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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1904

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Floods in Victoria

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 16 January 1904 · page 4

Heavy thunderstorms in various parts of Victoria are doing considerable damage to property, and many of the low lying lands are founded…

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Severe Storm

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1904 · page 2

A very severe storm has been experienced in Melbourne three-and-a-half inches of rain, falling. A gale caused much damage, and two lives ware lost…

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Flood in Melbourne

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 2

A telegram from Melbourne on Saturday says :—It rained incessantly all this afternoon and evening, accompanied by a heavy wind, which caused damage to ya? in…

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A Returned Ship. Damaged in a Gale

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 4

The ship "Andreta," from Sydney to Falmonth, with a cargo of wheat, put back, into Sydney harbour yesterday in a partially damaged condition…

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TELEGRAMS. The Weather. Heavy Rain Falls. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 2

THE beaviest rain for years has fallen in the Northern portion of the State. 9½ inches were recorded at Tambar, 9 at Coonsbarabran, 9 at Blackville, and 7 at…

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Late News [Through Our Telegraphic Agents.] Heavy Rain. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 5

RAIN commenced in the city on Saturday, and still continues to fall at intervals. At Narrabri on Saturday night 170 points fell, and 460 points…

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Floods in South Australia. a Woman Swept Away and Drowned

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 2

Adelaide, Tuesday.--To-night Petersburg, a township about 400 miles north of Adelaide, reports that the streets are flooded, owing to the…

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Floods on the Hunter

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 4

The Hunter River is in flood. It rose 20 feet in nine hours at Belmore Bridge, West Maitland. The crops have all been inundated,…

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Rain and Floods

The Inverell Times · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

Coonabarabau had 11 inches of rain. The Hunter River at West Maitland is rising slowly, Wallace Creek is a banker. All stock hive been…

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A Terrific Cyclone

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 March 1904 · page 4

A cyclone, accompanied by torrents of rain, swept over the township of Poster last night. Houses, gardens, and crops suffered several, and a…

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Telegraphic. [Through Our Metropolitan Agents.] Heavy Rain. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 5

FURTHER heavy rains are reported from the North Coast. At Mullumbimby over eight inches fell yesterday…

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General News. Disastrous Floods. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1904 · page 5

GREAT floods are reported, in North-west and North Ohio (U.S.A.). The damage already caused is estimated at £400,000 sterling…

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Floods at Lismore

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 4

Heavy rains have fallen at Lismore during the past three days. On Friday the river at Lismore commenced to rise. It rose rapidly during the…

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Any Port in a Storm. By Howard Fielding, in "Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph."

The Inverell Argus · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 6

Miss Flora Ford was on her way from Boston to her home in Philadelphia. Some people whom she knew had come with her as far as New York and had…

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Sydney, Thursday, 12.50 P.m. Heavy Rain

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 5

BAD weather continues. Over 2½ inches of rain have fallen in the city within the last 36 hours…

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Any Port in a Storm

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 3

Miss Flora Ford was on her way from Boston to her home in Philadelphia. Some people whom she knew had come with her as far as New York and had…

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Any Port in a Storm

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 2

Miss Flora Ford was on her way from Boston to her home in [?] Some people [?] she knew had [?] with her as far as New York and had…

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A Storm in a Tca-cup

The Uralla News · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 2

OUR worthy contemporary, 'The Times,' publishes in as last issue a letter above the signature of Alfred Head. We are glad to be in a…

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Short Story. When the Creek is in Flood. I.

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 3

At the door of a lonely hut, "built on a little eminence known as the Bald Rock, a man stood and looked down on a scene of desolation. It was the close…

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Noah and the Flood

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 3

The building of the ark proves that the family of Noah must have possessed and transmitted a large inheritance of knowledge and skill in arts that were common…

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