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Floods & storms, 1907

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Heavy Rain in the West

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 2

Heavy rains have fallen in West Australia. The grantor part of the town of Wagin is inundated. Railway traffic has been suspended, and…

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Severe Weather. Gales on the Coast. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 2

A heavy gate passed over the city this afternoon. A number of vessels got into difficulties. A hulk got adrift in Johnstoue's Bay and was…

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Gale at Albany Worst for Years. an Engineer Drowned. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 3

A terrible gale raged at Albany on Monday. It was the worst experienced for years. John Henderson, second engineer on…

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Floods

The Worker · Thursday 8 August 1907 · page 17

Heavy monsoonal rains have traversed Australia. Starting in Western Australia on Monday, they reached the New South Wales coast on Sunday, having thus spread…

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West Australian Gales. Further Losses Reported. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 5

Further news from Albany shows that several vessels sustained serious injuries in the late storm. The stormer Monaro, from Adelaide,…

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Caught in Gales. Governor-general's Trip. Steamer Seriously Damaged. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 August 1907 · page 3

The R.M.S. Himalaya with the Governor-General and Lady Northcote, who purpose touring Western Australia, aboard arrived at Fremantle to-day…

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To Avoid Danger During Storms

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 21 August 1907 · page 4

If out of doors during a storm trees should be avoided, and if, from the rapidity with which the explosion follows the flash of lightning,…

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Flooded

The Worker · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 1

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Storm at Germanton

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 2

Our Germanton correspondent wires: —A heavy storm, accompanied by a strong wind, passed over the town on Wednesday afternoon at about 5…

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District News Coolamon a Heavy Storm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 August 1907 · page 4

A heavy storm passed over Coolamon on Wednesday, from the South about 3 p.m. The clouds were black and threatening, hanging exceedingly low…

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Clara Butt's "Good-bye." During a Thunderstorm

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 3

About 8000 people went to the Albert Hall on Saturday afternoon (29th June). to see and hear Mme. Clara Butt at her "good-bye" concert, the…

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Dust Storm at Broken Hill

The Worker · Thursday 12 September 1907 · page 15

At Broken Hill on Sept. 6 a terrific dust storm raged all day. Business had to be entirely suspended, and surface work at the mines was seriously interfered with…

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The Monowai Found Disabled in a Gale. Drifting for Two Days. Towed Into Port. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 September 1907 · page 3

The disabled steamer Monowai, of the Union Steamship Company's fleet, was picked up 294 miles from Sydney by the Mokoia, another Union liner, on…

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Storm Off Newfoundland. Fishing Vessels Lost

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 September 1907 · page 2

A terrific storm prevailed off the coast of Newfoundland last week and 70 fishing vessels were lost…

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Floods in Spain

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

There have been great floods in Spain. Two hundred persons perished, and twelve thousand persons are homeless. Twelve villages have been…

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Disastrous Flood Spanish Seaport Devastated London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 3

A terrible flood has devastated the district of Malaga, one of the most important seaport districts of Spain, on the Mediterrnaean…

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Floods in France. Heavy Losses of Wine. Thousands of People Homeless. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 2

Terrific torriental rains in the South of France have swollen the rivers abnormally, crusing terrible floods in the Departments of Fau, Herault, Gard, Bouches…

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Floods in France

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 2

Torrential rains in the south of France have [?]llen the rivers, causing terrible floods in the departments of Fau, Herault. Gara, Bouches, Durbone, and Vancluse,…

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Calamitous Floods. Many Lives Lost. Twelve Villages Destroyed London, Sept. 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 October 1907 · page 2

A terrible flood occurred in the province of Malaga, Spain. One hundred and right persons perished. Twelve thousand people have been rendered…

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The Nulli Secundus. Wrecked by a Gale. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 12 October 1907 · page 5

A sudden gale has wrecked the British military balloon Nulli Secundus, whilst it was over Chrystal Palace…

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