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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

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The Gale at Sea. Tug Gives Up Tow. a Trying Experience

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1909 · page 4

Some anxiety was felt in local shipping circles yesterday concerning the whereabouts of the tug Irresistible, and it was not until the afternoon that fears as to her…

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Floods and Storms. Damage in Victoria. Loss of Life Occasioned. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 5

Reports from all parts of the country show the prevalence of floods and storms, At Mangalore, a cyclone devastated a strip of country five chains wide…

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Floods in South Australia. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 5

Further rains have fallen throughout the State. Some splendid totals have again been recorded over the Central find Southern areas, extending well into the dry…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Credit of the City.—"to Encourage Aerial Navigation."—the Cost of Finding the South Pole.—going Crazy on Potatoes.—a Chinese International Exhibition.—missing the August Gale. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 August 1909 · page 5

The Lord Mayor is very indignant with someone for suggesting that Sydney is not too sound financiaily. The remark applies to the Corporation and he,…

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The Victorian Floods. Extensive Damage Done. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 August 1909 · page 4

The area which has been covered by the floods is extensive, and great damage has been done. The Loddon River at Newstead rose 2ft…

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Victorian Floods. Many Settlers Ruined. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1909 · page 5

Rain has been falling here steadily throughout the day, and more is anticipated. The railway services have been…

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The Victorian Floods. Proffered Assistance. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 5

Maharajah Sir Prodyot Kuman Tagore, has telegraphed to Captain Collins, the Commonwealth representative in London his sympathy with…

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Rain in Victoria. Further Floods Feared. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 August 1909 · page 5

Advices received by the Railway Department show that in the whole of the recently-flooded districts heavy rain set in again on Friday evening, and…

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Drowning of Miners. Workings Flooded. Through a Disused Shaft. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 5

The Dombroro mine, near Sosnowice, has been flooded. Water obtained access to the workings through a disused shaft…

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Floods in Mexico. Great Loss of Life. Enormous Damage Done. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 5

Great floods have occurred in the northern portion of Mexico through the overflow of rivers. Enormous damage has been done…

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Floods in Mexico. Fourteen Hundred Dead. Houses Crumble and Fall. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 5

Further reports show that the loss of life and damage done by the floods in Mexico, caused by the overflow of rivers, are greater than was at first…

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Mining Disaster. Flooded Russian Colliery. Twenty-two Men Saved. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 5

Twenty-two of the miners who were entombed in the Dombrove mine near Sosnowice, in Russia, in consequence of the pit being flooded by water from…

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Floods in Victoria. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 5

Rain fell heavily all the morning, and further reports of floods in the northern districts were received. A large deputation waited upon Mr…

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The Mexican Floods. Two Thousand Perished. Enormous Damage Done. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 5

The loss of life and property in Monterey, in Northern Mexico, occasioned by the floods prove to have been greater than has been already…

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The Mexican Floods. Terrible Scenes. Bodies on Treetops. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 5

The floods in Northern Mexico have occasioned terrible scenes. Many people are missing from their homes, and the bodies of numbers…

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Flood Humours

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 16

In all the grim story of flood disasters that has occupied public attention for the last few days, there have been a few touches of humour. Fortunately,…

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Cyclone in Sicily. Great Damage Caused. Many Houses Destroyed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 5

The "Daily Chronicle" states that a cyclone has swept the province of Catania, is Sicily, causing immense damage…

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A Terrific Gale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 September 1909 · page 4

The well-known British ship London Hill, bound from Puget. Sound for the United Kingdora, has put into Monte Video with an awful the hardship and death endured…

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Our Weather Systems. No. I. the Anti-cyclone

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 6

The anti-cyclone is an area of high pressure surrounded by circular or oval isobars. In the centre of the system we find the highest barometer readings, and…

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In the Grip of the Gale. Schooner Alpena's Trouble. Anchored in Stockton Bight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 September 1909 · page 6

A heavy southerly gale was blowing throughout the day and evening yesterday, and when the boom of the Signal Hill gun was heard above the roar of the…

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