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Floods & storms, 1901

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The Storm Subsiding. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 7

The danger of a flood in Melbourne is steadily abating. Since yesterday the waters have gradually receded, and the rainfall to-night and to-day has been…

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Floods in Victoria

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 2
Also in The Temora Star, The Cootamundra Liberal

Very heave rains have been experinced in Victoria during the week, causing floods in various purls of the country. At Lillydale there was a fall of nearly 9 inches, and…

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Floods in Victoria. Appalling Losses. Melbourne Threatened

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 7

Showery, squally weather, with heavy rains in parts, followed the Antarctic cyclone which passed over Victoria at the beginning of the week, and by…

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Heavy Rain

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1901 · page 2

There was a remarkable rainfall in the city and suburbs yesterday and last night. Five inches tall in 36 hours. The low-lying suburbs were inundated…

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The Flood Grant

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 May 1901 · page 2

The Government grant of £600 for repairing roads and streets within the borough of Wagga, damaged by the flood in July last, has pracically been expended. The…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Snow Storms. Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1901 · page 5

Forty thousand square miles of country in the northern and northern districts were covered with snow yesterday…

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The American Flood. London, June 24

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1901 · page 2

Further details have been received respecting the terrible disaster in Pocahoutas county, West Virginia, caused by the bursting of a dam at night. The waters swept…

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Heavy Gales. Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1901 · page 3

News from Fiji reports heavy gales. Several cutters have been wrecked, end thirteen lives lost…

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Heavy Gales and High Seas. Ferry Boat in Peril. Steamer Manly Driven Ashore. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1901 · page 4

One of the heaviest seas experienced at the Heads for many years wan reported this morning. It was a south-easterly [?] and at times waves broke clean across the…

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Doings in the Council. a Record Sitting. Storm and Peace

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1901 · page 3

THE aldermen who should have their names inscribed in letters of gold upon any study in marble that is raised in this Municipal District, are Alde. Dodd…

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Thunderstorms in London. Underground Railway Stopped. London. Friday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 30 July 1901 · page 2

A violent thunderstorm occurred us London yesterday, and for several hoars stopped the traffic on the underground railway. Westminster Hall and the…

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The Factories Bill. a Hit of a Storm

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 August 1901 · page 2

In the House of Commons, the Hon. C. T. Ritchie, President of the Board of Trade, raised a storm by accepting Mr. W. Redmond's amendment to exempt…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales, Heavy Rain and Floods. Sydney, Wednesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 22 August 1901 · page 2

The bad weather continues, and rain fell and a gale blew all day. At Bathurst rain fell heavily all last night. The Macquarie is in heavy flood, and…

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Floods. Sydney

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 August 1901 · page 3

Big floods are reported as a result of the heavy rains which have fallen during the past few days. The Macquarie River's banks are overflown, and it is feared there…

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George-street West Flooded

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 8

An unusual sight was presented at the intersection of George-street West and Buckland-street, Sydney, on Tuesday afternoon, when the drain pipes, in consequence of…

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Affairs in China. Floods in the Yangtst Valley. London, August 27

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 August 1901 · page 2

Disastrous floods have occurred in the valley of the Yangtse Kiang, causing great destruction of life and property. It is anticipated that terrible distress will…

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Floods in China. Terrible Havoc Wrought

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 29 August 1901 · page 2

Terrible havoc has seen wrought by heavy floods in the valley of the Tangise-Kiang. There has been great loss of life…

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General Cables. Floods in Ohio. Millions of Dollars Damage. London, Monday afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 September 1901 · page 3

A heavy rain-storm caused floods in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. Hundreds of persons had to be rescued from their houses in boats…

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