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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1903

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Floods in America Twenty-five Thousand People Homeless. London, Monday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 June 1903 · page 3

Reuter's correspondent states that 200,000 acres of fertile farms in a radius of 20 miles from St. Louie are flooded. It is estimated that 25,000 people are…

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An Enormous Flood Wave. London, Monday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 June 1903 · page 3

The Congaree River, South Carolina, is 13ft above the danger line, and is sweeping seawards debris from the Piedmont district…

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The American Floods. Disaster at St. Louis. Thirty Men Drowned. Part of the City Submerged. London, June 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 5

The flooding of the Mississippi has caused a serious disaster at St. Louis. A raging torrent, 25ft. deep aud 100ft. wide, burst through the embankment of the…

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The Townsville Cyclone

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 June 1903 · page 2

The offertories on Sunday last at St. John's Church were in aid of the Townsville Cyclone Fund. The Rector, who preached in the morning, based his…

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St. John's Church and the Townsville Cyclone Fund

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 June 1903 · page 2

The offertories at St. John's Church on Sunday last were in aid of the Townsville Cyclone Fund, special appeal having reached the Rector from North…

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Trapped in a Flooded Mine. Fatality at Zeehan. Zeehah (Tus.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 June 1903 · page 2

A fatal mining accident occurred at the Florence mine to-day, a burst of water at the No. 2 level flooding the mine to, within 50ft. of the surface and drowning a…

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Late Cables. Old World Doings. London, Wednesday.A Storm Brewing

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1903 · page 2

King Peter Karageorgevitch, of Servia, met with a great ovation upon entering Belgrade. The Russian and Austrian Minister were the only…

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The American Floods. Terrible Loss of Life. Immense Destruction

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1903 · page 4

Files by the San Francisco mail steamer, which arrived in Sydney on Friday, give graphic aocounts of disasters by the recent floods, the results of which may be…

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The Valparaiso Storm. Disasters to Shipping

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 4

Files by the San Francisco mail state that the great storm which swept over Valparaiso early last month played havoc with the shipping in the harbor. The…

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Tumut, River Flooded

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 2

An extraordinary storm passed over the Gundagai and Tumut districts on Wednesday night, and caused the Tumut River to rise 10½ feet, flooding the…

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Storm

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 July 1903 · page 2

During a storm near Pittsburg, U.S.A. a lake in Oakland park became flooded and finally the dam burst, and the rush of water…

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. London, July 6. a Terrble Flood

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 July 1903 · page 2

A terible disaster, resulting in great loss of life, has occurred near Pittsburg. A heavy rainstorm flooded the lake in Oakfurd-park, near the town. The enormous…

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"The Ram-Maker." the "Frost" at Broken Hill. "After me the deluge"—Metternich."

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 2

IT is given to few to meet (says the 'Argus') upon terms of equality the Warwick of the seasons, the man who holds the prosperity of continents in the hollow…

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Funeral Stopped by Floods. Bealiba

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 3

The Avoca River at Archdale is nearly half a mile wild outside the banks. Considerable damage has been done to crops and fences. All the creeks are running…

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Floods in Victoria

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 2

Tho floods at Wimmers (Victoria) continue. Fifty families were removed from the low-lying parts. Samuel Whitmore was drowned while…

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. London, July 27. Floods in London

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1903 · page 2

Serious floods have occurred in London, caused by the conjunction of a high tide and heavy rainfall. Many buildings were inundated, including the offices of several…

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King's Visit to Ireland. a Terrific Gale. Trip Through Connemara. London, July 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 2

Their Majesties the King and Queen, after visiting Londonderry, re-embarked on the Royal yatch Victoria and Albert at Bancrana, and sailed for Killary Bay, on the…

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Heavy Rain in Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 August 1903 · page 2

Nearly four inches of rain have fallen in the city since Thursday afternoon. Today was tine…

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Late Wires. Sydney, Monday, 6 p.m. Heavy Rain in Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1903 · page 2

During the forty-eight hours ended nino o'clock this morning two and a half inches of rain fell in Sydney, making four and half inches since…

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Floods in China

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1903 · page 2

Great floods have occurred in China, and seven hundred people have been drowned…

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