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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

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Poetry and Fiction. After the Storm

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 10

I learn as the years roll onward And I leave the past behind That much I had counted sorrow But proved that God is kind…

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Floods in the Riverina. SYDNEY

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

The Murrumbidgee continues to rise. The river flats at Tumut are submerged. A heavy flood is anticipated at Wodonga where all the low-lying country is…

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Floods on the Murray. Albury Seriously Threatened. Police Warn Residents. Stock Drowned. Bridges Washed Away. Sydney

Northern Star · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 9

A very serious flood is inevitable at Albury, where Murray is 13ft. 6in, above the summer level, or just a few inches below the level of four years ago…

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Floods at Albury. Flight of Residents. Houses Inundated. Stock Drowned. Albury

Northern Star · Monday 28 June 1909 · page 3

The whole low-lying portion of the town is under several feet of water, 90 houses being inundated. The residents near the river wore 10th…

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Calamity on a Collier. Stores Loose in a Storm. Five Men Killed. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 3

The steamer Changsha, from Hong Kong, brings news of a terrible calamity on board the American naval collier Naushau. It appears the vessel's forward bulkhead…

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The Northern Star. Published Daily. Tuesday, June 29, 1909. the Murray Floods

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 2

The floods just now prevailing along the river Murray is an answer to those optimistic people who are often beardy asserting that we shall not have any more high…

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Floods at Albury. the Worst Over. Country Still Flooded. Rescuing the Stock, Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 3

The latest news in regard to the flood along the Murray River states the worst is now over. An enormous amount of damage has…

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The Murrumbidgee Floods

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 4

THE latest particulars of the floods in the Southern Districts state that the river at Albury is slowly rising. The water is steadily creeping up Hume-street, near the spot…

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Coal Mine Flooded in Portugal. London, Monday Afternoon

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 5

An underground river flooded a coal mine at Carhnjo, in Portugal, Fourteen, bodies have been recovered, and 37 are still missing…

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Murray River Floods. Waters Receding at Albury. Situation in Victoria. Heavy Floods Anticipated. Sydney

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 June 1909 · page 5

Latest news from Albury states that the floods are receding. The flats aroud the town are still under water, and the sceno is one of wretchedness…

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The Murray Floods. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 3

At Cobram the Murray River is four miles wide, and all the houses on lowlying ground are inundated. A great deal of the north-eastern…

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The Victorian Floods, Immense Damage. Families Rescued by Boats. Bridges and Railways Damaged. Melbourne

Northern Star · Friday 2 July 1909 · page 3

Telegrams from the northern districts report that the floods are spreading further. Heavy rain has fallen and an immense amount of damage done, especially…

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Floods in Victoria

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 7

TELEGRAMS from the Northern districts report that the floods are spreading, further heavy rain having fallen, and that immense damage is being done, especially between…

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Victorian Floods. Sydney

Northern Star · Monday 5 July 1909 · page 3

The-destructive floods continue unabated [?] Gippsland and other parts of Victoria…

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Heavy Floods in Victoria. Country Under Water Near Geelong. Floods at Echuca, and Gippsland. Melbourne

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 3

Heavy floods have occurred near. Geelong, where,, owing to the rise of the river, all the low lying, parts are under water. The Goulburn (Vic.) flood waters have…

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Floods in Victoria

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 July 1909 · page 4

Floods are still being experienced in various parts of Victoria, Gippsland being the chief sufferer. The bridge across the Hoon River at Stratford is tottering and…

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More Floods in Victoria

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 8

THE heavy rain of the past were has put both the [?] in [?] at then [?] at Evansford, three miles [?] The…

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Great Floods in America. London, Wednesday Afternoon

Northern Star · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 3

Enormous damage has been done by floods in Colorado, Ohio,and Missouri. Relief trains are carrying food for the people who have suffered by the…

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Floods in America. London

Northern Star · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 7

A Reuter message from Kansas states floods continue through the Western States. Severl trains have been derailed, and four rolled into 18 feet, of water and…

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Gale in Sydney. Walls Blown Down, Four Men Injured.. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 July 1909 · page 3

A westerly gale blew in Sydney this afternoon, the wind reaching the velocity of 52 miles an hour. During the height of the storm two…

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