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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1901

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Disastrous Gales. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1901 · page 8

A VIOLENT hurricane struck Berrigan on Thursday afternoon, nearly every building being damaged. The School of Arts was wrecked, and three hotels…

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Floods and Gales. In the United Kingdom. 187Persons Drowned. LONDON, November 15

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1901 · page 3

A HEAVY gale now prevails over the greater part of the United Kingdom. There has also been a phenomenally heavy rainfall in Scotland Ir[?]land, and the…

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Destructive Storms in Victoria. Great Damage in the Country. Several Lives Lost

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 19 November 1901 · page 3

A TERRIFIC tornado visited Melbourne on Thursday afternoon. The wind reached a velocity of 76 miles An hour, and was followed by a hailstorm the heavicst on…

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Cyclone or Whirlwind? Besides the Damage It Did, It Started Big Row

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1901 · page 5

We were waiting for a train at a Georgia railroad station when a funnel shaped cloud appeared in the southwest, and it was remarked that a…

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Gales in the North Sea

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 November 1901 · page 5

The sailing vessel Ocean has put into the Tyne badly damaged. She encountered gales in the North Sea for ten days, during which eight of…

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The Recent Cyclone. CASTLEMAINE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 November 1901 · page 5

ACCORDING to the official estimate the damage done by the recent cyclone in the Castlemaine district exceeds £20,000…

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A Heavy Dust Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 December 1901 · page 2

A VERY warm day on Saturday culminated in one of the most unpleasant experiences yet recorded in the history of Glen Innes. About 7.30 p.m., the sky became much…

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Cyclone at Singleton

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1901 · page 2

A CYCLONE swept over Singleton on Tuesday evening. The locomotive sheds at the railway station were blown down, the wreck falling across the main line end completely blocking traffic, in…

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A Terrific Storm. Singleton

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 December 1901 · page 5

A FEARFUL storm of a most destructive nature passed over the southern end of the town last night, about a quarter to seven o'clock. The day…

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