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New England · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

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Terrific Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 2

Glen Innes district was visited by a remarkably heavy and hall storm on Sunday the storm which came up with in from the…

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Lamb's Valley. Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 2

The overhead artillery made an attack on this part on Sunday morning, doing a little damage with the shrapnel. One or two crops suffered…

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Terrific Storm

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

Glen Innes district was visited by a [?] heavy and disastrous hail storm on Sunday (says the "Examiner.") The storm, which came up…

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After a [?] African Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1909 · page 2

With the breaking [?] day I went outside. The country was [?]…

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Destructive Cyclone

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 4

A cyclone passed over Harden on Sunday, doing much damage. Gas Poisoning. A number of men were poisoned by…

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Floods at Bathurst

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday Night. — The greatest flood which has taken place for many years was witnessed in the Bathurst district yesterday. At Perthville some four and a…

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Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 4

Heavyfloods have occurred at Carnarvon, West Australia…

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London Wool Gales

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 February 1909 · page 4

Excellent business is reported at the London wool sales. [Owing to interruption to lines, we were unable to obtain late…

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Snow Floods. London

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 5

[?]raordioary floods have [?]rony, Thuringia, Bavaria, and [?] owing to a sudden metting of [?]…

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The Lastest. Terrile Floods in Germany

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1909 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Night. —Many lives have been lost in the terrible floode that have inundated Germany. The Rhine, the main Danube, Oden, and other rivers are rising…

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Cyclone

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 February 1909 · page 4

A fierce cyclone has occurred at Normanton, Queensland. A number of buildings were blown down, but no one was injured…

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Great Floods in Germany. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1909 · page 8

EXTRAORDINARY floods have occurred in Saxony, Thuringa, and Bavaria, Germany, and in the Austrian Tyrol. Owing to the sudden melting of…

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Floods in Fiji

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 4

Serious floods have occurred in the country districts of Fiji. Large areas of cane and bananas have been destroyed…

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A Violent Storm

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 February 1909 · page 4

A violent hurricane has swept over New Caledonia. Great damage was done to buildings and crops, and the French ship Joliette was sunt. The…

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Guyra Show. Heavy Rain Interfered. Tree Struck by Lightning. Narrow Escapes

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 5

The fifth annual show of the Guyra P. and A. Society opened on Tuesday. There was a good attendance, something like, £32 being taken…

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Terrific Rain-storm

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 4

Daring a terrific thunderstorm at Meccering, W.A., 250 points of rain fell in 30 minutes…

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Floods—A Warning!

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1909 · page 4

Mr. J. H. Giddons sends the following warning to the Brisbane " Courier" from Melbourne:—Kindly permit me, through your columns, to warn…

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Cyclone

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 4

A violent cyclone passed over Eugowra, doing great damage to a number of buildings…

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West Australian Floods

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 March 1909 · page 4

Farther particulars of the deluge at Kortham, West Australia, show that coffins were washed out of Uie cemetery. A suspension bridge was…

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Terrific Storm

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 30 March 1909 · page 4

A heavy storm, accompanied by hailstones of huge dimensions, swept over the town on Saturday about 2 o'clock. The rain fell densely for a…

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