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Floods & storms, 1906

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The Victorian Floods Houses Submerged and Swept Away. Many Rescues Effected. Two Boys Drowned

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 13 September 1906 · page 2

The floods at Footscray are (a Melbourne wire of Monday says) even more serious than at first anticipated. Daylight found the district one…

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Cyclone at Bourke. Buildings Wrecked. Bourke

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 2

One of the most terrible cylones ever experienced in this district occurred at 10 minutes past 2 o'clock this morning. It came up from the…

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The Floods in Victoria. MELBOURNE

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 2

The Bendigo Show Ground is still partly submerged. The Echuca Cemetery was inundated, and many graves subsided. A…

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Floods in Victoria

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 2

There has been a serious flood at Cohana (Victoria). Twenty thousand acres are under water, and there have been large losses of stock. Farmers…

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Big Storms

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 29 September 1906 · page 4

Terrible storms have occurred in Spain. Many lives have been lost, and crops have been ruined…

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Special Cable Service. Disastrous Storms. LONDON

The Temora Star · Wednesday 3 October 1906 · page 2

A disatrous storm swept over Alabama and Florida on Friday last. At Mobile Christ Church Cathedral was blown down and several blocks of…

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Murrumbidgee in Flood. Hay, Friday Night

The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 3 October 1906 · page 2

The River Murrumbidgee is in a state of flood, and all low-land land is covered. When the steamer William Davies, with a heavily-laden barge, was passing…

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Floods Feared

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 4 October 1906 · page 3

Rains are reported from all parts of the State Heavy downpours occurred in Victoria, and floods are exported in some places…

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Latest Sporting. Another Flood Feared at Flemington. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1906 · page 3

The Moonee Valley races, set down for to-day, had to be postponed owing to the unfavorable weather. It is feared that Flemington may be visited…

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Floods in Victoria. Great Damage at Ballarat. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1906 · page 2

Rain is falling all over victoria. The Edwards River has reached 20ft. above summer level, and another rise in the Murray is expected. Great…

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A Flood in the Murrumbidgee. a Week's Constant Rain. the Flats Covered

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 2

Within the past five weeks over five inches of rain fell in Gundagai, viz, 373 points for September, and 138 points during the first three days of…

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In State of Flood. River Nearly 26 Ffet

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 2

The Gundagai district has been getting plenty of we weather lately and this week the culminating point was reached, when the rain pelted down…

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Rain and Floods. Considerable Damage

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 2

After a continuous wet season since the beginning of March and a fall of 4½ inches of rain in September, it may be readily understood that the rains of this…

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Fears of a Flood. the Recent Rains. the Rise in the River

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 2

Thirty-seven points of rain in Wagga on Thursday, and a general rain in the district abutting on the Murrumbidgee, were the factors which gave rise to the…

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The Last Flood

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 2

The last flood at Wagga occurred early in July, 1900. The rise which preceded it commenced to reach threatening proportions on Thursday, July 5th. The…

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Floods in Victoria. Rivers Rising Rapidly

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 6

Heavy rain has fallen over Victoria during the past week and further floods, are feared. Already (a Melbourne wire of Wednesday says rivers in…

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Floods at Bullenbong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 2

Writing to Mr. H. T. Davidson, under yesterday's date, the manager of Bullenbong (Mr. Willie Davidson) states:—"I thought it was going to…

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The Weather and the River. Flood at Wagga Probable

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 2

The statement hazarded in our weather report last issue that, although it was then fine, it was improbable the rain had wholly gone, turned out well…

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Big Flood at Adelong. Adelong

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 8

Adelong Creek is in full flood, the worst for twenty years. The creek rose 4ft, in twenty minutes. Davies and Kershaw secured their No. 2 barge…

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Floods in the Country. Alarm at Albury. Albury Flats Submerged. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 8

Alarming information from towns up the river was posted locally this morning, at 9 o'clock. Wagga reported that the river rose 2ft. last night…

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