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Floods & storms, 1904

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Noah and the Flood

The Temora Star · Saturday 25 June 1904 · page 5

The building of the ark proves that the family of Noah must have possessed and transmitted a large inheritance of knowledge and skill in arts that were common…

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Floods and Settlement on the Murrumbidgee

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 June 1904 · page 2

It is 52 years yesterday (June 26) since the flood reached Wagga, that had on the previous day devastated the town of Gundagai, and drowned over 100 persona. The…

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Floods and Settlement on the Murrumbidgee. [By the Honorable James Gormly.]

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 June 1904 · page 3

[In the last article "J. J. Mahers," should read J. J. Roberts, "Guy" should road Guise, and "1828" read 1829.] About 1849 William Brown came to…

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Floods & Settleme't on the Murrumbidgee

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1904 · page 4

It is 52 years yesterday (June 22) since the flood reached Waggam that had on the previous day devastated the town of Gundagai, and drowned…

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Cripple Creek Riots Miners and Troops in Conflict. Soldiers Storm Trenches

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1904 · page 6

A despatch from Victor, Colorado, to the "New York Herald," dated June 8, gives the following particulars of the miners' riots at Cripple Creek:—Two battles were…

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Heavy Rain

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 12 July 1904 · page 3

The total rainfall registered in Sydney up to yesterday was nearly eight inches, constituting a record. The Nepean river is in flood…

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Flood at Camden

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 12 July 1904 · page 3

Ten inches of rain have fallen since Saturday night at Camdon, which is now under water. The flood is still rising…

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The War. Storm of Shells Beats on Port Arthur. Japs Only Three Miles Away. Ready for Final Assault. a Fort Taken. London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 July 1904 · page 2

According to reports from Chinese refugees, the Japanese are slowly, but surely, encircling Port Arthur. One division, by utilising by-paths,…

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A Steamer Missing Wrecked in a Storm

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 July 1904 · page 2

Laden with 1600 tons of coal, the steamer Nemesis, of the Huddart, farmer line, left Newcastle on Friday for Melbourne. She was passed off…

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Need of Thunder Storms

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 4

Few of us realised, says a writer in "The Treasury," subtle and complex a thing the weather is and how beautifully adjusted all the interacting…

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The Russian Raiders. a Storm of Indignation. Great Britain's Warning. London, Wednesday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 2

It is reported that the Cabinet has sent a strongly worded despatch to St. Petersburg respecting the action of the Russian Volunteer Fleet steamers in…

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Severe Antarctic Storms

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 6

Dr. Otto Norwonskleld, in he Geo graphical Journal" for July, [?] the work dine by the Swedish A article expedition in the region of South…

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Extraordinary Occurrence During a Thunderstorm

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 September 1904 · page 4

The Carcoar correspondent of the "Evening News" writes to that journal: An extraordinary occurrence happened at Flyer's Creek, 12 miles from here,…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday. Destructive Gale

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 September 1904 · page 2

A heavy south-westerly gale commenced last night, and continues this morning, blowing at the rate of 59 miles an hour in the metropolis, and…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Flood—boy Drowned

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 September 1904 · page 2

During heavy rain this morning the storm water channel near Rushcutters Bay suddenly became flooded, and swept, away three boys who were…

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Equinoctial Gales. London, Oct. 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 2

The equinoctial gales have caused shipwrecks on the coasts, with some fatalities…

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The Russian Advance. Reported Successes. Battle in a Dust Storm. Positions Taken and Recaptured. the Japanese Command. Expected Recall of Oyama. London

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 2

The latest intelligence with respect to the Russian general advance southward of Mukden is to the effect that sharp lighting has taken place, and that the…

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Heavy Storm in Sydney

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 19 October 1904 · page 2

A terrific thunderstorm passed over the city last night, and all low-lying parts were deluged in a few minutes…

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The Latest by Telegraph. Sydney, Thursday. Storm at Broken Hill

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 October 1904 · page 2

There was a terrific storm at Broken Hill on Tuesday night, accompained by heavy mines. Thorn's dam,…

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Heavy Rain

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 22 October 1904 · page 2

The slowness of the Japanese and their failure to cut off the Russian retreat were heavy due to heavy rains and difficult ravines and gullies. The weather…

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