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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1906

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New Sight for Tourists. Floods in Flanders

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 3
Also in The Inverell Times

The great floods in Flanders have become one of the sights for tourists and thousands of people have gone to see the vast tracts of land now under water…

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Heavy Rain. London

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 4

Over two inches of rain fell in London in nine hours, causing extensive flooding. In many districts much damage was done, and railway trains were stopped…

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Terrific Storms London

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 2

Terrific storms have occurred in Southern Europe. Hailstones as large as oranges fell in Valenoia. Forty persons were injured and one killed…

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Terrific Storms. LONDON. Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 5

TERRIFIC storms have occurred in Southern Europe. At Valencia, hailstones as large as oranges fell. Fifty persons were injured and one killed…

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Floods sad Wrecks in New Zealand. AUCKLAND

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 4

SEVERE weather with heavy rain has been experienced throughout New Zealand during the last few days. The schooner Actea is a total wreck at Waipire Bay. A crew…

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Floods in Victoria

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 July 1906 · page 4

The Glenelg River, Victoria, is in flood Many business places and private houserwere submerged…

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Cyclone Bill's Yarn. a Mining Camp Story

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 1 August 1906 · page 8

It was fit a congregation of cattlemen in the Far West. A dead silence fell on the circle. Everybody shifted position the better to listen to the…

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Floods in Texas. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 5

HEAVY rains caused the colorado river to overflow, devasting southern Texas. Several towns are isolated, and 25 people have been reported drowned…

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Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 4

Great floods are reported from French West Africa. Many natives were drowned, and several villages swept away,…

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A Splendid Rainfall. Floods Predicted Sydney, Thursday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 2

SPLENDID rains are recorded all over this State and Queensland. Boisterous conditions and heavy seas prevail along the coast, and all shipping is delayed…

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Heavy Rain. LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 5

HEAVY rain is reported to be falling in London…

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Cyclonic Disturbance. Phonemenal Rains. Heavy Floods in Victoria. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 2

As a result of the cyclonic disturbance predicted, gales have occurred throughout the State, and general rainsare expected. Heavy floods have occurred at…

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Rain and Floods. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 5

HEAVY rain lids fallen thoro[?]ghout Victoria; over 3 inches at Bendigo and 5 inches at Lancefield. Many districts are flooded, and heavy…

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Floods in Victoria

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 September 1906 · page 2

Heavy rain has fallen in Victoria, over three inches being recorded at Bendigo and five inches at Lancefield. Floods are reported from many districts. Thera has been…

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Floods in Rivariaa

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 4

The Murrumbidgee river is in flood as a result of the heavy rains, and many low-lying parts are submerged. A number of families had a narrow…

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The Victorian Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 4

Damage by the flood along the Saltwater River, Victoria, was enormous. Great loss is reported front all quarters…

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Floods in Victoria. Serious Losses

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 September 1906 · page 4

A phenomenal rainstorm occurred in parts of Victoria on Sunday, causing extensive floods and great damage to property, while in a number of…

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Cyclone at Bourke

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 3

ONE of the most terrible cyclones over experienced at Bourke occurred at ten minutes past 2o'clock on Wednesday morning. It came up from the south-east, and so…

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Terrific Cyclone at Bourke. BOURKE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 4

ONE of the must berrible cyclencs ever experiecnced in this district occurred at 10 minutes past 2 o'clock this morning. It came up from the south east so suddenly…

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