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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1902

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Train Derailed by a Storm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 October 1902 · page 3

The followiug details are given by New York papers of the extraordinary railway fatality at Waseca, in the State of Minnesota, where as reported by cable in the…

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Train Derailed by a Storm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 6

The following detain are given by New york papers of extraordinary railway fatality at Waseca, in the State of Minnesota, where, as reported by…

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Heavy Rain

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 October 1902 · page 2

There were heavy storms in several parts of the country yesterday. Several boats capsized in the harbour, but there was no loss of life. A…

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Train Deraled By a Storm

The Junee Democrat · Tuesday 21 October 1902 · page 4

The following details are. given by New York papers of the extraordinary railway fatality at Waseca, in the State of…

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Train Derated By a Storm

Coolamon Echo · Friday 24 October 1902 · page 5

The following details are given by New York papers of the extraordinary railway fatality at Waseca, in the State of…

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Mr. J. C. Watson, M. H. R. Addresses His Constituents in Junee. Heavy Rain Delays the Meeting

The Junee Democrat · Friday 24 October 1902 · page 2

Mr. J. C. Watson, M. H. R., for the Bland Electorate, addressed his constituents in Junee in Davis's Hall last night. The Mayor took the chair…

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A "Storm."

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 2

The decision of the Federal Postmaster General to discontinue telegraphic shipping information has caused a storm of indignation…

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£200 Claimed. That Heavy. Rain. Weston v. Gundagai Council

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 2

On Wednesday last a writ, in the next Gundagai District Court was served on the Mayor (on behalf of the Municipal Council) by Mr. A. J…

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Heavy Storm. Weston's Again Flooded. a Wet Time at the Family Hotel. Big Hailstones at Coolac

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 25 October 1902 · page 2

A HEAVY hail and rain storm passed over Gundagai about 8.30 on Thursday evening. The fall only lasted 5 minutes, but in that time…

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Flood at "Waterview," Eunonyhareenyha

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1902 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon last, writes a correspondent, "Waterview," the homestead and holding of Mr. James M'Farland, situated eight miles north east from Wagga,…

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Ants Preparing for a Flood

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 October 1902 · page 2

Gundagai advises state:—Reports-garding Thursday night's storm show that the wind in parts of the district blew a veritable tornado, the like of which was…

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The Late Storm

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 29 October 1902 · page 2

THE severity of Thursday night's hailstorm at Bongongolong is something to be remembered, hailstones as large as hen eggs falling, and…

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A Destructive Hail Storm. 10,000 Acres of Crop Affected. Immense Hailstones. Birds Killed and Windows Smashed

Coolamon Echo · Friday 31 October 1902 · page 2

AGAIN, and for the third year in succession, has Junee district been visited by a most destructive hail-storm, which appears to have taken nearly…

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Cy-clone at Canowindra Details of the Damage. Remarkable Results

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 13 November 1902 · page 4

Regarding the cyclone storm at Canowindra, a further telegram says that the damage done in the surrounding district on Saturday was greater than at first…

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The Weather. Phenomenal Dust Storm

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 2

Since last Friday, when a few drops of rain in the morning cleared the atmosphere for that day, the weather has been gradually growing hotter; the thermometer ranging…

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Late Wires. Advices From the Metropolis. Sydney, Thursday, 6 p.m. DUST-STORMS

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 November 1902 · page 2

Extraordinary dust-storms prevailed in portions of the interior yesterday. Some towns were enveloped in darkness, and business had to be…

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The Canowindra Storm

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 3

A terrific hurricane of wind passed over the town on Saturday, buildings being blown down in every direction. Not one building escaped the fury of…

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Dusty Weather. Terrible Storm Experiences

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 2

The violent duststorm which enveloped the town during Wednesday and Thursday was a unique experience for Wagga, although many such exceptionally…

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Thursday's Storms. the Phenomenon at Deniuquin Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 2

At an early hour this morning a red duststorm swept down upon the city, and quickly enveloped everything in reddishgrey particles of sand. It was sufficiently…

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The Great Dust Storm Singular Haze at Darwin Adelaide

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 20 November 1902 · page 3

Mr. Langdon, superintendent of the [?] tern Extension Telegraph Company at Port Darwin, supplied Sir Charles Todd with the following informition, dated Saturday,…

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