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Floods & storms, 1906

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The Tahiti Disaster. a Terrible Storm. 121 Lives Lost. Great Damage to Property. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 4

Details of the disaster at Tahiti received here to-day by the islands steamer Taviuni show that the first reports greatly exaggerated the extent of the…

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Queensland Floods. Central Districts Inundated Barcoo River a Record Height

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 6

Over 26 inches of rain have fallen at Blackall (Q.), since the rain started. The flood there is the highest on record. People have been removed by…

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Storms at Sea

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 3

A [?] cyclonic storm is operating over the Tasman sea, and heavy seas are running along the [?]…

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The Heavy Rain's

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 2

The railway officials estimate the quantity of fallen debris on the western line, as a consequence of the heavy rains, at three thousand tons…

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The Storm on the Mountains Floods at Windsor. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 2

The latest particulars of the storm on the mountains show that the quantity of fallen debris at Glenbrook was estimated at 3000 tons. Rails were…

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Floods in the Hawkesbury

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 27 March 1906 · page 2

Considerable damage was done at Windsor by floods. Many pigs were swept away, and the cattle were rescued with difficulty…

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Damage by a Cyclone

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 2

The damage wrought in New Caledonia by the recent cyclone is wide-spread. Numerous vessels have been…

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Heavy Rain

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 3

There has been a phenomenal hailstorm at Toowoomba, the stones in many cases being the sire of walnuts. The low-lying parts of the town were…

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(Great Storm in Sydnl.)

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

Another terrific rainstorm, [?] by heavy thunder and lighting [?] the city and suburbs at 10 o'clock this morning. The storm was especially severe…

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The Latest by Telegraph. Sydney, Thursday, 8 p.m. Drowned During a Storm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 2

Daring a storm at Brisbane Water to-day, a visitor named Reuben Ellison was drowned through a boat capsizing. Subsequently two women and a child…

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Storms in Tasmania

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 2

There have been terrific storms in Tasmania. There was great damage at Queenstown, where every bridge was swept away, together with the…

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Floods in Tasmania. QUEENSTOWN

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 3

The heaviest rainfall known here for years occurred yesterday and last night; the rain fell in torrents for about 16 hours continuously, causing Queen's River to…

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Gales on the Coast. a Woman Killed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1906 · page 4

The strong westerly winds which were expertenced along the coast blew with great severity at Woilongong during Thursday night. So terrible were…

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Floods in China

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 2

Floods in the Province of Hunan, China, have canted great loss of life…

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Storms in the Sun. Warning by Mr. Wragge. Perth

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

Mr. Clement Wragge, the well-known meteorologist, wrote as follows to-day:— "New storms have appeared in the…

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New Sight for Tourists. Floods in Flanders

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1906 · page 3

From Brussels, on 21st March, the correspondent of the London "Dully Mall" wrote:— THe great floods in Fi[?]ers have…

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San Francisco Refugees Flooded Out

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 May 1906 · page 2

The refugees who since the destruction of the city have been camped in the parks of San Francisco, have been flooded out of their temporary abodes…

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The Possibility of Flood

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 30 June 1906 · page 2

Although the showery weather of the past few days (or is it weeks?) has not and may not be expected to effect the state of the river to any alarming…

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Flood in the Murray. TOCUMWAL

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 2

The river is rising rapidly here, and now stands at 17 feet above summer level. Reports from Albury and Yarrawonga this morning show that the…

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Mine Flooded. London

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 2

Owing to a flood, six men were imprisoned in a colliery at Glamorgan shire, in Wales, and three were drowned, and two others were…

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