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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1900

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Flood at Tamworth

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 4

At nine o'clock on Sunday night things looked as though Temworth was in for a very serious flood, reports the local paper. At mid-day…

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The Murray in Flood

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 3

The Murray River is running a banker at Albury, and a flood is feared…

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A Warship in a Gale

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 July 1900 · page 3

The warship "Porpoise," bound for New Zealand, returned to port yesterday. The ship encountered a terrific gale on Saturday, with mountainous…

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Snow Storm at Bathurst

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 4

The snow storm at Bathurst continued for 12 hours, the whole town and district being coveted to a depth of 18 inches…

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Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 4

The weather is showery, but there are signs of clearing. The Hawkesbury is still in flood. Boats were busily engaged at daylight…

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Floods and Snow. a Disastrous Week

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 2

THE monsoonal disturbances of last week produced general rains right along the eastern coast of Australia and extending to the majority of the drought stricken…

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The Result of Floods

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1900 · page 3

One hundred and fifty families are tempor[?]ly homeless as result of the Hawkesbury floods, most of the sufferers being farmers on the lowlands…

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The Recent Storms

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 2

James and Thomas Barton, two brothers, perished in the snow near Lithgow. P. O'Neil lost his way and perished…

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Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 2

Floods have occurred in the northern rivers, but the damage is fortunately slight…

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A Long Nervous Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 3 August 1900 · page 4

IF you ever watched a dentist draw a nerve out of a tooth, you will remember how much it looked like a little snip of wet, white cotton thread. How can so contemptible a thing…

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A Long Nervous Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 August 1900 · page 4

IF you ever watched a dentist draw a nerve out of a tooth, you will remember how much it looked like a little snip of wet, white cotton thiead. How can so contemptible a thing…

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A Long Nervous Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1900 · page 4

IF you ever watched a dentist draw a nerve out of a tooth, you will remember how much it looked like a little snip of wet, while cotton thread. How can so contemptible a thing…

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The Safest Place in a Thunderstorm

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 1 September 1900 · page 5

As a general rule, avoid sheltering under trees when overtaken by a thunderstorm out in the country. Rather put up with a drenching than run the…

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The Latest. Cyclone at Mafeking. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 September 1900 · page 5

A TERRIBLE cyclone has been experienced at Mafeking. The cyclone wrecked most of the hospital buildings there, and the…

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Floods in India

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 September 1900 · page 3

Great floods have occurred at Bengal and Calcutta. Thousands of people are rendered homeless…

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Electric Storms

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1900 · page 7

PERHAPS the most peculiar of the mountain phenomena are the socalled electric storms. There is no precipitation, no lightning, no…

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Storm in New Zealand

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 5

A storm reselling cyclonic fury is raging in the northern part of New Zealand…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. Storm in Newfoundland. Heavy Loss of Life

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 5

During a storm at Newfoundland, 700 fishermen perished…

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Disastrous Floods in England

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 5

Severe sales and floods have occurred in the north of England. In the valley on the Tyne a train was derailed, the passengers being…

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Storm at Rocklhampton. ROCKHAMPTON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 9 November 1900 · page 5

A SEVERE storm was experienced at Rockhampton yesterday afternoon, when the wind blew a hurricane. Many buildings in the town were unroofed and great…

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