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Northern Rivers · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

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Floods in Victoria Several Oases of Drowning

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 4

Disastrous floods have occurred in Victoria, heavy rains having fallen in almost all parts of the State. Several wash a ways occurred on the…

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Floods in Victoria. Town Surrounded with Water. Railway Ling Covered. Sydney

Northern Star · Thursday 26 August 1909 · page 3

The flood waters at Jeparit in Victoria, are three miles wide and approaching the main street. Fifty people have been rendcred homeless…

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Terrible Floods in Victoria

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 10

FURTHER particulars in regard to the floods in Victoria show that the whole township of Rapanyup was 4ft 6in under water at the height of the flood. There were many narrow…

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Victorian Floods. Native Offer of Assistance. London, Wednesday Afternoon

Northern Star · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 3

Sir Prodyat Kumar, of Tajore, has telegraphed to Captain Collins his Sympathy with sufferers by Victorian floods, and offers to raise a subscription if acceptable…

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Victorian Floods

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 9

The latter end of last week phenomenal storms and rainfall occurred in Victoria. All the rivers were swollen and overflowing to an…

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The Victorian Floods

Northern Star · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 11

A telegram early in the week says:— The Laanecoorie weir ran out,and caused great destruction down the valley.A review of the harm done by the flood…

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More Victorian Floods Expected. Melbourne

Northern Star · Monday 30 August 1909 · page 3

Heavy rain is again falling throughout. Victoria, and a renewal of the recent heavy floods, is anticipated…

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Floods in Mexico. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 3

The overflow or rivers have done enormous damage in Northern Mexico. Eight hundred perished at Monterey alone, and fifteen thousand are homeless. The…

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Colliery Flooded. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 3

ThE water from a disused shaft flooded thE Dombrobo mine, near So[?]wice, and drowned 26…

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Death of Two Boys. Fall Into Flooded River. Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 August 1909 · page 3

Two lads named Carl Ritter and Albey Water, aged 9 and 7 years respectively, fell into the Barwon River, near Collarendabri, and were drowned…

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Floods in North Mexico. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 5

By the overflow of rivers in Northern Mexico many bridges and hundreds of miles of railway track in the States of Neuvo Leon and Coahuila were destroyed…

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The Montery Flood Disaster. Large Death Roll. London, Toesday

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 5

Fourteen hundred people perished at Monlery. One-fourth of the city is destroyed, and the water mains are now useless…

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More Floods in Victoria. Melbourne

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 5

The heavy rains in Victoria have caused further floods in the northern districts…

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Floods

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 5

A flood of great violence is approaching Minyip, Victoria. Shears are entertained for residents of low-lying parts…

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Great Cyclone in Sicily. 3000 Houses Destroyed at Catania. London

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 3

The "Chronicle" reports that a cyclone swept Catania, in Sicily, and destroyed 3000 houses. At Scordin 60 people were entombed and…

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Latest Cablegrams. Disastrous Floods. London

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 September 1909 · page 5

Floods have devastated Loemadjang, in the Probolinggo district (Java), and 500 persons are reported to have perished…

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Heavy Storm. Taree

Northern Star · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 3

A storm on Monday played havoc with the telephone exchange here. A large number of the instruments were affected, and it will be a couple of days…

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Yiolent Storm. Damage at Grafton, School Roofs Lifted. Record Hailstones. Grafton

Northern Star · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 3

A violent storm passed over the centre of the city this afternoon. The wind blew with great velocity, particularly during one period, when it unroofed the boys…

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Thunder Storms

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon a very heavy thunderstorm occurred at Grafton, during which hailstones of phenomenal size are reported to have fallen. A hurricane blew…

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Violent Storm. GRAFTON

The Byron Bay Record · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 8

A violent storm passed over the centre of the city this afternoon. The wind blew with great volocity, particularly during one period, when it unroofed the…

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