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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1906

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Highland Gathering at Murwillumbah. Heavy Rain Interferes with Sports

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 4

The annual gathering of the Tweed Caledonian Society was held on the show ground, Murwillumbah, on New Year's Day under unfavourable weather…

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A Terrlfie Storm. Damage at Carccar

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 5

SHORTLY after seven o'clock on Sunday night a terrifle thunderstorm, accompanied by vivid lightning and an enermous fall of rain, occurred between…

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Floods in Queensland. [?]

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

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A Great Cyclone in Queensland. Geralton Wrecked

Northern Star · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 7

On Satuday. the 27th January the thriving little town Geralton. "on the Johnstone River, and the centre of the banana industry in the North was visited…

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The Floods and Rabbite

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 6

NATURE in one not seemed to have done more towards rabbit extinetion than menaided by science have accomplished for years. Our Charleville correspondent…

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Floods in Queensland

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 6

The Brisbane Daily Mail publishes a report received by the Deputy-Postmaster-General from the postmaster at Thargomindah, which gives some idea of the exciting…

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A Great Flood

Mullumbimby Star · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 1

A copy of an official record of Australian floods and droughts covering the year 1788 to 1878 was published in a Dictionary…

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Destructive Storm at Armidale

Northern Star · Monday 26 February 1906 · page 2

A cyclonic visitation on Sunday swept over Armidale from end to end, playing sad havoc with the streets, causing the rain deluge to ovorflow the streets and the…

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Flooded Creeks- Valuable Show Heifer Drowned

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 4

Owing to the henry rain (much heavier to the northward) of the last 48 hours, following on that already recorded, all the creeks are considerably swollen…

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Cyclone at Armidale

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 6

The cyclone which passed over Armidale on Sunday did great damage to several business places in Beardy-street, report the…

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Flooded Crooke—Valuable Show Helfer Drowned

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 4

OWISE to the heavy rain (much heavier to the northward) of the last 18 hours, following on that already recorded, all the creeks are considerably…

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Cyclone In Queensland

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 4

TELEGRAM form Croydon states that a terrific cyclone struck that town on Sunday last, and nearly every house is more or less damaged. Rain commenced…

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Queensland Floods

Northern Star · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 3

During the floods in the Winton district, many residents had narrow escapes, having to take refuce on high ground and the [?] of houses…

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Raising a Storm

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 4

The very pronounced statement recently made by Mr. W. CHURCHILL, one of the…

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Floods in Gippsland, Victoria

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 4

On Saturday week a trapper pitched his tent close to the Nargon Creek, near Lake Tyers, and at about midnight he was awakened by his dog clambering…

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Great Cyclonic Storm at North Sydney. Roses Blown Away. (By telegraph.) SYDNEUY

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 4

Heavy rain fell for a short period in the city this afternoon, but at the Crow's Nest. North Sydney, a c[?] storm of great severity was experienced, which…

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Cyclonic Storm at North Sydney. Houses Blown Away. Sydney

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 9

Heavy rain fell for a short period in the city this afternoon, but at the Crow's Nest, North Sydney, a cyclonic storm of great severity was…

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Heavy Storm

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

AFTER a succession of bright sunshine days a very heavy thunderstorm worked up from the south-west and passed over Casino between 5 and 6.30 p.m. on…

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