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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1903

35 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 2 of 2

A Deluge

Manilla Express · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 2

An enormous flood wave struck Pacolette and other mill towns in Georgia. Tho officials are sending rations and medicines to the scene…

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Caught by the Flood

Manilla Express · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 4

"If only it was not quite so near the river, George," Mrs. Roden said, in answer to the husband's inquiries as to how she liked the house they had taken…

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Special Express Wires. Sydney, Friday. Floods in Victoria

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 2

Big floods, resulting from recent heavy rains have occurred in Victoria, settlers in many parts having a trying time…

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Disastrous Gale

Manilla Express · Wednesday 12 August 1903 · page 2

A disastrous gale, in which nine men were drowned by the capsizing of the Essex boat, is raging…

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Terrible Cyclone

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 2

A cyclone devastated Port Antonio, Jamaica there being many fatalities. The velocity of the wind reached 120 miles an hour. The damage is…

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A Terrific Storm

Manilla Express · Wednesday 14 October 1903 · page 2

A terrific storm occurred at Albury last night, during which houses were unroofed and telegraph poles were snapped. Most of the crops were…

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Floods in New Jersey

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 5

Floods in Now Jerrey. America, have interrupted communication and destroyed 50 houses in Patarson, ruining much valuable machinery in…

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Special Express Wires. Sydney, Tuesday. a Terrific Storm

Manilla Express · Wednesday 28 October 1903 · page 2

A terrific storm occurred at Charters' Towers yesterday, doing damage to the extent of £10,000. Nearly every business place and hundreds of…

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Albury Storm

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 November 1903 · page 3

An extraordinary heavy storm passed over Albury yesterday. Many buildings were unroofed and trees uprooted. Residents ran wildly in all directions…

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Flood at Bulahdelah

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 2

Over four inches of rain fell at Bulah, delah on Thursday. The river again rose another four feet yesterday, which caused the main street of tho the town to be Hooded…

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Swept Away In the Night Flood Overwhelmed Home In Which Family Were Sleeping

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 14 November 1903 · page 5

Redely awakened in the death of night to find their house bumping down a hillside, with sawlogs and huge rocks crashing…

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Russian Floods

Manilla Express · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 7

Parts of St. Petersburg are in darkness, and the theatres are closed, owing to the failure of the gas and electric lights, in consequence of the…

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Heavy Storms

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 12 December 1903 · page 2

There his been considerable damage, the result of a heavy windstorm, at Warren yesterday. A heavy gale struck Thargomindsh, Queensland, yesterday, with the…

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Heavy Rain

The Moree News · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 2

The close and [?]ppreative weather which prevailed for the previous few days [?] in a very heavy thunderstorm on Friday night, which…

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Heavy Storm

Manilla Express · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 5

ON Monday afternoon Manilla was wished by an unprocedentedly severe storm, consisting of heavy rain and hailstones. The downpour was…

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