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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1912

180 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 9

Storms in New Zealand

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 2

The southerly gales continue over most parts of New Zealand, causing general inconvenience, and, in some places, anxiety to residents. Shipping is suffering…

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Fighting the Gale. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 2

The. A.U.S.N. Co's. passenger steamer Wyreenma, which reached Melbourne from Cooktown late last night, passed through the storm which has recently…

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Storms and Severe Cold. Jetty Swept Away

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 2

Details continue to come to Sydney of destruction and peril in connection with the gale. A large portion of the jetty at Bulli,—on the south coast, has been swept…

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Heat Waves and Storms. Lightning Causes Death. London, july 13

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 42

A great heat wave is being experienced in England and part of Europe. In the south-eastern counties the excessive heat has caused a number of deaths…

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Perilous Trip on Flooded River

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 July 1912 · page 32

Two well-known bookmarkers, Arthur Robinson and John Patterson, who were in Muttaburra (Q), and who were anxious to get to Longreach, constructed a raft…

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Terrible Thunderstorm. Yarram

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 July 1912 · page 2

A terrific thunderstorm occurred at Alberton on Saturday evening The butter factory was struck by lightning, and the roof was torn off. Two horses were also…

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Rough Seas and Gales. Two Steamers Driven on Beach. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 July 1912 · page 2

Rough seas and gales are reported this morning along the coast. The mail steamers Zieten and Mongolia were unable to enter Sydney this morning…

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Flood in Virginia. Town Partially Submerged. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2

A dramatic story of a flood has been received from the West Virginian town of Dunbar. A clerk, working in the local quarries,…

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Cablegrams. (Per Reuter.) Reservoirs Burst, Five Mines Flooded. Sixty Lives Lost. Heartrending Scenes New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 27 July 1912 · page 2

The disaster, which occurred near Union Town, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, when a large reservoir, situated on the mountainside, burst, was much more serious…

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Hawkesbuby Floods. Slowly Receding

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 31 July 1912 · page 2

The flood waters in the Hawkesbury river are gradually receding and all danger of serious inundation is over unless further heavy rains fall…

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Out of Season Weather.; Coldest August for Half a Century. Snow and Floods-prayers for Fine Weather

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 August 1912 · page 2

The coldest August for half a century is being experienced. The Grampians in Scotland are snowclad. A party of haymakers in Cumberland…

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The Match Abandoned. Heavy Rain Soaks Wicket London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 August 1912 · page 3

Heavy rain fell for several hours at Northingham this morning and the wicket was[?] There will be no play before[?]…

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Weather Anomalies. Snow in Midsummer. English Crops Under Flood. London, August 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 August 1912 · page 42

Weeks of heavy rainfall have been followed by the lowest temperatures recorded in the United Kingdom in the month of August for half a century…

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Tragic Storm Off Spain Many Fishermen Perish. Madrid[?]

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 August 1912 · page 2

The storm off the north coast of Spain earlier in the week was responsible for great loss of life. A great number of tishing vessels foundered, and in one…

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Flooded Out. Erindale, Springhurst

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 August 1912 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—We have been taking the "Banner" a long time, and the letters in it are very interesting. My brother and I go to the Norong School, I have not…

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Floods in England. Hay Crops Destroyed. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 August 1912 · page 2

The heavy rains which have been ex perienced recently, have caused disastrous floods in the midlands. Many farmers in Yorkshire are…

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Fearful Cyclonic Storm. Sweeps Over Grenfell. Grenfell

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 August 1912 · page 2

A cyclonic storm of appalling suddenness, resulting in great damage to property, swept over the town on Monday evening…

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Cablegrams. Great Floods. English 25 Years' Record Norwich an Island City. Incessant Rain for 17 Hours. Over Six Inches in 12 HOURS. 7000 People Homeless. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 August 1912 · page 2

Graphic details are now filtering through from the southeastern counties, who[?] the incessant rains have caused grean inundation…

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Cablegrams. Floods in England. Waters Abating at Norwich. 8000 People Homeless. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 2

Latest reports received from Norwich. state that the flood waters in the city are abating, but business is in a chaotic state. It is known that two lives have been lost…

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Floods in England. Norwich an Island City. Serious Damage and Hardship Inflicted. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 August 1912 · page 2

The flood at Norwich is the greatest which has been experienced for a quarter of a century, and there is no indication of its abating. Norwich now resembles an…

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