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Floods & storms, 1908

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Wind-storm at Albany

The Worker · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 9

Albury, N.S.W., was visited with a terrific wind-storm on Saturday evening, which worked havoc among the trees and shook houses to their foundations. The…

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A disastrous Storm. Philippine Islands Swept. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 2

A hurricane which caused great loss of life and property swept over the islands of Samar, Leyte, Luzon, Panag, Masbate, and Romblon, in the…

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Floods in India. River Overflows. Collapse of Hospital. Burying Patients. London, Sept. 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 2

Disastrous floods have occurred at Hyderabad and Deccan. India, with loss of life. The river Musi overflowed its banks…

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Floods in India. Heavy Loss of Life. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 October 1908 · page 2

Disastrous floods have occurred in the province of Hyderabad, which occupies the greater part of the Deccan proper, or central plateau of Southern…

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Floods in India

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

Terrible floods have occurred iu India. The Musi river overflowed its banks, flooding the city of Haidarabad. The hospital collapsed, a number of…

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Cablegrams To-day's News. Floods. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 2

The floods at Hyderabad in India are worse than was at first reported to be the case. One estimate mentions that the death roll numbers ten…

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The Floods in India

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 2

Many heroic rescues were effected from the floods at Hyderabad, India. Nurses carried hospital patients on to the roofs, which were almost covered…

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Hyderabad Floods. Immense Loss of Life. Estimated at 10,000. LONDON, Oct. 1

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 2

The loss of life resulting from the disastrous floods at Hyderabad, in the Deccan, or central plateau of Southern India, proves to be far…

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The Indian Floods. Larger Than First Reported. Heroic Nurses, Officials and Priests. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 2

The floods at Hyderabad, India, were worse than was at first reported. One estimate mentions that the death roll was 10,000…

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Disastrous Storm

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 October 1908 · page 2

Through a storm in Luz[?]n, in the Philippines, 300 persons perished…

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Terrific Storm. Destroys Hundreds of Houses Three Hundred People Perish. London, Oct. 23

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 2

A storm in the Cagayan valley in the island of Luzon, the largest of tie Phillippines, destroyed hundreds of houses and 300 persons perished…

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Wedding. Weidenhofer—flood

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 3

"Eveline Cottage," King Street, was the scone of a quiet and pretty wedding on Monday afternoon last when Mr. Laurence Weidenhofer…

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The Westphalia Disaster. Fire Extinguished by Flooding Indescribable Scenes at Pit Head. Demonstration Against Owners. German Prince Mobbed. Frenzied Women Seek Death. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 3

The Radbod colliery, at Hamme, in Wesphalia, in which a terrible fire occurred as a result of an explosion of fire-damp, and in which 320 miners…

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Storm at Penrith. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 3

During a heavy thunderstorm in the Penrith district last night, lightning at Castlereagh struck trees and fencing and splintered them to atoms. A cow…

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Destructive Storm. Wheat Crops Affected. Farmer's Heavy Loss. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 2

A severe thunderstorm was experienced at Tamworth, accompanied by hail. Considerable damage was done to crops, one farmer alone sustaining…

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Disastrous Storm. Over an Inch of Rain in Half an Hour. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 3

A terrific thunderstorm passed over Gidley, near Tamworth, this morning. Hail levelled the bardley crops to the ground, and other crops were badly…

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Lightning and Fire Ball. Terrible Storm at Tenterfield. One Boy Killed, Another Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 2

While driving home some cows last night during a heavy storm, at Sunnyside, near Tenterfield, Edward Greaney, aged 12, was struck dead by lightning…

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Cape Colony Disaster. Port Elizabeth Flooded. Damage Stated at £250,000

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 8

A serious disaster, has occurred at Port Elizabeth, on Algoa Bay, the principal seaport on the east part of Cape Colony and also on the Orange…

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A Terrific Storm. Circus Tents Blown Down. No Serious Injuries. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 2

A terrific windstorm occurred at Collarandabri last night. A buckjumping show had just opened its doors, when the wind blew the tend and everything to…

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The Weather. Severe Thunderstorms. Close Lightning Flashes

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 2

The oppressive and sultry weather which obtained for a week or more with rain threatening and disappearing culminated in severe thunderstorms…

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