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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1902

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Disastrous Gales

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 5

Heavy gales hare ooourred at Fort Elizabeth. Eleven vessels were driven ashore…

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A Gale. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 5

A GALE ranged all along the Southern coast of Cape Colony on Sunday night and Monday, wrecking most of the vessels in its path. The barque Oakworks, when…

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Damage by Storm. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 September 1902 · page 5

The damage done in Kent by a storm amounts to £100,000. A mass of drifted hailstones nearly fills a cutting 40 yards long, ten feet wide, and six…

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Heavy Gales

Guyra Argus · Wednesday 17 September 1902 · page 4

Heavy gales swept the North Sea, doing much damage to shipping. The steamer Zewick was wrecked at Firth Forth, the captain and ten…

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In the Storm

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 24 September 1902 · page 7

My child, your here may not be, In truth, a hero all the time; Remember, it must chance that be Shall still have rugged steeps to climb,…

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Terrific Gale at Capetown

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1902 · page 2

CAPETOWN files to hand give an account of the terrific gale which swept over Table Bay last month. The foundering of the barque The…

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A Terrible Cyclone. 400 Death's Recorded. LONDON, September 27

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 30 September 1902 · page 2

Sicily has been visited by a terrible cyclone. Immense damage resulted. At Modica the sea swept over the land. The deaths are estimated at 400…

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Afford News. a Severe Storm

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 1 October 1902 · page 4

There was some talk of a civilian rifle club here but I think that it has fallen through. The cricketers are very slow here this…

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More Rain Coming. Another Storm Predicted

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 1 October 1902 · page 5

Mr. H. C. Russell, the Government Astronm[?]r, predicts another rainstorm over the State as likely in the course of a few days…

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Heavy Storm in Sydney

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 October 1902 · page 5

A heavy storm passed over the city this afternoon, accompanied by several heavy showers. There was a terrific hailstorm at…

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Big Storm in Sydney. Portions Flooded Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1902 · page 2

A great storm with lighting and thunder accompanied by a perfect deluge of rain occurred in the city on Sunday morning, and continued almost without intermission…

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Sharp Storms

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 2

A STORM of much violence passed over the town and district on Tuesday night. The wind was terrific, blowing limbs away, and interfering with a few sheds, etc. A vivid…

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TELEGRAMS. Heavy Rain Storms. Seven Inches in Five Hours. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 21 October 1902 · page 2

HEAVY storms occurred in several arts of the country yesterday. Several boats were capsized in the harbour, but there was no loss of life…

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Heavy Coastal Rain

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 October 1902 · page 5

Rain has fallen along the entire coast, nearly 12 inches having fallen at Bundanoon. Water is flowing into the Prospect Esaervoir at the rate of…

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Severe Storm

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 22 October 1902 · page 4

A severe thunderstorm, accompanied by wind of hurricane force, passed over the district late on Saturday afternoon, doing considerable damage to verandahs…

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Train Derailed by a Storm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 November 1902 · page 3

THE following details are given by New York papers of the extraordinary railway fatality at Waseca, in the State of Minnesota, where,…

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TELEGRAMS. The Weather. Phenomenal Storms. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 2

PHENOMENAL storms have occurred in Melbourne. Fierce squalls of dust with blezing hot winds have swept the cith and suburbs, their velocity reaching 50…

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Severe Dust Storms

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 4

Dust storms of extraordinary intensity again prevailed yesterday throughout the whole of New South Wales and Victoria…

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A Terrible Storm

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 2

A terrible storm broke over Canowindra a little after one o'clock on Saturday. Its course covered a width of six…

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A Terrific Storm. a Record Rainfall

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1902 · page 2

On Saturday evening, the weather, which for the past week, had been close and threatening culminated about 8'o'clock in almost, terrific hailstorm, accoaipanied by…

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