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Southern Highlands · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1903

20 stories in Southern Highlands's papers

Cyclone at Bourke

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 6

Bourke, Sunday. — Yesterday was the hottest day experienced here for many years, 121½ in the shade being recorded. In the afternoon one of the…

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A Remarkable Dust Storm

The Southern Mail · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 1
Also in Robertson Advocate

A telegram from Melbourne states that on Tuesday the train between Kerang and Swan-hill was delayed for five hours by deposits of sand on the…

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A Remarkable Dust Storm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 1

Melbourne, Tuesday.—The train between Kerang and Swan hill was delayed for five hours by deposits of used on the line, caused by thick clouds…

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Heavy Gales In Great Britain

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 March 1903 · page 3

London, Feb. 27.-Heavy gales have occurred throughout Great Britain. Several vessels have been wrecked. The barque Fingal, 2485 tons…

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Gales in Great Britain

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 7 March 1903 · page 6

So far as in kno[?], 25 lives were lost in the great gale on the British coast. The damage done in estimated at hundrodo of thousands…

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Cyclone at Townsville

Robertson Advocate · Friday 13 March 1903 · page 1
Also in The Southern Mail

A terrible cyclone devastated Townsville, in Northern Queensland, on Monday. It was accompanied by heavy rain. The wind blew from the…

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Cyclone at Townsville

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 3

A terrific cyclone devastated Townsville, in northern Queensland, on Monday. It was accompanied by heavy rain. The wind first blew from the north-west, then…

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Disastrous Cyclone. Great Damage in Towns-ville

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 March 1903 · page 6

Townsville, Tuesday.— A disastrous cyclone resulting in several deatbs, occurred here yesterday morning. There was much destruction of property, and…

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Great Floods In Scotland

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 21 March 1903 · page 3

London, February 13 -Three days' continuos downpour of an abnormal character ended last Monday in many parts of Scotland being visited by…

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An Unprecedented Flood at Cootamundra

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2

An unprecedented flood occurred at Cootamundra on Thursday night, parts of the town being three feet under water…

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Cootamundra Floods. Desructive Fire Ball

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 3

One of the most extraordinary meteorological visitations that have been experienced in any part of this State fell to the lot of Cootamundra on Thursday evening…

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Disastrous Floods

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 2

Disastrous floods are reported from several of the Mississippi States. There has been heavy loss of life, especially at North Topeka, and…

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The Mississipol Floods

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 1

London, Monday- The Congares River in South in California is now 13ft above the danger lene. The flood waters are sweeping…

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A Disastrous Storm

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 September 1903 · page 2

A f[?] gable has been raging in Great Britain. The o[?]st is strewn with wr[?]kage, and there have been many fatalities…

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Equinoctial Gales

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 4

Few ideas are more firmly rooted in the popular mind than the notion that the equinoxe[?] are times when severe gales are to be expected. Last Friday the sun…

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Heavy Storm at Albury

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 November 1903 · page 2

A storm of an extraordinary char aster visited the Albury district on Monday afternoon. It rose suddenly in the south, and although it only…

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Monday's Thunderstorm

Robertson Advocate · Friday 4 December 1903 · page 2

A thunderstorm of exceptional severity broke over the district on Monday afternoon last, and some remarkable falls of rain were recorded…

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Monday’s Storm

The Mittagong Argus · Saturday 5 December 1903 · page 2

A very sudden and heavy storm swept over the town on Monday last. At about 3.15 p.m., the atmosphere became close, and it was apparent a…

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