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Floods & storms, 1907

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Floods in France Havoc in the Vineyards. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 October 1907 · page 2

Seven persons who took refuge on the roof of a building near Perpignan, in the South of France, from the floods were drowned…

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Great Rain Storm. a Timely Downpour. Up to 100 Points Recorded

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 2

Indications of a change were early manifest on Wednesday. After a warm night the forenoon was oppressivee, and the unpleasantness of outdoor…

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Heavy Rain

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 2

Heavy soaking rain is reported from all parts of the country…

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Great Floods in Italy Towns Inundated. Loss of Life. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 November 1907 · page 2

Disastrous floods, accompanied by loss of life, have occurred in Northern Italy. The damage to embankments and hydraulic works is estimated at…

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Barque's Terrible Plight Disabled in a Gale. Towed Back to Port. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 November 1907 · page 4

The four-masted barque Bengairn, which left Newcastle for Antofagasta with a cargo of coal on the 2nd inst., was towed into Sydney this morning in…

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Marconi Signal Station. a Wireless Thunderstorm

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 6

An interesting description of a visit to the Marconi wireless signal station at Clifden (county Gatway) is given by a correspondent of the "Daily Mail,"…

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A Severe Storm Sheep Killed by Lightning. Drover's Narrow Escape. Coolamon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 28 November 1907 · page 3

About 11 a.m. yesterday it was noticed a storm was brewing north, black clouds were forming, and the distant rumble of thunder was heard, giving…

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Wrecked in a Snow Storm. Six Hundred Passengers Rescued. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 2

A Canadian-Pacific company's steamer has been wrecked on the watt of Ironbound Island, in the St. Lawrence, during a blinding snowstorm…

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Four Says in a Storm

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 4

After clinging to the sides of their derelict vessel for four days, buffetted by, rough seas, and without a scrap of food,…

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Floods and Hurricanes Chinese Provinces Devastated. the Opium Evil

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 3

Eastern files by the steamer Eastern from Hongkong report that the suppression of opium smoking in Canton is making headway. Fifty-two…

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Old World News. London, Sunday. Gale and Floods. ?

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 2

There has been a severe gale with floods on the British coast There were thirty wrecks of a minor character…

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Storm at Albury

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 2

There was a terrific storm at Albury yesterday. great damage was done to property. Several houses were unroofed; 132 point of rain fell…

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Cyclonic Storm. Variety in Weather. Heavy Rainfall

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 2

During the last day or two the weather has left little to be desired in the way of aggressiveness and variety. On Saturday morning the conditions were…

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Storm at Albury. Serious Damage Done. Albury

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 2

A terrific storm occurred here yesterday. Great damage was done to property, several houses and stables being unroofed, trees blown down, and or…

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Rough Weather and Seas. Floods and Fatalities

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 3

Gales of a severe character hare been experienced in Great Britain and in the Channel. Lloyds' reports 30 minor wrecks. There are continued…

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