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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1907

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Floods in Europe. Many Lives Lost. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 5

Torrential rains in the south of France have swollen the rivers, and caused terrible floods. In the Departments of Herault, Gard,…

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Maitland Flood Gates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1907 · page 6

A conference between the councils concerned in the management of the West Maitland flood gates was held at the council chambers, Town Hall, last…

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Floods in France. Great Havoc Wrought. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1907 · page 5

Seven persons who took refuge on the roof of a building near Perpignan, in the south of France, from the floods were drowned…

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Floods in Spain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 October 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Floods destroyed a railway bridge on the line between Guardiola Baga and Manresa, Spain, and a goods train was…

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The Wimmera in a Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 October 1907 · page 4

Cable advice has been received from New Zealand, stating that the steamer Wimmera, which left Sydney last Saturday evening, arrived at Wellington at 4 a.m. on Thursday…

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In a Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1907 · page 4

Captain Paulsen, of the German-Australian liner Augsburg, reports a thrilling experience in a storm during the run across the Southern Ocean. On October 4 the vessel ran…

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Floods in Italy. Destruction of Property. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 November 1907 · page 5

Great destruction of property has been caused by floods in Northern Italy. Several lives have been lost, and…

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Foundered in a Gale. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 5

The fishing schooner Orion has foundered in a gale off the coast of Newfoundland. There were eighteen hands on board,…

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A Phenomenal Storm. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1907 · page 6

Reports from various parts of the State show that the change in the weather was accompanied by some phenomenally heavy storms on Sunday night and early on…

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Storms in Queensland. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 4

Information has been received from Catton, on the southern railway line, to the effect that a terrific hailstorn, accompanied by heavy rain and high wind,…

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Storms in the Black Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 November 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday—Tempestuous weather has been experienced in the Black Sea. Over 200 persons have been…

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Wallis Creek Flood-gates. Nationalisation Requested. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 4

A deputation, comprising Messrs. Gillies, Brown, and Price, Ms.P., Aldermen Cracknell (Mayor), Taylor, and Russell, of West Maitland, Councillor Edwards…

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Cessnock Police Court. Wednesday, December 11. (Before Mr. C. H. Gale, P.M.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 6

A. Macrow and Sons proceeded against Raymond Kauter for alleged illegal detention of property. Adjourned until the 16th January…

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Floods in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 December 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—Heavy rains in England have resulted in flood's that have destroyed a large amount of property in different parts of the country…

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Storms in Britain. Wrecks and Disasters. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 5

Severe gales have swept over Great Britain and the English Channel. Lloyd's reports thirty minor wrecks. Floods continue in the western…

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The British Gales. a Brave Rescue. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 December 1907 · page 5

The Thomas Lawson, the petroleum vessel which was wrecked during the gale in the English Channel, sixteen of those on board being drowned, was…

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Floods in Queensland. Phenomenal Rainfall. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 December 1907 · page 5

The Deputy Postmaster-General to-day received a telegram stating that the mail coach at Pentland, near Charters Towers, had arrived eighteen hours late. The…

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Heavy Rain in Melbourne. Serious Flood Feared. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 December 1907 · page 5

It has been raining heavily all day, and there is no indication of cessation. Up to 9.30 p.m. 447 points were recorded at the observatory. This is the…

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Gale in the English Channel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 December 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—A terrific easterly gale, with heavy seas and snow squalls, is blowing in the English Channel. The Orient Royal Mail…

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