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Floods & storms, 1904

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Cyclone at Avenal

Truth · Sunday 17 July 1904 · page 3

During a cyclonic hurricane which swept over Avenal, near Seymour, on Friday night. Mr. Danby's farm-house was half[?] away. A woman and child, who…

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R.m.s. Mongolia in the Gale

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 July 1904 · page 8

The R.M.S. Mongolia was delayed twelve hours by bad weather on the passage from Sydney. She left on Saturday afternoon, and arrived at Hobson's Bay at 6.30 a.m. on Monday. Captain C. F…

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How the Japs Storm Heights. Bunched in Narrow Files. New York, June 11

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 July 1904 · page 5

A "Journal" special from Moscow says: The correspondent at the front notes that the Japanese have adopted a method of advance to attack a defended position which…

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A Terrible Storm. Devastating Hurricane in Victoria. Mother and Child Killed in Bed Melbourne

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 17 July 1904 · page 1

A great hurricane at Avenel, on the northeastern railway, travelled across country half a chain wide. Wire netting was levelled to the ground, and trees were blown down…

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SHEISMS! The Doings of "Gracious" Governors and Their "Gracious" Ladies. Northcote Tastes Some Treacle Sacred Heart Hospice— Successful Dance. Victims of the Gale— Will the Widows and Orphaus be Assisted? Motor Kar Kelly Becomes Famous. E, C. V. P. Q.'s Tea and Tart Beano

Truth · Sunday 17 July 1904 · page 6

The Northcotes leave Cairns to-doy, en route for Sydney. They arrived there on Friday, were officially welcomed by the Mayor town clerk and (quite…

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Gale on the Victorian Coast. Anxiety for a Steamer

Evening News · Monday 18 July 1904 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday Afternoon.—A heavy gale rased last night on the western coast, and at Warrnambool it blew with cyclonic force, and was accompanied by thunder, lightning, and…

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Mattland Floods. Many Land Slips

Evening News · Monday 18 July 1904 · page 4

WEST MAITLAND, Monday.—As a result of what is regarded as the unsatisfactory management of the floodgates during the time of the previous flood to the late flood, a movement is…

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Floods at Wiseman's Ferry. Wiseman's Ferry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 July 1904 · page 6

The mail service between Windsor and Wiseman's Ferry has been suspended the whole of the week, and likewise vehicular traffic across the Hawkesbury. It is expected…

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The Hawkesbury Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 July 1904 · page 6

WISEMAN'S FERRY, Saturday.--The mail service between Windsor aud Wiseman's Ferry and vehicular traffic across the Hawkesbury have been suspended for a week. It is expected that…

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Damage by Floods. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1904 · page 5

The recent flood in the river washed away a large amount of work done by the Government in the bank on the Kelso side of the river. This…

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The Recent Storm

Evening News · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 2

Mr. G. G. Hole, Manly, writes:—In regard to the departures to sea during the height of the storm on Saturday afternoon last of the R.M.S. Mongolia, the Peregrine, and the Tyrian, might…

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Astronomical Photography. Lecture by Mr. Walter Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 5

Mr. Waller F. Gale, F.R.A.S., in compliance with the request of the Pharmaceutical Society of this State, gave at other of his interesting and instructive lectures on "The Revelations of…

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Pharmaceutical Society. Leotube by Mr. W. F. Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 13

There was a large attendance at the Queen's Hall last night, when Mr. Walter F. Gale, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, delivered a lecture on "The Revelations of Astronomical Photography," before…

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The Floods on the Hawkesbury

Evening News · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 2

The. scenes presented at Windsor during the recent floods are illustrated in the "Town and Country Journal" this week, in which appears a panoramic view of the flood Waters, and many…

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The Floods on the Hawkesbury at Windsor

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 22

1.—The Carrington Hotel Surrounded by Water. The Water was 2ft deep in the Bar. 2.—The Flood as Seen from George-street, Windsor. 3— A Farm on the Wilberforce Read. 4.—Panoramic View of the Flood Waters, showing the Terrace, with the Pumping Station Partially Submerged…

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Maitland Floods

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 16

Our West Maitland correspondent writes: —As a result of what is regarded as the unsatisfactory management of the floodgates during the time of the…

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A Southerly Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 6

Strong south-easterly winds were blowing along the coast yesterday, and during the day attained at many places the force of a moderate gale. Rough seas were also running, and the conditions were anything…

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A Barque in Heavy Gales. a Suit of Sails Lost

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 July 1904 · page 4

The East Indian, a barque of 1600 tons, which arrived here yesterday with a cargo of general merchandise, after a passage of 119 days from Hamburg, encountered a succession…

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The Gales

Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 3

"Worse than the Maitland gale," is the verdict of nautical men on the recent bad weather. The sea on the coast ran mountains high.' The…

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The Recent Storm at Hurstville

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 July 1904 · page 11

The Hurstville Council, at its meeting on Thursday night, received several letters from ratepayers in different parts of the borough complaining of the damage done by the recent…

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