Australia Cut Off. Post Offices Flooded

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 44

The present flood is the worst experienced since 1873 as far as the railways are concerned. With the exception of the accident near Talbot, no casualties of a serious nature were recorded. The worst…

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Flemington Racecourse Flooded

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 44

The flood waters from the Saltwater River found their way into the Flemington racecourse, and rendered it unfit for use…

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The Flood in 1870. How Deniliquin Fared

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 4

The following article. describing the flood which..occurred at Deniliquin in 1870 is reprinted from the “Pastoral Times” of November 12, 1870…

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The Flood in 1870

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 2

On our fourth page to-day we, reprint an article which appeared in the “Pastoral Times” on , November 12; 1870, giving a description of the big flood…

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The Floods. the Edward Reaches 25Ft. 11In

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 2

The flood waters from the Murray river cansed a big rise in the Edward at Deniliquin tins week. On Saturday the gauge snowed-the water to have reached…

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A Mine Flooded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2

An overflow of water from an unused shaft flooded the Dombrevo mine near Somowice. Twenty-six miners who were at work were drowned…

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Floods in Northern Mexico Eight Hundred Deaths. Fifteen Thousand Homeless. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 2

Several of the rivers in Northern Mexico have, as a result of terrential rains, overflowed their banks, and flooded the surrounding low lying country…

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The Flooded Polish Mine Twenty-two Miners Saved. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 2

The loss of life resulting from the flooding of the Dombrove mine at Sosnowiee, in Poland, with water from an unused shaft, by which 20 miners were entombed,…

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Disastrous Floods in Mexico. 1400 People Drowned at Monterey. Buildings Crumble and Fall

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 2

Reuter's Agency has received advices from the scene of the floods in Mexico which reveal the disaster to be one of great magnitude…

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Floods in Victoria. Swan Hill, 24Th August

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 1

The train this morning only went as far as Lake Boga and returned. The flood waters are across the line near Reedy Lake…

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Floods in Mexico. London

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 2

Great floodshave occurred in Mexico, where 17 inches of rain have fallen in three days. Twelve hundred persons have been killed in Montenoy. The…

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Floods in Victoria

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 2

Our Swan Hill correspondent, writing under date of last Saturday evening, informs us that railway traffic is now resumed from Swan Hill, and live…

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The Floods in Mexico

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 3

Lates reports state that fully 2000 per sons perished in the floods in North Mexico in the city of Monterey, and in the Santa Catorna Valley. The losses of…

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Mi[?]ing Disaster. Polish Mine Flooded. London, August 30

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 42

A mining disaster is reported from Sosnowice, in Russian Poland. The Dombrovo mine was flooded with water from a disued shaft, and 20 men were drowned…

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The Mexican Floods Terrible Scenes at Mouterey. One Thousand Bodies Recovered. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 5

The full extent of the great flood disasters in Mexico is now apparent. Terrible scenes are to be witnessed at Monterey, the capital of the Nuevo Leon…

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The Flood. the Edward Reaches 26Ft 6In Highest Level for 20 YEARS

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 2

The Edward river rose to 25ft 11in week, and then fell a couple of inches. On Sunday the additional water from last week’s flood in the…

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Cyclone in Sicily 3000 Houses Demolished. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 2

A terrific cyclone has swept over the province of Calania, in Sicily, destroying fully 3000 houses. At Soordia, which is about 18 miles from…

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Cyclone in Sicily

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 2

By a cyclone which swept over Sicily, 3000 houses were destroyed and 60 people were entombed. Many were injured, Miles of country were…

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Floods in Victoria. Kerang Levees Give Way. General Inundation. Kerang

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 4

As a result of the concentration of the flood waters of the Loddon, Pyramid Creek, and Wandella Creek concentrating in the Lower Loddon, the…

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The Floods

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 2

The Murrumbidgee is steadily, rising, and water from its course is spreading over the banks and filling neighboring hollows. "The Island,"…

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