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Floods & storms, 1909

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Mexican Floods

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 September 1909 · page 2

There have been terrible scenes owing to floods at Monterey, Mexico. A thousand bodies have been re­covered, some from branches of trees,…

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The Great Floods Terrible Scenes in Mexico. London, Sept. 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 2

Terrible scenes have been occasioned by the floods at Monterey. A thousand bodies were recovered. Some from branches of trees other from the…

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Sicily Devastated Swept by Cyclone. 3000 Houses Destroyed. London, Sept. 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 2

A terrible cyclone swept through Catania, Sicily, and destroyed 3000 houses. In Scordia sixty were entombed and many injured. Miles of…

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Floods in Java. Heavy Loss of Life. London, Sept, 4

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 September 1909 · page 2

The Leomadjang district of Java has been devastated by floods, and many lives have been lost. At the town of Probolinggo the…

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Gales on the Coast. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1909 · page 2

Heavy gales are raging on the coast and stand-off signals are flying from many stations…

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A Schooner in Trouble. a Frightful Gale

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 28 September 1909 · page 2

The American 4-masted schooner, Alpena, id anchored in the teeth of a frightful gale, and the sea in Stockton is so high, that only for the…

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To-day's Telegrams. The Magnetic Gale[?] SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 28 September 1909 · page 2

It was still blowing a gale along the coast this morning. A grand sight was at the heads when the R M.S. Osterley arrived from Brisbane. She…

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Coastal Gales. Steamer Dealyed. Passengers' Unpleasant Experience. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1909 · page 2

The schooner Alpena was towed out of Stockton Bight this morning and taken to Newcastle, where the captain and crew re-boarded her. The vessel…

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Victims of the Gale. Wife Swept Overboard. Husband Demented. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1909 · page 2

As the Canadian mail steamer. Marama, was leaving Sydney Heads on Monday afternoon, for Brisbane, she encountered the full force of the…

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Sunday's Storm

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 8 October 1909 · page 2

A very severe wind and hail storm occurred on Sunday, the hail laying thick for some hours. Eighty-two points of rain were registered. There…

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Terrible Cyclone. Eastern Bengal Devastated. Loss of Life Feared. London, Oct, 20

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1909 · page 2

A terrible cyclone wrecked Go[?]lands and other eastern Bengal station along the river, many steamers, and a great number of native raft. It [?]…

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To-day's Cablegrams Floods in England, London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 November 1909 · page 2

Boats are being used in the streets of Canterbury and Folkstone. The country round Lewes is flooded, and there are serious floods in Essex…

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Disaster in Jamaica. No News for Five Days. Fearful Storms and Floods. London, Nov. 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 2

No news has been received for five days from Jamaica. The cables have been broken, and there have been great floods…

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A Deluge

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 19 November 1909 · page 3

Heavy rains have fallen at Adana, Asia Minor. Five hundred houses have been destroyed. The damage is estimated at several hundred thousand pounds…

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Broken Hill Water Famine Government Hoping for a Storm

The Worker · Thursday 25 November 1909 · page 18

The imminence of a water famine has roused the Minister of Works (Mr. Lee) to do something to keep the people of Broken Hill from the horror of a water…

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Above a Storm Cloud

Tumbarumba Times · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 4

The view of e storm aloud from shove is one of the most interesting sights ever be- held by man. According to a famous aeronaut, a storm view from that position…

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......Prevailing Moda[?] byGreat Storm. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 3

A severe thunderstorm occurred in the city and suburbs this afternoon, and a hailstorm in the eastorn suburbs is especially severe…

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The Strike. "Before the Storm." the Churches and the Strike

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

Representatives of the Strike Congress, responding to the Acting-Premier's invitation, met him at his office Saturday morning last. The…

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Terrible Weather Snowstorms and Gales. Disastrous Results. London, Dec. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

Great snowstorms were followed by gales in Britain. Steamers report terrible weather between Las Palmas and England. Waves were sixty…

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Gales in Britain. Shipwrecks, Snow, and Floods. London, Dec. 23

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 December 1909 · page 7

Very severe weather is being experienced throughout the United Kingdom, and several shipwrecks are reported. Heavy falls of snow and fierce gales…

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