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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1906

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Storm on the Riviera. Great Damage Done. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 November 1906 · page 5

The Rivers has been visited by a terrific storm, from which great devastation resulted. The promenades at Nice and Cannes…

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Trouble at Port Smouth Deluge Causes Mutiny. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 5

Three hundred stokers quartered at the naval barracks at Portsmouth, resenting an order, which they apparently misunderstood, attempted to quit…

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How a Thunderstorm Gathers and Breaks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 5

Knowledge of the phenomena around us is always worth having, since he who is best equipped in this way is the most ready to profit by the signs. When the…

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Ship in a Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 4

The American ship Reuce, which arrived at Sydney from Tacoma on Thursday, entered the heads with a heavy list to port. On Sunday the ship fell in with a terrific…

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Storm in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 November 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.— A terrific storm has swept the Great Lakes in America. Many vessels were wrecked in the tempest, and thirty lives were…

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Floods in Arizona. Fifty People Drowned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 December 1906 · page 5

Disastrous floods have occurred in Arizona, in the United States. A dam was destroyed, and wrecked the Copper Queen Hotel and the…

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A Flooded Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A waterspout flooded the Walley Mine at Gwenda, in Rhodesia. Two white men were drowned, and…

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Barque in a Cyclone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 4

The Danish barque Thorn, which arrived at Sydney on Monday from Samoa, during the voyage encountered a cyclone lasting seven hours. The approach of the storm was seen…

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Gales in Britain. Wrecks Off the Coast. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 5

A great snowstorm has occurred in Britain, the drifts being from eight to six feet deep in several counties. A severe gale has taken place, and…

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