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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1910

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Storms in England. Five Lives Lost. London, May 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 43

Great thunderstorms, attended by loss of life, have occurred in the midlands and the South-west of England. Four mon and a child were killed in…

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Storm at Bombay Five People Drowned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 June 1910 · page 2

Bombay has been visited by a fierce storm. The disturbance came up so suddenly that it caught the shipping in the harbor unprepared…

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Destructive Storm at Vienna

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 June 1910 · page 2

A torrential storm experienced in Vienna yesterday did great damage. All tram services have been suspended owing to washaways…

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Cablegrams. Floods in Europe Many Drowned in Germans. River Now Subsiding. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 16 June 1910 · page 2

The continued bad weather in Germany during the past three weeks has resulted in very serious floods. Owing to the bursting of dams by the…

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Cable News. (Continued from page 43.)Storms in Germany. Fatal Lightning Flashes. Flooded Dams Burst. Hundreds of Lives Lost. London. June 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 45

During the last 21 days 50 persons have been killed by lightning in Germany. Vivid accounts of the storm which burst over Berlin on Sunday are published in…

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Floods in Turkey in Asia. Half a Town Swept Away

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 2

Fearful floods have occurred at Hassan Kaleb, a town of 5000 people, in the province of Erzerun, in Turkey in Asia. A huge wall of crater descended upon the…

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Cablegrams. Disastrous Floods in the Taller of the Ahr Shocking Loss of Life. the Railway Navvies' Orgie. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 2

Details have been received of further horrible occurrences in the valley of the Ahr owing to the heavy rains and resulting floods…

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Great Floods in Europe. Heavy Loss of Life. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 2

Further details show that in Germany 325 persons have lost their lives, the majority being laborers whose huts were overwhelmed while they were…

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Floods in Switzerland. Death, Disaster and Devastation. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 2

The disastrous floods in Europe nave now entered Switzerland. On Wednesday the floods in Switzerland attained to the proportions of a national…

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Floods

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 2

Report from Serve state that 25 towns are inundated with flood waters and it is believed nearly 100 persons have been drowned. One thousand…

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Cablegrams. Floods in Europe Thousands of Deaths Swiss Towns in Darkness. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 June 1910 · page 2

Additional details are to hand respecting the serious floods from which Switzerland and Germany, in common "ith other .parts of Europe, have suffered during the past…

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Fourteen Deaths in a Thunderstorm

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

The epidemic of lightning fatalities has leapt from Europe to America. A thunderstorm; which swept New York State yesterday killed 14 persons outright and…

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European Floods Subsiding

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

The floods which have caused such enormous damage in various parts of Europe are now subsiding in most places. In Switzerland the trains have resumed running…

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Floods and Storms. Russian Drought Broken. London, June 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 42

Heavy rains in Russia have accompanied the storms which prevailed throughout Europe. All fears as to the Russian harvest, which was suffering from drought,…

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Flood Prevention Scheme

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 33

At the last meeting of the Tamworth Council the flood prevention scheme, as proposed by Mr. De Burgh, Local Government opinion was that the suggested scheme was…

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Many Flood Victims. Rivers Strewn with Corpses. Enormour Damage. Towns Swept Away. London, June 18

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 41

Accounts of the terrible floods which have recently devastated widespread areas in Europe continue to swell the deathroll…

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Cable News. Awful Flood Scenes. Idle Workmen's Fate. Overwhelmed During Orgy. Many Valley's Devastated. London, June 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 41

The torrential rains which occurred in Rhenish Prussia and in Austria, with disastrous results, were experienced in Servia and other countries…

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Fatal Thunderstorms

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 June 1910 · page 42

A terrific thunderstorm broke over New York State yesterday. Fourteen people, were killed, and many injured…

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Floods in Switzerland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 29 June 1910 · page 3

There has been a renewal of the heavy floods which, caused such widespread damage in Switzerland recently. The river Aar has Burst its banks at Utzenstorf, and…

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Severe Hail Storm

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 July 1910 · page 5

On Tuesday afternoon last at about 3 o'clock probably the heaviest hail storm over experienced in Corowa passed over the town. In years past we have read…

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