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Floods & storms, 1908

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Great Rainfall. 1300 Points in Sydney. Terrific Storm on the Coast. Damage at Parramatta. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

Magnificent rains have fallen in many parts of the interior. A splendid season is now anticipated. Over 13 inches of rain were registered in Sydney…

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Boisterous Weather. Floods on the Coast. Races Postponed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 2

The bank holiday was celebrated to-day. The weather was boisterous, with southerly winds and rain squalls. The Moorefield races have been…

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Fleet and Floods

The Worker · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 17

A newspaper office must be prepared for any emergency, and Sydney having been threatened with a deluge our staff set to work to build itself an ark, from designs by our artist. This craft was successfully launched in Bathurst-street on Tuesday, and "The Worker" will come out as usual. Are we downhearted? No! We have decided to run trips on the harbor during Fleet week, and to encourage circulation we are issuing a limited number of tickets (5000)…

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Floods Anticipated Heavy Rain in the North. Namo[?] River Rising Rapidly. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 2

Heavy rains have fallen on the North- Eastern slopes, and another flood is not unlikely. The Nam[?]i river is rising rapidly, and is over…

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Gales at Sea. Coal Ship in Distress. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 2

The American ship Henry Failing, which left Newcastle on July 26th for San Francisco with a cargo of coal, returned to Sydney this morning…

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Perils of the Sea Hard Fight for Life. Twelve Days Without Sleep. American Ship in the Gale. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 2

The American ship Henry Failing, which left Newcastle on the 26th July, coal laden for San Francisco, was towed into Port Jackson to-day in a…

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Air Ship Disaster. How It Occurred. During a Violent Thunder Storm. Sympathy with the Aerona[?]t. London, Aug. 7

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 2

While the Zeppelin airship was moored, and being repaired, at Echterd[?]ugen yesterday afternoon. She was suddenly struck by a violent thunder…

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Floods in America

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 2

Disastrous floods have occurred in Carolina. Operations at the cotton mills have been suspended. Forty people were drowned. The damage…

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City Flooded

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 2

Owing to rain bursting the canal banks the city of Augusta, Georgia, is flooded from six to twelve feet. The damage is estimated at £100,000…

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The Floods in America. LONDON, Aug, 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 3

Twenty bodies have been recovered from the floods at Augusta (Georgia, U.S.A.). The captain of a steamer states that he saw 23 bodies floating…

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Gales in England. London, Sept. 2

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 2

Great gales are now raging in England. Much damage has been done to the shipping and telegraph lines…

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Cyclonic Storms. Lines Damaged. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 2

Owing to the serious cyclonic storm which broke over the Riverina district last night, the telegraph wires, especially those working from Sydney…

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Flood at Tamworth

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 2

The Pcel river at Tamworth is in flood. It is now running a banker, and has broken over near the courthouse. The water is spreading into…

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Flood Anticipated. a Town Partly Inundated. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 2

The heavy rains of the past few days have greatly swollen the peel River, and Tamworth is Partly inundated. The outlook is alarming…

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Copious Rainfall Timely Thunderstorms. Over 200 Points Registered

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 September 1908 · page 2

The useful showers which fell in August were crowned by the splendid downpour of Saturday and Sunday. Steady rain fell for some hours on…

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Floods at Narrabri. Namoi River Overflows. Residences in Danger. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1908 · page 2

The Namoi river at Narrabri over flowed its banks last night and is now 18ft. above summer level, and rising. The water is only within a few feet…

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Floods in the North. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 September 1908 · page 3

The Namoi River at Narrabri overflowed its banks last night, and is at present 18ft. above summer level, and rising. The Narrabri Creek is also…

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The Track of a Cyclone "Hold on for Your Lives."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 4

The wind had dropped entirely, and with the dropping of the wind a thousand different sounds broke harshly upon the ear, sounding almost…

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Cyclone at Albury. a Roaring Wind. Grand-stand Wrecked

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 3

A cyclonic storm of great velocity passed over the north-eastern portion of Albury between 7 and 8 o'clock on Saturday night. After sundown a…

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Severe Storm at Albury. Show Guam) Stand Wrecked. Roofing Carried 100 YARDS

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 22 September 1908 · page 2

A terrific wind storm passed over Albury about g o'clock on Saturday night. Trees were blown down and houses were shaken. The…

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