Trying Weather in America. Southern Texas Flooded. Several Towns Isolated
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 August 1906 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday.--Recent heavy rains caused the Colorado River to overflow its banks and devastate Southern Texas. Several towns are isolated, relief trains…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Norfolk Island. Heavy Gales. Ysabel Sheltering. Norfolk Island
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 7
A heavy easterly gale has been raging here, with slight rain, since Monday last. The island steamer Ysahel, which arrived this morning from Sydney, is sheltering under the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 7
NORFOLK ISLAND, Thursday.--The easterly Kale, which has been raging for the last few days, is now moderating. The steamer Ysabel from Sydney on route to the New Hebrides,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Magistrate and Solicito[?] Storms in a Teacup
The Australian Star · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 5
During the course of the practice of his profession at the Water Police Court yesterday morning, Mr. Moss, solicitor, apparently several times gave the bench (Mr. Barnett)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Against Home Rule The Lull Before the Storm Home Rule As It Exists Challenge to Mr. Devlin Dr. Leeper's Letter
Watchman · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 5
There is a great deal of worldly wisdom in the tactics of the Nationalist Party. They do not forget the old motto which tells them that there is a time for everything, and…
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Watchman · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 4
The meeting held in the Sydney Town Hall by the Irish Envoys was characterised by great onthusiasm—that sort of enthusiasm which carries its victims along on a flood of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Back From "Death" Survivor's Story of Life in Flooded Mine Living on Candles
The Australian Star · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 1
Two of the six minors imprisoned in the flooded Caradoc Vale Colliery, South Wales, have been rescued alive after nearly six days' imprisonment. The news caused wild…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Week's Weather. N.s.w. Falls Far Below Requirements. Floods in Victoria
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 11
The weather has been dry during the past week, with unseasonably high temperatures, night frosts being very rare. Very acceptable showers were recorded on the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Battling with Storms. Belated New Zealand Vessels Arrive
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 August 1906 · page 7
A severe battle with the elements on the passage across the Tasman Sea lengthened the voyage of the barquentine Kongsbyrd, from Napier to Sydney, to 40 days. The vessel put in…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 August 1906 · page 7
People living near the river bank at Mildura are making preparations for removal, in anticipation of a flood. From present indications the river should be the biggest…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 August 1906 · page 10
The French steamer St. Louis, in charge of Captain Chaniel, arrived this afternoon, after a passage of five and a half days from Noumoa. Exceptionally bad weather was…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The National. Will Cooper v. Charley Griffin. Ma[?]riland Cyclone Subsides When the Rocks Whirlwind Starts to Play
Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 15 August 1906 · page 6
Will Cooper and Charlie Griffin were the attraction that drew a large crowd to the National Sporting Club last night. Griffin came from N.Z., and after winning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Brave Sailors Captain Watt and Crew Rewarded Heroes in a Gale
The Australian Star · Thursday 16 August 1906 · page 6
Many prominent shipping men and others assembled at the Royal Exchange, Bridge street, yesterday, when the Royal shipwreck Relief Society's awards made to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Deluge of Bills. New Federal Measures. Electoral Alterations. Nationalising Monopolies
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 7
MELBOURNE. Thursday.--Judging by the number of bills being thrown on the tables of the Federal Houses the session might only be commencing instead of coming within sight of…
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The Australian Star · Saturday 18 August 1906 · page 4
Interviewed this morning, Mr. H. A. Hunt (Acting-Government Meteorologist) said he was very pleased with the prospects of rain. The monsoons might have been earlier, but it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Search for a Capital. the Dalgety Site. a Romantic View. Amidst Mist and Storms. (From Our Special Reporter.) Dalgety
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 August 1906 · page 6
The Federal legislators on tour have seen Dalgety, in the mild and romantic Monaro, under the most depressing conditions, but the grandeur of the scenery has immensely…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two-minute Chats. with Busy People. on Matters of Passing Interest. Mr. Hunt on the Rain-storm
The Australian Star · Monday 20 August 1906 · page 1
"The storm started early on Friday, and in its initial stages covered the extreme southwestern portion of the State," said Mr. H. A. Hunt, Acting-Government Meteorologist, in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Storms on Victorian Coast. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 August 1906 · page 7
Heavy northerly gales, probably unequalled by any of the long series of storms which mark the present winter, have raged all day in the bay. Several small craft were…
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The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 12
We are enabled to publish this week an illustration of the workshop of Bazacott and Co., Ltd., showing where the well-known cyclone picket fences are…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Family Struck Deaf.. Havoc Created by Violent Thunderstorm
The World's News · Saturday 25 August 1906 · page 5
The most violent thunderstorm that has occurred for several years swept over Austria early in July. Many lives were lost, and incalculable damage done to property…
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