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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

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The Floods

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 5

The Barwon and Namoi rivers were rising on Tuesday. The water reached the northern embankments on Wednesday night and is now about a foot deep. The…

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Phenomenal Storm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 3

A phenomenal wind storm raged at Creswick on Friday, and some damage resulted. At the American Hotel a kitchen chimney came down on the roof. A shed at the…

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Struck by A-cyclone. Town Partially Wrecked. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 3

The Inspector-General of Police announc­ed last night that he had received the fol­lowing telegram from the officer in charge at Bourke:—…

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Cablegrams. Floods in France Rain and Hail in Paris Seine Rises Thirty Feet Havoc in Paris. Pitiful Misery and Desolation. Help From Abroad. Damage Estimated at Millions. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 31 January 1910 · page 2

The present floods in France undoubtedly constitute one of the greatest national disasters recorded in recent years, save that the loss of life is slight. The inundations…

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Cyclone at Brewarrina Tremendous Damage Done

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 3

Telegraphic communication, with Brewarrina was restored on Sunday, and the account to hand shows the cyclone was the most disastrous ever experienced in…

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Storm Near Nyngan Iron Telegraph Poles Bent Right Down. Nyngan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

A telegram was received to-day stating that a very heavy storm had occurred at Glenariff, near Nyngan. It was of such strength that between four and five miles…

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7000 Imprisoned Citizens Released. the Cause of the Floods. Recent Alterations to the Seine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

The 7000 people who were imprisoned in their homes at Gennevilliers through the bursting of a dyke, have now been rescued. It is believed that the catastrophe at…

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Cablegrams. Floods in Paris the Worst Now Over Eighty Thousand Persons Without Food and Shelter. the Seine Falls Sixteen Inches. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

The worst of the dreadful floods in Paris is now over. After rising to a height of 31 feet above normal level on Saturday night, the Seine…

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The Floods in Paris. Further Heavy Rains. Increased Damage and Starving People. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 2

The Seine, which appeared to bs abating, owing to fina weather, has again been swollen by violent storms of rain and hail, and has reached a height of…

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Cablegrams. Floods in Paris the Seine Falls Two Feet. Excellent Arrangements. Various Relief Measures. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 2

Two days' fine weather and a sharp frost have done good work in reclaiming Paris from the sea of flood water which had partially overwhelmed her…

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Flood Relief Fund

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 2

The donations which have been subscribed towards the New South Wales Flood Relief Fund now total £2951…

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More Heavy Floods. Imminent at West Maitland. East Maitland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 2

The heavy rains which have prevailed during the last few days have filled all the low-lying places in the district with water, a large' part of the country being…

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The Louver Casts Flooded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 February 1910 · page 2

The lower salon of the Louvre, contains the collection of casts, has been flooded. It is learned to-day that the Notre. Dame Cathedral, which was…

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The Paris Floods a Pillager Lynched. Others Roughly Handled. the Gennevilliers Catasteophe. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 3

Stem justice is being mated out to any persons caught pillaging in the districts of Paris. Several exciting incidents of this character occurred on…

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A Town Wrecked. Cyclone at Brewarrina

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 41

The town of Brewarrina, situated in the north-west, on the Darling, has been partially wrecked by a terrific cyclone which swept the country in that locality late on…

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Gales and Snow. Severe Winter in Europe. London, January 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 42

The winter is proving one of great severity throughout Southern Europe—particularly as regards the tremendous rainfall. France, Spain, Portugal, and some parts…

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Floods Relief and Assistance. To the Editor of the "Albury Banner."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 41

Sir,—On behalf of our farmers and settlers in the floods afflicted districts, doubtless many of your readers have read of the disasters which have overthrown many…

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Cable News. Great Floods in Paris. Public Buildings Abandoned. London, January 27

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 42

The floods in Pairs increased yesterday. Falls of snow continue to swell the seine, and water is pouring over the parapets of the embankments…

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Cablegrams. Floods in Paris, Seine Gradually Subsiding. Conflict with Pillagers. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 3

Reassuring advices are being received from Paris. The Seine has fallen 4 feet since Saturday while the boat service in most of the Paris streets has had to cease…

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Flood Relief Fund. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 3

The relief fund which was opened to give assistance to the settlers who were flooded out in the recent floods in New South Wales, now totals £3305…

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