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Murray · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1913

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Heavy Rain in Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 28

Yesterday there was a fall of 120 points of rain in Albury. Of this quantity 80 points fell during a heavy thunderstorm in the forenoon. So heavy was the rain…

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Heavy Rain at Bonegilla 198 Points Reported. Bonegilla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 3

An exceptionally heavy fall of rain was recorded here to-day, 198 points having been registered. Prospects appear bright for a good autumn…

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Queensland Flood Incident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 33

News has readied the Queensland Commissioner for Railways of the timely act of a man at Torrens Creek, on the northern railway, by which means two trains were…

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Thunderstorm at Wodonga. Telephones and Electric Light Bulbs Destroyed. 152 Points of Rain Recorded. Wodonga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 3

A long expected and most welcome break in the weather occurred here last night, when the rain clouds, which had been threatening for the previous few…

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Terrific Storm in Sydney Severest on Record. Numerous Pleasure Yachts Stove In. Their Crews in Great Danger. Heroism of a Whaling Grew. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 10 March 1913 · page 2

A terrific storm blew on Saturday night. So fierce was it that the Manly steamers were laid by and the service to this suburb discontinued. The steamer for…

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The Storm in Sydney. Extent of the Damage. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 March 1913 · page 3

The terrible storm which ranged over Sydney on Saturday afternoon and evening resulted in damage to property amounting to £200,000…

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The Big Storm

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 14 March 1913 · page 2

The big storm of Saturday proved to be a record in Sydney. Lives were lost, property damaged, and the streets of the city proper were flooded…

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Cyclone at Buenos Ayres. Buenos Ayres

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 17 March 1913 · page 2

A terrific cyclone swept over the city on Thursday. Several persons were killed while many were injured. A great amount of damage has been done to…

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Aviator Killed. Flight in a Gale. a Dive to Death

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 5

Mr Edward Petre, the well-known aviator, met his death on Tuesday in attempting a non-stop flight from the Brooklands Aerodrome to Edinburgh…

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Great Storm in America. Serious Loss of Life: New York, March 14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 43

A fierce storm has raged throughout the States of Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Alabama. At New Orleans telegraph an telephone…

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Gales in the Channel. Damage at Watering Places. Boats Plying in the Streets. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 March 1913 · page 2

A violent gale is at present raging in the English Channel. Serious damage has been caused at Hastings and Worthing. At the latter watering place the pier has…

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Cablegrams. the Coming Storm in India. Demand for Self-government. Delhi

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 March 1913 · page 2

The annual conference of the All India Moslem League ia at present in progress at Lucknow. Mahomed Shafti, in his Presidential…

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Artillery Camp in Thunderstorm. a Horse Struck Dead

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 25 March 1913 · page 2

Saturdays work in Seymour artillery camp was mostly of routine character, consisting chiefly of battery exercises, fuse setting, laying, driving drill and general…

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The Weather. More Heavy Rain in Albury

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 5

The rain which commenced to fall in Albury on Monday morning continued yesterday. The usual registration made at the post office at 9 o'clock yesterday…

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Tourists in Snow Storm. Auckland

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 2

A party of six persons, Miss Gotch, a tourist, Messrs. Sherbert and Watters, of Auckland, and Messrs. Bingham, Willoughby and Otahune, ascended Ruapehu…

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The Channel Gale. Battleship and Merchantman Collide. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 2

The gale in the English Channel is still in progress. The storm was responsible for a shipping mishap off Portland on Sunday night, when the steamer Mary Park…

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Romney Marsh Flooded. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 26 March 1913 · page 2

At the height of the gale the sea wall was broken down, and Romney Marsh flooded. The residents ran for their lives and lost all their belongings. Many prize…

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Appalling Floods in America. Many Cities Inundated Thousands of Lives Lost. New York, March 25

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 21

Following immediately upon the thrilling stories of destruction to life and property by a tornado at Omaha comes, an appalling record of disaster by floods in the States…

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Ill-fated Dayton. Flooded City on Fire. People Leap to Death. Later

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 2

The plight of the city of Dayton, in Ohio, is now almost indescribable.- First came the tornado and flood, then the explosion of an oil tank brought fire, and the…

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Later Details. A Disaster of Appalling Magnitude A Fearful Death Roll. Flood and Fire Combined. Enormous Destruction of Property

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 March 1913 · page 2

Two hundred thousand persons are homeless as a result of the floods in the United States. Many people spent the night in trees and housetops, but…

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