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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1902

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Pelaw Main. Severe Thunderstorm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 November 1902 · page 6

The town was visited by a terrific thunderstorm on Sunday morning. The rain fell in torrents, and swept everything before it. The land was…

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Storm at Raymond Terrace. Crops and Buildings Damaged. Raymond Terrace

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 December 1902 · page 5

A very heavy storm, one of the most severe experienced locally for many years, passed over the town this after-noon. The storm, which was of a…

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Storm in Queensland. Toowoomba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1902 · page 5

A terrific storm broke over the town at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Heavy rain fell, accompanied by a gale and large hall stones, which were fortunately confined to…

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The Hunter River. Flood Mitigation. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 December 1902 · page 5

The Public Works Committee, which has been inquiring into the question of the effects of floods on the Hunter River, to-day passed the following…

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Snow Storms in Europe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Terrific snow storms have occurred over large areas in Southern Russia, and railway communication with the Black Sea has…

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Storm at Toowoomba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 December 1902 · page 3

On Tuesday afternoon Toowoomba was visited by a terrific storm, accompanied by thunder and lightning and a strong gale. Rain and hall fell in torrents for half an…

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Heavy Rain. Widely Distributed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 December 1902 · page 5

Rain fell during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday at nearly every centre in the State, and was the most general and most satisfactory downpour New South…

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Storms in Victoria. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 5

The Ballarat district was visited this morning by a waterspout, which broke over Bungaree, a few miles away. A number of sheep were camped under a tree…

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More Heavy Rain. Severe Hail Storms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 5

Further good soaking rains fell over about three-fourths of the State during the 24 hours ended at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. On Thursday afternoon a large…

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Gales in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Many casualties, including several fatalities, have occurred on the coast of Great Britain during the recent gales…

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The Curse of Gold, Chapter Lii. Out in the Storm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 December 1902 · page 2

As Catharine approached the shore, Elsie came toward her, drifting, as it were, like a cloud before the storm. "I have followed him, I caught him;…

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