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Floods & storms, 1910

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Great Storm in Melbourne. Infectious Diseases Tents Wrecked

The Worker · Thursday 28 April 1910 · page 19

A great storm swept over Melbourne and the surrounding districts on Monday night. On the Bay much damage was done among small craft. The lighter Jules Marie…

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A South Sea Cyclone. Great Devastation

The Worker · Thursday 5 May 1910 · page 19

News was received at Sydney on Monday of a devastating cyclone which occurred at the Loyalty Islands about the end of March. All houses, cocoanut trees,…

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To-day's Telegrams. Terrific Storm

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 May 1910 · page 2

A violent thunderstorm passed over the city last night. The lightning was extremely vivid, and the thunder deafening. Rain fell heavily,, 64…

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Fierce Storm at Sydney. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 May 1910 · page 2

A thunderstorm, accompanied by heavy rain, passed over the city to-night. In George-street west a flood was caused owing to the storm water…

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Storms and Earthquake

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 2

Heavy losses of life and property have resulted from violent storms which swept the larger part of France yesterday, and slight shocks…

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Floods Expected

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 2

A general weather forecast has been given for the Southern Districts of this taste by one of the leading meteorologists of the commonwealth…

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Boisterous Weather Snow and Floods. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 5

Wintry weather is reported from all over the States. Heavy seas are running on the coast, and snow has fallen on the southern highland, falls…

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A Terrible Cyclone Island of Sardinia Devastated. Vancouver, June 8

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 9 June 1910 · page 2

The island of Sardinina was ravaged to-day by a violent cyclone. The districts of Lanusei. Tortoli, Islboni, Flini and Japan were devastated and…

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Severe Storms Deaths and Damage. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 5

There have been heavy heavy thunderstorms and much rain for the last tires days in the South of England and in Germany, and some isolated…

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Violent Storms. Many Fatalities. Great Damage to Crops. London, June 10

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 2

Cologne reports that storms of unprecedented violence have raged for the past few days and have resulted in many fatalities and…

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Disastrous Storms. Killed by Lightning. Extraordinary Occurrence. London, June 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 14 June 1910 · page 2

Six were killed, seventeen seriously and one hundred slightly injured, by lightning in the park ot Berlin while sheltering under trees from a storm…

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Great Storm in Austria

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1910 · page 2

A torrential storm at Vienna caused great destruction, and the running of trains was suspended. Fifteen hundred cases of damage are reported…

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Disastrous Floods Ahr Valley Inundated. Many Lives Lost. Work of Rescue. London, June 15

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 16 June 1910 · page 2

Further particulars of the floods in the Ahr River (Germany) state that the river has overflowed. The greatest loss was at a camp of Italian and…

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Floods in Germany. an Appalling Catastrophe Dams Break Away. Wholesale Devastation Caused. Forty Bridges Destroyed. Over Three Hundred People Drowned. London, Tuesday Afternoon

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 16 June 1910 · page 2

Floods have burst several dams, and thereby caused the drowning of 150 people in the Ayr Valley, and 175 in other districts in Germany…

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Important Special Cable News. Great Floods

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 June 1910 · page 2

Devastating floods are reported from various parts of Europe. At Oberammergan, in Germany, 600 visitors ewre cut off from railway…

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Floods in Europe. River Neva Overflows. 409 Lives Lost. Enormous Destruction of Property. Vancouver, June 17

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1910 · page 2

Eight persons were drowned owing to the Neva River overflowing its banks. At Budapest the property loss in enormous, and twenty towns are…

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Floods Expected

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 4

A general weather forecast has been given for the Southern Districts of this taste by one of the leading meteorologists of the commonwealth…

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The Floods in Europe Heavy Loss of Life. Over 1000 People Drowned. School Children Swept Away. London, June 18

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

The loss of life caused by the disastrous Hoods in Europe has been heavier than was supposed. The Vienna correspondent of the…

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Floods in Europe. Rivers Strewn with Corpses. Enormous Damage. Towns Swept Away. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

Accounts of the terrible floods which have recently devastated widespread areas in Europe continue to swell the deathroll…

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Disastrous Thunderstorm

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 21 June 1910 · page 2

A thunderstorm which passed over New York State, U.S.A., killed fourteen people and injured many…

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