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Floods & storms, 1906

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Storm in Melbourne. the Streets Flooded. Fall of Fire-balls. Some Exciting Incidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A terrific thunderstorm broke over the city shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Tho early part of the day had been marked by extreme sultry and…

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Rain in the West. More High Temperatures. Heavy Rains and Gales Expected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 6

Very oppressive conditions were experienced in the city on Saturday and yesterday, although the temperatures were not unusually high. The highest shade reading of the thermometer at the Observatory on…

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Storm in Melbourne. Heavy Downpour of Rain. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 5

The weather on Saturday was exceptional. From early morning on to half-past 2 in, the afternoon oppressive heat and blinding clouds of dust, kept in motion by a northerly gale,…

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Terrific Thunderstorm. Melbourne

The Australian Star · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 7

'A terrific thunderstorm broke over the city at 3.38 this afternoon. There were vivid flashes of lightning and crashing peals or thunder. Rain descended in torrents, and…

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Interstate Cricket. Victoria V South Australia. South Australians Three for 127. Thunderstorm Stops Play. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1906 · page 6

The interstate cricket match South Australia v Victoria was commenced at noon to-day on the Melbourne Cricket Ground under trying conditions. The weather was excessively…

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The Barque Volador. in a Gale

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 7

The barque Volador, whilst bound from the Clarence River to Oamru (N.Z.), encountered a heavy gale on the Nrw Zealand coast, and was compelled to put into Invereagill…

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Special City. "Evening News" Offices. 4.5 P.m. Terrific Storm at Bega. School Building Wrecked. Streets Flooded. Trees Torn to Pieces

Evening News · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 5

Our Bega correspondent writes:—A terrific hailstorm passed over the town on Sunday afternoon. The weather on Saturday web extremely hot all day, and a tonight a heavy…

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Storm at Bega

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 5

BEGA, Wednesday.-- A terrific hailstorm passed over the town on Sunday afternoon, flooding the streets and low-lying places. The Bega Convent School, a wooden building, was…

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Avoiding the Storm

The World's News · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 13

Mrs. Hoyle: "Does your husband ever swear?" Mrs. Boyle: "I have never heard him, but I always go out of the room when he is shaving himself."…

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Flood Bound. Touching Plum Pudding

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 15

THERE was to be a day's racing at Ballywellgobungabah. Crowds from all distances were flocking to the solitary Dub The night before the races a few…

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Heat Wave Inland. Thunderstorms and Light Showers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 12

T[?] intense heat was again experienced in the western districts yesterday. The temperatures were generally oyer 100deg, while numbers of stations reported from…

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Storm in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 January 1906 · page 9

Last night another terrific thunderstorm occurred at Dalby, doing considerable damage to house property. Bradford's cordial factory was almost demolished. Fortunately no…

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The Late Rains. Heavy Falls on the North Coast. Storm Passed Away

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 7

The weather chart issued from the Observatory yesterday showed that the monsoonal rains, which started early on Monday, continued to fall generally on Tuesday over the…

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Storms Approaching. Southerly Gales and Rough Seas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 5

Mr. H. A. Hunt, the Acting Government Meteorologist, said last night that an anticyclone of pronounced character is travelling eastward across the Great Australian Bight,…

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Gales on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 7

Strong southerly winds on the south coast, blowing with the force of a gale, and rough seas are forecasted…

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Severe Thunderstorm in Sydney

Evening News · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 8

After close and muggy conditions had prevailed in Sydney during the greater portion of Thursday, a north-east breeze sprang up early in the afternoon, which later changed to a…

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Welcome Southerly. Thunderstorm and Rain in the City. Fall in Temperatures

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 7

The feature of yesterday's weather was the southerly change which swept along the coast. At 2.45 p.m. Jervis Buy reported a strong southerly gale. it reached Sydney shortly before…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain at Bathurst

Evening News · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 6

The rain records in New South Wales up to 9 a.m. yesterday are:—Bateman's Bay 12 points, Bathurst 97, Blackneath 7, Bourke 6, Bowral 6, Byrock 16, Carcoar 9, Crookhaven…

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The Coming Storm. Gales and Very High Seas. Rough Conditions in the Straits

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 11

"There are indications of a retrogressive movement in the low pressure to the south, which portends very strong winds from between north-west and south-west, and very…

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Storm at Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 January 1906 · page 12

BATHURST, Friday.--Last night a heavy thunderstorm, accompanied by loud thunder and vivid lightning, visited the town. Upwards of an inch of rain fell in half an hour. The rain was very limited in extent, some parts…

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