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Riverina · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1909

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To-day's Cablegrams Great Cyclone. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 June 1909 · page 2

Many houses, schools, and churches have been demolished by a cyclone at Zephyr, Texas, U.S. Lightning set fire to the business portion of the town,…

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Heavy Rain. London

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 5 June 1909 · page 2

Heavy rain has fallen at Cambridge, and a resumption of play is improbable…

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Heavy Rain. Resumption of Play Improbable. London, June 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 2

Heavy rain fell during last night at Bath. The wicket to-day is saturated, and the resumption of play is very doubtful…

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A Destructive Gale

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

During a gale on the South Coast yesterday a school hall at Thirroul was lifted bodily from its foundations and carried 6ft away, causing a…

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Storms in Sydney Sensational Incident. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

The damage done by yesterday's wind storm was much more severe than was at first supposed, especially in the suburbs. A sensational, affair…

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Terrific Storm. School-house Shifted. Buildings Blown Away. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

During a gale yesterday the Church of England School at Thirroul was lifted bodily from its foundation and shifted six feet, considerably damaging the…

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Flood at Kangaroo Valley. Kangaroo Valley

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 June 1909 · page 2

Very heavy rain fell during Thursday. bringing the total up to 661 points. The river rose 12 feet. Telegraphic communication was cut off…

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Will There Be a Flood? Heavy Rain and Rising Rivers. Nearly Five Inches for June

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 2

THE continued ram has naturally caused fears of a flood. Such a succession of wet days never before, perhaps, fell to the lot of this district…

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The Flood

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 2

Great commotion and anxiety was occasioned amongst residents along the Tumut river yesterday by the receipt of news by 'phone from…

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Telegrams. Floods and Disasters

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 4

Floods are reported over the southern districts. Culverts and bridges have been washed away, and vehicular traffic has been…

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Servants' Tyranny Ends. Flood of Polyglots from America

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 25 June 1909 · page 4

Hungary is experiencing already Some remarkable effects in its social late from the great reflux of Americans" to the land of their birth (says a Budapest…

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Weather Talk. the Tumut River in Flood

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

470 points of rain for the month, and an tho weather hasn't taken up yet, the total full is likely to roach five inches for the full month. This…

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The Murray in Flood

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

Our Sydney agents wired on Friday morning :— A big flood is anticipated at Wodonga, where all the low-lying country…

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Serious Floods Murray Overflows. Albury Partially Submerged Back Country Mails Stopped Convent Wall Collapses. Victorian Town Inundated. a Bridge Washed Away. Loss of Stock. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

After continuous light rain for some weeks a heavy thunderstorm occurred last night, with 178 points of rain. Low ground on the Albury flat is…

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The Weather. a Welcome Change at Wagga Flood Narrowly Averted

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 7

It is with considerable pleasure the fact can be reported that the weather prevailing in Wagga yesterday and on the prieecing day gives good prospects…

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A Serious Situation. "Greatest Flood on Record a Sea of Water. Alarming Rise at Jingell[?] Murray Bridge Shifted. Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

A very serious flood is now inevitable. The river at Albury is 1881 6[?] above summer level, or just a few inches below the level of four years…

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Floods. Serious in Upper Murray Bridges Washed Away. Albury Threatened. Murrumbidgee Rising. Albury

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 2

A serious flood at Albury is inevitable. The river is 13ft 6in above summer level, and is running at a great rate…

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Floods in Victoria

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 2

The Goulburn river, in Victoria, is in flood and is two miles wide in parts. The low-lying parts of Seymour are under water…

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The Flood in the Murray

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 2

The Murray river rose steadily, reaching 17 feet at Albury. The water then commenced to recede. The scene is a remarkable one. The…

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Today's Cablegrams. Flooded Mine Disaster. LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 29 June 1909 · page 2

An underground river flooded a coal mine in Portugal, and fourteen bodies were recovered, 47 miners still being missing…

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