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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1905

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Floods in Queensland

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

GENERAL rains continue to fall over the eastern-portion of Queensland. Trains are delayed on the North Coast line owing to-heavy floods, and the heavy state of the…

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Floods in Sydney

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 7 April 1905 · page 8

IT rained incessantly in Sydney aud suburbs for several hours on Saturday night, with the result that flooding occurred in the low-lying portions of the…

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Grafton Show. Heavy Rain on Opening Day

Northern Star · Saturday 6 May 1905 · page 5

The postponed show of the C.P. and A. Society, which was opened on Wednesday last by the Premier, Hon. J. H. Carruthers was greatly interfered with by the rain…

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Bridge at Flood's Crossing. Tublic Meeting at Goolmangar

Northern Star · Monday 12 June 1905 · page 3

A large and representative public meeting in reference to a bridge over Goolmangar Creek was held a few days ago at the residence of Mr. Thos. Wilson, when…

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A Cyclone in Natal. Hundreds of Lives Lost

Northern Star · Wednesday 12 July 1905 · page 4

Early in Jone Natal was visited by a cyclone which was attended with disastrous results, hundreds of lives being lost and enormous damage being caused to…

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Mail Boat in a Gale

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 14 July 1905 · page 2

ON June 4th the magnificent liner Mongolia reached Perth 24 hours after the time she was due Very severe weather was experienced during the…

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Heavy Floods

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 5

BOISTEROUS weather and more light rains were reported from the southern half of the State and parts of the northern highlands on Tuesday…

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Damage in Victoria. Biggest Floods for Years. Melbourne

Northern Star · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 5

Further details regurding the storm, show that in the north-eastern purls exceptionally serious floods have occurred, and a number of townships have hoon isolated…

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Heavy Floods. Southern Country Submerged. Great Damage to Property. Gundagai

Northern Star · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 5

At Gundagai on Tuesday the river was running 28ft. above summer level, and rising slowly. "The flats were covered. Owing to the timely receipt of news…

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Cyclone at Wyalong

Northern Star · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 6

A cyclone of limited dimensions is reported to have passed over the country between Wyalong and Wamboyne. In one place it formed a distinct elide, several thousand…

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Poetry and Fiction. Heart-Storms

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 22 July 1905 · page 10

The shadow of night is falling, But the shore is sunlit yet: Oh tranquil tide, what a flood you bear Of bitter and wild regret!…

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Last Week's Floods

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 22 July 1905 · page 9

The flood along the Tumut Valley is the heaviest ever known, the flats being completely covered. Several Ferrabandra farmers lost heavily…

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The Recent Gale. Experiences of the City of Grafton

Northern Star · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 4

The North Coast S.N. Company's steamer City of Oration had a particularly rough time. The vessel left the Richmond River at 5.15 p.m. on the 31st ult. bound…

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Marshall Islands Hurricane a Storm of Terrible Fury

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 August 1905 · page 5

Seventy-one rives were lost at Jaluit in the big hurricane which swept over the Marshall Group. A letter which reached Sydney on Friday says the storm was of…

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A London Main Bursts. Scenes in the West End. Criterion Theatre Flooded. Daly's Closed

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1905 · page 12

An accident of a most unusual character closed Piccadilly-circus to traffic last night, July 10th, forced Daly's Theatre to close at the middle of the…

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Disastrous Storm at Shanghai. Great Loss of Life

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1905 · page 3

OFFICERS of the E. and A. mail steamer Eastern, which arrived in Sydney on Friday night from the East, report that upwards of 20,000 lives were…

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Riot in a Theatre. Audience Storm the Stage

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 20 October 1905 · page 11

Extraordinary scenes occurred at one o'clock this morning (wrote the Paris correspondent of the "Daily Mail" on 10th August) in the ancient Roman arena at…

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Gales Down South

Northern Star · Monday 30 October 1905 · page 2

The gale on last Monday night (says a telegram from Bega) was the most severe experienced there for years. It continued all day on Tuesday. Stock suffered…

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Last Week's Gale Down South

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 4 November 1905 · page 9

The gale on Cloudy night the 23rd inst. was the most severe experienced at Bega and on the Coast for years. It continued all day on Tuesday. Stock…

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A Welcome Thunderstorm

Northern Star · Monday 13 November 1905 · page 2

After the hot weather of last week a thunders [?]orm broke over the district about 8.30 last evening. The rain lasted for a little over an bour. and the lighting was…

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