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Floods & storms, 1910

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Two Inches in Forty Minutes Great Storm at Temora. Temora

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 December 1910 · page 2

A phenomenal storm burst over Temora about 5 o'clock this afternoon, and in 40 minutes two inches of rain fell deluging the town. By 6 o'clock…

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Bounteous Rains. Heavy Storms

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 5

AFTER a dry spell lasting a couple of weeks, with a few hot days thrown in, Gandagai and district, in fact the greater part of the southern and…

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Storm at Cullinga. Cullinga

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 2

Great damage has been done to the heavy wheat and oat crops at Cullinga. Many farmer's have to pull the binders out, and start cutting the lying down…

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French Floods

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 December 1910 · page 2

The past month was the wettest in France for two hundred years. At Nantes two thousand workers have been rendered idle by the floods…

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Record Storm

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 2

On Tuesday evening a record storm passed over several parts of the district, and did considerable damage to growing crops…

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The Temora Storm Losses Aggregate £1000. TEMORA

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 4

Reports received from the district show that the recent storm caused serious losses. Mr. F. Thiel, on the Mirrool-road, had his entire crop…

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Record Rains. Floods in France. Paris, Dec. 2

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 2

The past month is the wettest November in France for 200 years. At Nautes 3000 workers were rendered idle by the floods. Many streets…

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Great Storms

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 2

Storms have swept the towns of Windanao and Zamboanga, Manilla, and 25 lives have 'been lost, the damage being estimated at £500,000…

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Boree. The Storm. Boree Farmers Suffer

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 5

Last week will live in the memory of the Boree farmers. The parish of Clyde in that district lay right in the track of the storm which did…

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Farms and Villages Flooded. Vancouver, Dec. 5

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 2

A message from Paris announces that serious damage has been caused through the bursting of a valley dyke, near Nantes, the flood waters…

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Floods in Europe. Serious Position in France. Railways Submerged. Paris, Dec. 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 December 1910 · page 2

As the result of the abnormally heavy rains in France lately, a large extent of country has been inundated, with consequent severe hardship to the…

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Terrible Storms. Devastation in Southern Russia. Great Loss of Life. London, Dec. 9

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 2

Despatches from Astrakhan, the great port and fishing mart of Southern Russia, record details of a thrilling character of the terrible…

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Heavy Rain. Ten Incurs in 36 Hours. Brisbane, Dec. 12

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1910 · page 2

A heavy rainfall has occurred in Brisbane and during the past 36 hours it totalled ten inches. It is now fine and there is no prospect of a flood…

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Floods in Spain and Italy

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1910 · page 2

Owing to terrific storms the majority of the Spanish ports are inaccessible There are floods in many districts, particularly in Castile, where…

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Wicket Flooded

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 December 1910 · page 2

The wicket at the Sydney Cricket Ground is saturated. Five inches of rain have fallen since Saturday. Even if the weather breaks there…

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Floods in Europe Spain Inundated. London, Dec. 12

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 December 1910 · page 2

Owing to terrific storms the majority of the Spanish ports are inaccessible. There are floods in many districts, particularly in Castile, where several…

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Terrific Storm

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 16 December 1910 · page 4

A terrific storm took place at Karara (Queensland) on Wednesday. Five inches of rain fell in thirty minutes, while hail was stacked to a height of…

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Spain in Flood. Barcelona

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 December 1910 · page 2

Several villages in the lower parts of Spain are under water to-day, the crops have been demolished, and there is grave danger of a famine…

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Gales Raging

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 2

Violent gales continue in England and Wales. The Dover, Calais, and Ostend mail services have been suspended…

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Storms in Britain

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 December 1910 · page 2

Violent gales continue throughout the British Isles. The Dover to Calais service has been suspended. Six fisher-men were drowned off the coast of…

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