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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1908

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Destructive Storms

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 2

A violent storm yesterday at Hope-town caused much damage, haystacks being razed to the ground, and sheets of iron blown and twisted about like…

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Very Latest Storm. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 2

A heavy thunderstorm passed over the city this afternoon…

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A Severe Storm. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 December 1908 · page 2

A terrific storm, accompanied by blinding dust, thunder and lightning, struck Denman last night. The lightning struck an unoccupied…

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Gale and Losses at Sea. West Australia

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 2

A heavy gale is raging at Broome, and a number of pearling boats are reported as lost…

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Gale in the West Several Wrecks. Perth

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 December 1908 · page 7

A schooner and several luggers were wrecked in a gale near Broome…

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The Broome Cyclone. a Destructive Storm. Several Lives Lost. Perth

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 December 1908 · page 3

Owing to interrupted telegraph lines the press reports of the hurricane which occurred on Tuesday last did not reach Perth until to-day…

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To-day's Telegrams. Big Storm. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 18 December 1908 · page 2

A violent thunderstorm passed over the city and suburbs last night, and lightning was remarkably vivid, and forty points of rain fell…

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Fireballs and Lightning Storm Around Sydney. a Boy Killed and Tram Struck. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 December 1908 · page 2

A terrific storm, which raged over Sydney and suburbs last evening, and which was notable for a remarkable display of lightning, caused a…

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