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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

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Cable News. Floods and Earthquake. Devastation in West Indies. Many Lives Lost. London, November 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 42

Terrible destruction has been wrought in some of the islands of the West Indies by storm, flood, and earthquake. Haiti and San Domingo suffered severely, and…

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Jamaica Storm. Millionaire Missing. London, November 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 42

Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor, whose wife secured a divorce from him in New York a few days ago, was cruising in Jamaica in his yacht Nourmahal when the…

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Health-Making Storms

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 4

What the tide does in the ocean of water, storms do in the ocean of air: deleterious and poisonous germs are [?] or killed. The noticeable smell…

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Found Dead. Body Unidentifiable Supposed Flood Victim

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 November 1909 · page 3

Yesterday morning information was received by Senior Sergeant Walsh, of the finding of a man on the river flats about nine and a half miles below Corowa…

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Two Steamers Founder. Sixty-three Persons Drowned. Violent Gales Along the Coast. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 December 1909 · page 3

Violent gales have been raging along the coasts of Great Britain. During ono of those the steamer Thistlemor blew up off the coast of Clovelly in North Devon…

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Gales and Snowstorms Bitter Weather in Europe. Sea Pours in Over Denmark. Fishing Fleet Wiped Out. London

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

The terrific gales which have raged along the coasts of Britain, and which have been responsible for the foundering of at least two steamers, have been followed by…

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Gales in Britain. Two Steamers Founder. London, December 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 42

A violent gale raged on the British coasts yesterday, and caused much loss of life. Great damage was done Inland. Two steamer disasters are reported. The…

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Drapery Warehouse Flooded Water Tap Left Running. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 13 December 1909 · page 2

The Coliseum, a well known drapery [?]porium and clothing factory, which is [?]ated in Rundle-street, was flooded out last night owing to a tap having been left…

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Storm on Lake Erie Sixty Persons Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 December 1909 · page 2

A tremendous storm has swept Lake E.[?] North America, doing damage to shipping and wharves which is estimated at 8,000,000 dollars (£1,000,000). Fifty-nine…

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Storm Swept Lake. 59 Persons Drowned. London, December 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1909 · page 43

A terrible storm swept over Lake Erie yesterday Fifty-nine people were drowned, and the damage is estimated at 1,000,000 dollars (£200,000)…

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Cablegrams. Big Floods on the Continent Many Vessels Wrecked. Enormous Damage Done. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 December 1909 · page 2

The severe storms and torrential rains experienced damage a Switzesland, where the mountain streams have swollen to…

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Storms and Floods. Great Damage in Europe London, December 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1909 · page 21

A considerable portion of the Continent is being visited by tremendous storms and torrents of rain, causing great inconvenience and doing a large amount of damage…

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In the Teeth of the Gale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1909 · page 42

A man and a woman stood leaning idly against the rough barrier which shielded the stumbling wayfarer from the rocks hundreds of foot below. Often in the…

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Flooded Out

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1909 · page 41

To those who have interested themselves in such matters, it is a known fact that all, or nearly all, the lower animate are endowed with certain senses or…

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