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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1911

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Cablegrams. News From America Gale on Pacific Goast. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 11 January 1911 · page 2

A heavy gale is blowing on the Pacific coast. Telegraphic and railway communication with some of the cities has been…

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Bad Storm in Canada

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 2

The worst storm experienced, for some years has swept across the Canadian prairie. Extreme cold and heavy falls of snow are the chief features of the blizzard…

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Floods in Queensland Towns Isolated. Railway Washaways

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 12 January 1911 · page 3

There have been terrific rains since Friday morning, resulting in 19 inches being re­gistered up till 9 a.m. on Tuesday. On Saturday night residents stayed up all night,…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney

The Independent · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 2

Heavy rain continues in metropolis, 207. points fell up to nine o'clock this morning. Hundreds of country visitors are flooking round the rain…

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Destructive Cyclone

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 33

The whole of the west side of Barmedman was devastated last week by a severe cyclone. Huge hailstones fell in the streets. Several residents were bruised…

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Rain and Flood

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 January 1911 · page 21

On Wednesday heavy rain fell in various parts of the State. Out-back, Coon[?]ble topped the poll with 478 points. Goodooga had 326 points, Sydney 207…

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New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Storm and Flood

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 6

The Weather Bureau reports that yesterday's storm attained a velocity of 85 miles per hour about midnight. It is the only easterly storm which has even been…

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Terrific Gale. Steadier on Nimrod Rocks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 January 1911 · page 2

An abnormal gale has been experienced in the east and south of Great Britain. The gale has been blowing at a velocity of sixty miles an hour, and occasionally…

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Gales and Floods

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 January 1911 · page 3

"Serious floods and gales are reported from the Gippiland district of Victoria At Walhalla the train service is blocked, and at Bairnsdale the Mitchell River has…

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Long Tunnel Mine Flooded

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 January 1911 · page 4

The Stranger's Greek at Walhalla is in heavy flood, but oaring to the steep fall the water has been carried off without serious damage…

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Gale in England. Scores of Wrecks. Numbers of Lives Lost. London, January 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 42

A furious gale has raged last night and during to-day in London, and along the eastern and southern coasts. The wind had a velocity of 60 miles an hour, and…

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Cablegrams. News From America Disastrous Floods in Oregon. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 January 1911 · page 2

Unusually heavy rain has fallen during the past week in Oregon, U.S.A. All the rivers and streams in the State are in a flooded condition, and disastrous…

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Floods in Oregon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 2

The floods in the State of Oregon, U.S.A., have not yet subsided. The important city of Portland, which is situated on both banks of the Williamette River, and along…

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Tweed River Floods

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 January 1911 · page 2

A telegram from the Tweed River district, on the north coast, states that eight inches of rain fell in 12 hours and it is still raining heavily…

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Floods in France

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 2

Floods have undermined the quay at Nantes, 80 yards of which collapsed. The damage is estimated at [?]20,000. Fifty persons narrowly escaped drowning…

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Loire in Flood. Embankment Collapses. Paris, January 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1911 · page 43

Floods on the Loire have been undermining the quay at Nantes, and yesterday 500 yards of the embankment collapsed. Fifty persons narrowly escaped with their…

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Rain and Floods Threatened

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 5

The heavy rain has done immense damage at the National Park. A large pontoon belonging to the park trust was swamped, and wrecked beyond all hope…

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In a Storm Off Chili. a New South Wales Lad's Fight for Life

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 6

Mr. Eric Cox—son of Mrs. J. Cox, of Grafton, has been having another exciting time. As we stated early in the year, although still little more than a…

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In a Storm Off Chili. a Now South Wales Lad's Fight for Life

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 7

Mr. Erie Cox—son of Mrs. J. Cox, of Grafton, has been having another exciting time. As we stated early in the year, although still little more than a…

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Storm in the Mediterranean. Madrid

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 6 February 1911 · page 2

A violent storm has raged off the coast of Catalonia, in the Mediterranean Sea. Shipping has suffered greatly, and fifteen vessels, having on board 43 men, and a…

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