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Floods & storms, 1904

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In Red Tape Land. General jubilation Reigns. the Cyclone of "Reform."

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 December 1904 · page 4

A beautiful and all-sufficing calm prevails in Government departments this morning, and the anxious, strained expression which [?]louded the faces many officials has passed…

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Opinions of Mr. A. G. Hales. Strength of Port Arthur. Never Fall by Storm. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 December 1904 · page 7

Mr. A. G. Hales, the war correspondent of the London "Daily News," formerly of Adelaide, arrived to-day by the steamer Norfolk after an absence of…

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The Storm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 3

The storm of Sunday was a very welcome break in the long season of dry weather in the Fairfield and Smithfield district. There wes a heavy downpour…

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Gale Flays Havoc with Shipping. Fears for a Lumber Vessel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 December 1904 · page 6

A terrific gale which raged off the coast of Vancouver about the middle of last month played havoc with shipping. A quantity of wreckage from the American barquentine…

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Barque Bankhall in a Gale. Damaged in the Indian Ocean. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 December 1904 · page 4

The barque Bankhall, Captain David Jones, which arrived at Fremantle from Glasgow on Friday evening, was severely damaged in a storm in the Indian Ocean on the 5th…

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In Gales for 40 Days

The Australian Star · Tuesday 27 December 1904 · page 2

An arrival at Frisco recently was the British ship Barfillan, Captain Arthur, 214 days from Hamburg, by way of Antwerp, 170 days. Leaving Europe last May, the…

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The Demand for Reform. Storm Meeting at Moscow. Sympathetic Agriculturists

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 December 1904 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Agricultural Society of Moscow has had a stormy sitting. Despite the opposition of tile chairman, a statement was read, signed…

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Cyclone at Kalgoorlie. Great Damage to Property. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 December 1904 · page 7

A terrific rainstorm, travelling practically in the same direction, and almost equally with the force of that which caused so much damage to and destruction of Kalgoorlie-Boulder…

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The Eastern Safe. Encounters a Cyclone. Arrival at Thursday Island. Thursday Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 December 1904 · page 6

The steamer Eastern, from China and Japan, which was overdue from Port Darwin, arrived last evening. The vessel encountered a cyclone, during which the engines…

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The Eastern at Thursday Island. Delayed by a Cyclonic Storm. a War Correspondent's Views

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 December 1904 · page 4

THURSDAY ISLAND, Thursday.--The Eastern arrived to-day, with the following passengers:--For Townsville: Mr. C. A. Jonkinson, For Brisbane: Mr. and Mrs. Harrison. For Sydney:…

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The Siege of Port Arthur Japanese Storm Inner Defences. Capture of Erhlung-shan. Furious Storming of the Ports. Other Positions Heavily Bombarded

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 December 1904 · page 7

Erhlung-shan, one of the most important forts on the eastern line of the inner defences of Port Arthur, was captured on Wednesday. A lodgment was obtained on the parapet, and after furious fighting, lasting all day, the Russians were driven out of the fort, and the…

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The Irresistible Japs. Capture of Erhlung-shan. Gallantly Taken by Storm. Recall of the Baltic Fleet Urged. Rozhdestvensky Going to His Doom. London, Thursday, 2.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 30 December 1904 · page 1

In regard to the capture of the Erh[?]ungshan fort the following official statement has been received from Tokyo by the Japanese Legation:--…

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Cyclone at Kalgoorlie. Several Buildings Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 10

KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--A violent storm of the same nature as that which caused such havoc on December 16, last year, swept over Kalgoorlie this afternoon. Though not so…

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