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Floods & storms, 1899

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Dust Storm

Coolamon Echo · Friday 6 October 1899 · page 4

On Wednesday evening just before eight o’clock a terrible dust storm passed over the town, and which is [?] part and parcel of that…

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Terrific Dust Storm on the Barrier. Work Suspended at the Mines

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 7 October 1899 · page 4

A Broken Hill telegram of Wednesday says: The town was visited by a phenomenal duststorm to-day. Contrary to the usual custom, it began very…

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A Circus in a Storm

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 2

FITZGERALD Bros' Circus on Thursday night looked like a ship that had just come through a terrible storm -- and was not yet out of danger: from…

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The Latest. Censorship of Telegrams. the Free State Will Fight. Lull Before the Storm. London, Oct. 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 October 1899 · page 2

President Kruger has cabled his thank's to America for the sympathy expressed in that country for the Transvaal. In the message Mr. Kruger stated that if the…

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The Review and the Storm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1899 · page 2

There was for Gundagai an enormous crowd on the green outside the racecourse reserve at 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the time appointed for the holding of the…

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Great Storm at Newcastle. Collapse of a School. a Boy Killed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 November 1899 · page 3

A SEVERE cyclonic storm was experienced in the Newcastle disirict between 1 and 2 on Tuesday afternoon. It was of short duration, but the damage amounted to…

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Thunderstorm

Coolamon Echo · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 3

A very heavy thunderstorm passed over the town on Monday morning, accompanied by a beautiful rain, the rain guage at the post office registering 63 points…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Dust Storm at Sea. an Extraordinary Case. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 7

The uncommon sight of a dust storm at sea was reported by Captain Henderson, of the steamer Macleay, which arrived here early this morning from…

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Storm at Bourke

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 7

A remarkable storm raged at Bourke to-day. The sky was one mass of red dust, which become so thick at intervals that darkness prevailed. Business…

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Bourke. Friday. Extraordinary Storm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 2

A remarkable storm in raging here. The sky is one muss of red dust which becomes so thick at intervals that darkness prevails and business is suspended…

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A Severe Thunderstorm. a Youth Killed. Gundagai, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 November 1899 · page 7

A severe thunderstorm was experienced at Nangus, 10 miles from Gundagai, this morning, daring which a young men named Culgan, 19 years, was struck…

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A Riverina Storm. Devastation at Moolbong, Kilfera, and Boondara

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1899 · page 8

THE following account of the recent thunderstorm will probably come as an eye-opener to the most. Such a storm has never been experienced in…

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The Gale in Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 2

During a north-west gale in the harbor on Saturday night the shipping had a lively time. There were several narrow escape from serious accidents…

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Dust Storm at Sea

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 3

Captain Nightingall, of the steamer Coolgadie, which arrived at Sydney to-day from Melbourne, states that early in the morning the decks were…

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The Weather. a Phenomenal Dust-storm

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 December 1899 · page 2

Notwithstanding the intense heat which during the past dry years has become inseparable from the Wagga summer the weather experienced on…

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Coolamon. (From Our Correspondent.) the Dust Storm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1899 · page 3

SATURDAY last was a most trying day, the temperature being 104.5 in the shade, with a terrific hot westerly, wind blowing. At 5 p.m. immense clouds of dust came up from…

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The Rock. (From Our Correspondent.) the Dust Storm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 December 1899 · page 3

ON Saturday last we had a terrible dust storm, which did a great deal of damage to the crops, in some instances as much as four bushels to the acre being blown off…

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Harden. Friday. Terrific Storm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 2

A terrible storm raged here on Wednesday and yesterday. At Currajong House trees were lifted almost bodily and carried away. Forty-one points of rain were…

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