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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1903

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The Federal Campaign. Premier Deakin at Glen Innes. Heavy Rain. Brilliant Speech. the National Policy Ably Defended. Evil of Freetrade Clearly Explained

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1903 · page 4

ON Wednesday evening last Glen Innes was honored by a visit from Hon. Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia. The Premier arrived…

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Disastrous Storm in N.E. Fatality Amongst Sheep, Destruction of Crops

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 November 1903 · page 4

A phenomenal fall of hail, which killed sheep and destroyed crops, raged for three hours in a portion of the Hawke's Bay district, New…

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Floods in St. Petersburg. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 5

ST. PETERSBUG is inundated. Vehicular traffic is suspended, and boats and rafts are being used in the streets…

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Floods in the West. Orange and Bathurst inundated

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 4

A phenomenal flood is reported from Orange. The storm water channel running through the lower portion of the town overflowed, with the…

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Boxing Day Sports. A flood Programme

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 2

"The play, play, ah that's the thing" wrote William Shakespeare but it was only patural he should write in that strain because he was ah actor; and although there…

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