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Floods & storms, 1903

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Ladysmith. Monday's Storm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 October 1903 · page 2

A severe thunderstorm passed over the district last Monday, the lightning being very vivid. Heavy rain fell and I hear it has damaged some of the early sown…

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Floods at Broken Hill

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1903 · page 2

A deluge of rain, accompanied by a cyclone, occurred at Broken Hill yesterday. Rain fall in torrenta for three hours, being the heaviest ever…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Rain and Gale

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 2

Slight rain fell all day, and a southerly gale sprang up on Thursday. Two steamers that had left for Newcastle this morning had to return…

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A Wedding Party in a Storm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 2

One of the most severe thunderstorms over experienced in the Leongatha (Vic.) district took place on Wednesday afternoon, The thunder and lightning were incessant…

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Broken Hill Storm. Heaviest for Years. Broken Hill

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1903 · page 2

The heaviest storm experienced here for the last 15 years occurred last night. The streets were flooded in a quarter of an hour, and during the two hours the rain lasted 181…

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Heavy Storm at Albury. Buildings Unroofed and Trees Uprooted

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 November 1903 · page 4

A storm of an extraordinary character visited Albury on Monday afternoon. It rose suddenly in the south, and although it is only lasted about two minutes…

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St. Petersburg Floods. Parts of the Oity in Darkness. London, Nov. 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 2

Great floods have occurred in St. Petersburg, caused by the overflowing of the Neva. All wheeled traffic has been suspended, and boats aud rafts are used for street traffic…

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Cablegrams Heavy Floods. London

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 28 November 1903 · page 2

Parts of St. Petersburg are in darkness, and the theatres are closed, owing to the failure of the gas and electric light, consequence upon floods…

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The Recent Storm

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 9 December 1903 · page 2

Reports of the storm which passed over Junee last week confirm the statements of the severe loss sustained by the unfortunate farmers in the…

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A Terrifying Storm. Rapid Rise in a Creek

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 4

An Albury report says a remarkable storm burst over Upper Gundowring at daylight recently, and did considerable damage to Seymour's estate and the…

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Storm-won at Charnock

The Worker · Thursday 17 December 1903 · page 6

Amos Larsen was one of the shy men of the earth who are toned to deeds of daring only under the influence of vehement excitement. It was an agony for him to ask…

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Flood Prevention and Irrigation

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 2

PROBABLY no country in the world has been so bountifully endowed by nature as the United States of America. An unsurpassed fertility…

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A Violent Thunderstorm. Serious Damage

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 6

A thunderstorm of cyclonic fores swept over the Kalgoorlie district on Wednesday afternoon. Several buildings in the business portion of the town were wrecked, also the…

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Telegrams. Storms. Sydney

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 2

A phenomenal flood occurred at Orange yesterday. The storm channel running through the lower portion of the town overflowed, and water was…

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Heavy Storms. Floods in Several Parts. Large Hailstones

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 2

WHILST Gundagai experienced several sharp storms on Sunday, they were minor affairs compared with the falls experienced in Several other parts of…

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The Looms of Destiny. Chapter Xxviii. When the Storm Had Passed

The Junee Democrat · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 4

A couple of days after that last interview with her false lover, David Blandford chanced to learn that Doris Lonsdale was absent from work through illness…

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Results of the Recent Storm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 2

Reports of bush fires resulting from the recent storm still come to hand. No less than three fires were started on Borambola Station by lightning, but owing, to the…

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Floods in Queensland Mail Coach Swept Away. Thrilling Experience of the Passengers. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 2

According to a report received by the commissioner of police, the occupants of the mail couch for Banana, in the Central division, had a sensational experience on the…

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Sunday's Storms. Experiences in Murrumburrah District. Murrumburrah

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 3

The temperature here on Saturday reached 96 deg., the highest point registered during the present summer period, and following sunset, until…

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Floods in Queensland. Mail Coach Swept Away. Thrilling Experience of the Passengers. Brisbane

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 2

According to a report received by the commissioner of police, the occupants of the mail coach for Banana, in the Central division, had a sensational experience on…

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