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Floods & storms, 1907

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Terrible Storm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 2

A violent storm is raging in the Strait of Gibraltar…

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Storm in a Teacup. the French Telegraph Boy

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 4

The Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" narrates the follow long story:— Gontini, aged nineteen, a telegraph…

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Flood of Whisky. Ten People Injured and One Killed. Carts Caught in a Deluge

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 3

The Loch Katrine Distillery, on the south side of Glasgow, was the scene of an extraordinary incident on the morning of November 20. A "wash…

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Great Gale in Sydney Harbor. Shipping in Trouble

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 3

A terrific gale occurred in the bay on Sunday during which the shipping in the harbor was subjected to a trying time. Tugs were in demand to assist…

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Gale in Sydney Sensational Incidents. Loss of Life. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 4

A very strong gale raged in Sydney and along the coast for some hours to-day. It ranged from 28 to 43 miles an hour in speed, but was occasionally much…

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Death and Disaster in a Storm

The Worker · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 11

John Bonfield Ferry, a bricklayer, aged 28, was drowned in Botany Bay on Sunday while attempting to cross from one sailing boat to another which had broken…

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Telegrams. SYDNEY, Tuesday. Flood at Cooma

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1907 · page 2

Heavy rains have fallen at Cooma, resulting in floods, stock being drowned, fences washed away, and fruit destroyed on the trees. A man…

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Storms in New Zealand Floods and Landslips. Auckland

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 January 1907 · page 3

While the southern part of the colony is shrivelling and sweltering in the heat, and the cattle have been turned into the crops destroyed for harvesting,…

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The Storm

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

The storm on Monday last was the most violent ever experienced in the town of Adelong. It rose up suddenly at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon…

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Storm in Queensland Cooktown Partly in Ruins. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 January 1907 · page 2

Brief news has come indicating that disaster has overtaken Cooktown. The postmaster at Palmerville telegraphed to the Deputy Postmaster-General at a…

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The Cooktown Cyclone Buildings Demolished. Town Partly Wrecked. Brisbane

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 24 January 1907 · page 4

Further particulars of the cyclone which visited Cooktown on Friday night and Saturday show that the calamity was the most disastrous one that has…

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Heavy Rain

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

The rain which fell on Saturday was very much heavier in some parts of the district than at Wagga, where only 92 points were recorded. Steady…

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A Serious Disaster. the Cooktown Cyclone. Government Schooner Pilot Wrecked. Seven Lives Lost. Cooktown

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 3

The steamer Seymour, which was despatched by the Queensland Government to look for the Government schooner Pilot, returned to port last…

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Tragic Fight in a Storm

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 4

Some strange things happen at sea Real life there is more full of thrilling events than the most sensational fiction. This…

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Snow Storm in Berlin. Street Traffic Suspended. London. January 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 2

A remarkably heavy snowstorm has been experienced in Germany, The streets of the capital, Berlin, were covered to a depth 18 inches…

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An American Gale

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 2

A gale blew twenty wooden houses on to the ice on Lake Michigan, and the occupants, many of whom were asleep at the time, regained the shore…

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Storm in the Mountains

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 5

A severe storm took place in the Blue Mountains yesterday. The Leura Falls near Katoomba rose rapidly. and a lady was carried…

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Cooktown Cyclone

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 2

It is reported that during the recent cyclone at Cooktown the Low and Woddy Islands were swept by waves which washed over the highest trees, and bodies…

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Cooktown Cyclone Remarkable Effects. Cooktown

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 3

The Melbidri returned this afternoon from her search for the crew of the Government ketch Pilot, which was wrecked during the late cyclone. No…

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A Terrifying Storm. Wollongong Show Demolished. a Bewildered Crowd

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 2

The Wollongong Show, with its 4000 exhibits, had an unfortunate opening on Thursday, as a storm burst over the ground during the afternoon, and…

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