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Floods & storms, 1906

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A Sensational Trip Kanowna Saves the Glaucus. Exciting Incidents in a Gale

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 6

An exciting story was told on hoard the A.U.S.N. liner Kanowna yesterday off the rescue of the disabled steamship Glaucus. The Kanowna arrived from Fremantle…

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Disabled Steamer Glaucus. Rescue by the Steamer Kanowna. Exciting Experience Off the Coast. in a Heavy Gale

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 10

That the Melbourne collier Glaucus was not overtaken by serious disaster during the recent breakdown off the Victorian coast was largely due to the timely assistance rendered by the…

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Storm in the Douma. Another Sitting Suspended. Abolition of Capital Punishment. General Pavloff Compelled to Withdraw

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--A stormy debate took place at yesterday's sitting of the National Douma in St. Petersburg, while the bill providing for the abolition of capital…

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Flood at a Colliery. Rescue After Five Days. London, July 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 9

Flood waters rushing into the Caradoc Vale Colliery, at Glamorgan, imprisoned six miners. Three of the men were drowned. Two…

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The Murray Flood. River Rising Fast

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 10

COROWA, Tuesday.--The Murray River here has been rising very fast for the past few days. All the low lands are covered with flood-waters, and stock -owners are moving their stock to…

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Murray River in Flood

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 18

A telegram received from Tocumwal on July 2 started that the Murray was rising rapidly, there, and then [?]lood at 17ft above summer level. Reports from Albury and Yarrawonga…

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The Murray Flood. Trains Delayed. Surrounding Country Inundated

Evening News · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 3

TOCUMWAL, Wednesday.—The Murray River is still rising, but now not so rapidly. At 9 o'clock this morning the gauge stood at 18ft lin. The Victorian railway system to Tocumwal is…

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The Murray Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 July 1906 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The waters along the Stratmerton and Tocumwal railway have risen 2ft. above the line. Part of the permanent way has been washed away noar Tocumwal…

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Gales in the Tasman Sea. Monowai Has a Rough Trip

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 8

The Union S.S. Co.'s steamer Monowal arrived at 4.30 yesterday morning after a rough trip from New Zealand. She left Wellington at 6.45 p.m. on the 30th ult., and immediately ran into…

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The Murray Floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 8

TOCUMWAL, Friday.--The river to-night is just over 19ft. on the gauge, and is spreading out over the land, which is not protected by embankments. The bank round the Custom-house…

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Squall in the City. Strong Westerly Winds. the Force of the Gale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 13

A line-squall from the WNW, which was characterised by a peculiar hump on the Observatory barograph record, passed over Sydney shortly after 12 o'clock yesterday morning,…

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Storms in the Tasman Sea. Steamer's Rough Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 6

Terrific weather was met with by the Australian-Union liner Indraghirl, on her passage from New Zealand, with the result result that she was nearly ten days making the run from Dunedin. The…

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[?] Storms in Europe. Hailstones As Large As Oranges

Evening News · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday, 2 p. m.—Terrific storms have occurred in Southern Europe. At Valencia, Spain, hailstones as large as oranges fell, smashing the roofs of buildings…

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Terrific Storms. in Southern Europe. Hailstones As Large As Oranges. London, Sunday, 2.35 p.m

The Australian Star · Monday 9 July 1906 · page 1

Terrific storms have occurred in Southern Europe. Hailstones, as large as oranges, smashed the roofs of houses at Valencia, Spain…

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Heavy Rains in Tasmania. Floods Impending. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 6

Heavy rains have fallen throughout the State. Floods are [?]npending. The telegraph lines are damaged more or loss on all routes, and communication between Hobart…

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Swept Away by Floodwaters

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 July 1906 · page 8

LAUNCESTON, Monday.--The body of Edward Baxter, who will his daughter, was swept away by floodwaters whilst crossing Piper River between Lefroy and here on Friday, was found…

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Coming Storm in Russia. Terrible Explosion Threatens London, July 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 9

A heated debate took place in the Russian Duma yesterday on the report of the Commissioners who investigated the origin of the Byelostok massacres. The…

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Storm Murmurs. Russian Government Warned. Heated Debate in the Douma. the Czar Thanks His Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--A heated debate took place yesterday in the National Douma in St. Petersburg, in connection with the charges brought against the officials and…

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Voyage Full of Gales

The Australian Star · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 6

The Annasona, a stately barque of 1373 tons register, has reached Melbourne after an eventful voyage. Her first experiences on the voyage to Australia were narrated in…

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Delayed by Gales. Turret Steamer's Rough Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 4

Another steamer that was subjected to a severe buffetting during the gales in the Tasman sea was the turret liner Vine Branch, which put in an appearance at the port [?]…

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