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Floods & storms, 1903

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Shipping in the Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 6

The K[?] which arrived here yesterday from Devonport, experienced heavy S.W. winds and s[?] to Gabo, then[?] t[?] arrival fresh northerly wind and moderate sea. The [?]U.S.N. liner Wyandra, which arrived yesterday…

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A Storm in a Boudoir

Evening News · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 4

The very select and gentlemanly institution known as the People's Reform League has been reluctantly obliged to notify that it cannot accept Mr. Carruthers as a leader. The League…

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Battling with Storms. Exciting Experience of a Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 7

Terrific gales and tremendous seas made matters extremely lively for the steamer Kooringa on the passage across from New Zealand. The Kooringa, which is one of the latest additions to Messrs. M'llwraith, M'Eacharn, and Co.'s…

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A Sensational Voyage. the Barque Bertha in Heavy Gales. Considerable Damage Done

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 July 1903 · page 5

The Bertha, a Germah barque of 1561 tons register, arrived in port yesterday in a damaged condition, and with a decided list to starboard, the result of heavy weather encountered soon after she left the…

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Hawkesbury Races. a Westerly Gale Prevails. Wyena Wins the Winter Handicap. Law Brockleigh Downs Purser at Weight-for-age, But [?]Sses the Welter. Hickey and Callinan—what Were Their Capers?

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 8 July 1903 · page 5

The Hawkesbury Racing Club's Winter meeting was well attended last Saturday considering the plethora of racing that goes on weekly about Sydney. The…

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River Murray in Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 July 1903 · page 9

ALBURY, Tuesday.--Weather unsettled. The river has nearly reached flood level. Warm rain having fallen during the past few days, a good deal of snow in the mountains has melted,…

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Wheat Ships in the Gales. Arrival of the Agostino Terrizano. Surveys of the Bertha and Verajean

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 July 1903 · page 8

Quite a number of wheat ships from the Argentine which have recently arrived at Sydney report having encountered gales of remarkable violence, and some of them suffered a good dial of damage…

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Rain Probable in the West. Another Storm Approaching

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 10

The prospects of rain in the far west, are now looking more promising. Rain fell in the southern part of West Australia yesterday, and it is expected to reach the western portion of…

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Heavy Gales in the Tasman Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 July 1903 · page 4

A stormy passage across the Tasman Sea was experienced by the steamer Westralia of Huddart, Parker, and Company's line on the run from New Zealand. The steamer met the bad…

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Storms in New Zealand. Rain and Snow. a Town Inundated

Evening News · Monday 13 July 1903 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Monday.—Exceptionally severe storms have occurred throughout the South Isand during the last few days, and have resulted in the flooding of the rivers everywhere. The…

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Cyclone Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 7

The receipts at Auckland of the North Queensland Cyclone Fund are over £500…

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Cyclone in Tonkin

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--As the result of a cyclone which swept over portions of Tonkin last June, damage to the estimated extent of 20,000,000 francs (£800,000) was wrought, and…

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The "Frost" at Brokenhill. "After me the deluge."--Mette[?]nich

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 7

When interviewed at his residence. Exhibition-street, Melbourne, by a representative of the "Argus," Dr. MacCarthy, after again stating that it was the frost alone that was…

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Storms in the Tasman Sea. Rough Voyage of a Cargo Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 July 1903 · page 7

The Louisa Roth, a large cargo steamer, which arrived yesterday from New Zealand, in ballast, had an exceptionally tempestuous passage across. She started from Dunedin nine days…

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Conjuring the Storm Fiend

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 7

On June at Condorcet, near Valence, while a' heavy thunderstorm was at its height, a woman named Gras moved by a dceply-rootod local superstition went into the chapel and tolled…

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Floods in the West

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 7

Telegrams from Avoca, Charlton, Coleraine, Beulibu, Casterton, Maldon, Stawell, and other places report the rivers and creeks in a state of flood, and that much damage had been done in…

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Floods in Victoria. Inundation Threatening Horsham. Residents Warned to Remove

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday Night.--Heavy rains continue in the western and central western portions of Victoria, and floods have either been…

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Townsville Cyclone " Leonta."

The Methodist · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 10

On Monday evening last in the Methodist Church, William-street, the Rev. T. R. Thurlow, who has been released from circuit work for a time in…

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In a Gale Off the Coast. Rough Experience of a Newcastle Ship

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 10

Advices received by the R.M.S. Sierra report the arrival of the ship Claverdon at San Francisco, after a passage of 65 days from Newcastle. On the first day out from Newcastle the…

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Flood at Warrnambool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 9

The heaviest flood experienced at Warrnambool for many years is now coming down the Hopkins and Merri Rivers. The bridge spanning the creek is mundated to a depth of four feet, and direct traffic…

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