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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1903

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Floods in America

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 5

As the result of floods in St. Louis (U.S.A.), 10,000 people are homeless. A torrent 25 feet deep and one hundred feet wide burst over the…

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Thunderstorms

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1903 · page 2

An electrical disturbance occurred at Zion Bill, North Armidale, on Friday afternoon, the thunder and lightning being the severest for many years past. At Mr. Starr's residence, the lightning…

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An Authority on Floods

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 7

An Amusing story is told of a victim of the Johnstown Hood of 1880, who when he reached Paradise, ascended a cloud thai served within…

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Hail Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 2

Hail fell in portions of the Wagga district on Tuesday to a depth of five feet…

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Royal Visit to Ireland. Terrific Gale Encountered

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 5

While the King and Queen were voyaging from Buneranna to Killarney Bay, a terrific gale was encountered…

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Floods

Guyra Argus · Tuesday 4 August 1903 · page 6

The river has been very high on several occasions, and fences near have been washed away…

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A Disastrous Cyclone. Numerous Fatalities

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 5

A cyclone devastated Port Antonio, Jamaica. There were many fatalities. The velocity of the wind reached 120 miles an hour. The damage done by…

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Destructive Cyclone

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 August 1903 · page 4

A cyclone devastated the Grand Cayman Island in the British West Indies. Crops were destroyed, and the damage is estimated at £20,000…

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Disastrous Storm, LONDON, September 11

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 18 September 1903 · page 4

A FIERCE gale has been raging over Great Britain, accompanied by great destruction of life and property. The coast is strewn with wreckage, and…

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Heavy Rain

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1903 · page 2

Bad weather still continues. The rain on the Hunter is the heaviest for years, being 10 12 inches. At Raymond Terrace it has rained for 24 hours. All the flats are…

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Colliery Flooded

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 5

The Co-operative colliery at Wallsend has been flooded, throwing 70 men out of employment…

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Floods in Maitland District. Farms Inundated

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 5

Many farms are inundated in the Maitland district. The country around Dungog is deluged, and the settlers at Raymond Terrace are being…

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Destructive Storm at Albury

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 October 1903 · page 5

A terrific storm occurred at Albury last night, during which houses were unroofed, telegraph poles broken, and most of the crops flattened out…

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Disastrous Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 October 1903 · page 5

There is intense suffering at Jersey and New York as a result of floods. Hundreds of persons were rescued after being without food for two days…

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An Unpleasant Experience. Flood of 40 Years Ago

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 20 October 1903 · page 2

As previously mentioned, at the recent presentation in the School of Arts in connection with a life-saving incident of a few months ago in the…

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Telegrams. Cyclone at Broken Hill. Deluge of Rain. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 23 October 1903 · page 2

A DELUGE of rain accompanied by a cyclone occurred at Broken Hill yesterday. The rain fell in torrents for three hours, and was the heaviest ever recorded there…

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Deluge and Cyclone at Broken Hill

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 3

Wednesday, October 20, 1903, will long live in the memory of Broken Hillites. It was a day of suprising weather. Early in the morning, dust…

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Storm at Charters Towers. Extensive Damage to Property

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 October 1903 · page 5

A terrific storm visited Charters powers yesterday, doing damage to the extent of £10,000. Nearly every business place, and…

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Storm at Albury. Buildings Damaged

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 5

A heavy storm occurred at Albury yesterday. Many buildings were unroofed and trees were uprooted. The residents ran wildly in all…

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Terriffic Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1903 · page 2

A STORM of an extraordinary character visited Albury district on Monday afternoon. It rose suddenly in the south, and although it only lasted about two minutes its fury startled the whele…

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