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Floods & storms, 1902

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Storm on the Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 8

Monzies reports that on February 10th one of tho severest storms that has ever occurred on the eastern goldfields swept over Davyhurst on Saturday evening. The chief buildings In the…

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Disastrous Floods in England. Rivers Overflow and Property Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1902 · page 10

News of the damage to property and live stock caused by the floods (says the "St. James' Gazette" of January 2) comes from many parts of the North and the Midlands. In Leicestershire yesterday,…

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Heavy Gale at South Head

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1902 · page 5

The lookout officer at the South Head station last night reported, at midnight, that a heavy southerly gale was raging there, with a dense haze hunging to seaward. The sea itself had not risen, because…

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Cyclone in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1902 · page 6

Roebourne reports that, though but meagre particulars are to hand concerning the recent gale in the north-west, the extent of the damage was very great. Telegraph lines were blown…

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Flood Waters at Waterloo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1902 · page 7

In connection with the making of prevision to got rid of flood waters which cause much damage to property in Botany-street, Waterloo, on each occasion that heavy rain falls, Mr. Anderson,…

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Bondi Storm Water Culvert

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 3

At the Waverley Council meeting last night it, was stated that the Minister for Works had declined to contribute towards the construction of a storm water culvert at…

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Keeping the Gales, or the Gates Keeping Them

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 2

Seems to The Argus that lodge-keepers at the Parramatta Park want waking up. One instance reported last week indicates that little intelligence is used in the exercise of…

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Gale in the Channel. Cruiser and Destroyer Damaged

Evening News · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Feb. 18, 2.35 p.m.—A terrific gale has occurred in the English Channel. H.M.S. Furious (second-class cruiser), Captain F. T. Hamilton, and the torpedo-boat…

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Warships in a Gale. Cruiser and Destroyer Damaged. LONDON, February 18, 2.33 p,m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 February 1902 · page 4

The British cruiser Furious and the torpedo boat destroyer Flying Fish have put into Brest for repairs to their machinery, both vessels having been…

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The Drought. Rains in the North. Storms at Goodooga

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1902 · page 6

GOODOOGA. Wednesday.--Reports from the stations along the rivers show that useful rain fell during yesterday's storm, though the wind was terrific, aud did considerable damage. At…

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The Goodooga Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 5

GOODOOGA, Thursday.--As a further result of Tuesday's storm, the hotel at Langboyd, on the Biree, was blown to pieces. The owner of this hotel has lately experienced hard luck, he being…

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Storms in the Country. Narrabri in Darkness

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 4

NARRABRI, Friday.—A terrible cyclonic duststorm passed over the town at about 4.15 p.m. yesterday. When the dust came, it was as dark as midnight, but before it arrived vivid forked…

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Storms at Bathurst. a Boy Killed by Lightning. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 3

A thunderstorm with slight rain passed over the town between 7 and 8 this morning. During the course of the storm a man named John Sewell, employed at the Model Farm cutting ensilage, was…

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The Drought. Light Thunderstorms, But Little Rain. a Pillar of Dust

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 February 1902 · page 7

NARRABRI, Thursday.--A terrific storm again burst on the town this afternoon. For an hour black clouds gathered to the westward, when suddenly towards the north a…

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Lost in a Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 8

The loss of the erstwhile Sydney Missies schooner Santa Cruz is confirmed from Hongkong, at least the report to hand by the E. and A. Company's steamer Australian yesterday…

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General Cable News. After the Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The cruiser Furious and the torpedo-boat destroyer Flying Fish, which put into Brest damaged after a terrific gale in the English Channed, have…

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A Dust Storm at Sea

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 8

The British ship. Berean, which recently made the voyage from Tasmania around Cape Horn to Engliand, encountered a remarkable but not unusual…

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Sequel to a Thunderstorm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 February 1902 · page 3

Over twelve months ago a heavy thunderstorm broke over Curraweela, Yorkborough, and though it has hissed from the memories of most people to one person it proved to be a matter not so…

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Queensland. the Rainfall. Cyclonic Storm at Hughenden. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 8

A cyclonic storm occurred at Hughenden this afternoon. A good deal of damage was done in the town. The Roman Catholic Church was badlyl twisted. The children were in school at the time,…

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Sequel to a Thunderstorm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1902 · page 5

Over twelve months ago a heavy thunderstorm broke over Curraweela, Yorkborough, and though it has passed from the memories of most people, to one person it proved to be a matter not so easily…

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