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Floods & storms, 1906

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Fierce Coastal Squall. Heavy Thunderstorm at Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 December 1906 · page 9

Saturday's weather was remarkable the on the seaboard for a violent southerly squall. It first made its appearance at Lake George at 11 a.m., and travelled north at a rapid rate. Its…

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The Weather. Gale in the City

Evening News · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 3

Sydney Observatory Forecast.—Unsettled or showery over southern districts and coastal parts. Finer with scattered thunderstorms over northern areas, Southerly winds…

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Thunderstorms in the Country. Bring Useful Rain. High Tempehatures in the Interior. Ito Degrees at Menindie

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 7

Thunderstorms have been experienced at a great number of places, but chiefly situated over the central and northern tablelands. Over tho first-named area Mount Victoria had 66 points,…

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Rhodesian Mine Flooded. London, Dec. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 December 1906 · page 9

A waterspout flooded the Valley mine, Gwanda, Rhodesia. Two white men were drowned and 50 natives are missing…

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Genie of Covent Garden a Flood of Gold

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 16 December 1906 · page 3

The old gods, to serve their private ends, were wont to appear in a shower of gold. The amiable genii of the "Arabian Nights" had a habit of pouring precious metals and stones…

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Basin Irrigation for Australia. Flooding Scientifically Carried Out

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 3

Some years ago, when Mr. Williamson Wallace was Director of Agriculture for Victoria, he made a suggestion for dealing with the flood waters…

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Coastal Reports. Gale at Jervis Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 12

The southerly made its appearance on the south coast early in the morning, and in force somewhat as the day were on, but the force of the wind was not remarkable. The…

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Storm at Tumberumba. Tumberumba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 10

Rain set in early on Sunday morning, and has continued intermittently ever since, 138 points being registered to 9 this morning. Between 9 and 10 o'clock last night a heavy thunderstorn occurred…

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The Fiji Boat the Suva in a Storm Waterspout at Suva

The Australian Star · Wednesday 19 December 1906 · page 5

The Union liner Suva, in from Fiji this morning, experienced something out, of the ordinary during her trip to Fiji. On her way out from Sydney she encountered…

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The Late Rains. Storm Travelling Towards New Zealand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 December 1906 · page 7

The late storm has passed away in the direction of New Zealand, but a slight monsoonal influence remains over Queensland and a depression with steep gradient to the…

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Storms at the Islands. Trading .Vessels Wrecked. Sydney Steamer's Rough Experience

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 December 1906 · page 8

Storms of great fury have swept over the Fiji Group, and reports brought to Sydney yesterday morning by the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Suva show that several inter-island trading…

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Foundered in a Storm. London, Dec. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 7

A vessel, which is believed to have been the steamer Heathpool, 3800 tons, bound from Hall to Buenos Ayres with a cargo of coal foundered during u storm off the…

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Lost with All Hands. Ship Founders in a Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 December 1906 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- A vessel, believed to be the Heathpool, bound from Hull to Buenos Ayres with coal, foundered in a storm off the Humber. All hands…

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South Australia. Heavy Rain in the Interior. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 11

It has been raining steadily at Alice Springs since Monday. Nearly 4 inches has been recorded at the telegraph station. All the crooks on Emlly Plain are running. and the…

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Storms in West Australia

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 December 1906 · page 12

Violent storms have been raging in parts of West Australia, especially in the north. Yesterday an east-north-east gale was blowing at Wallal. Heavy downpours of rain were also…

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Foundered in a Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 December 1906 · page 12

A vessel, which is believed to have been the steamer Heathpool, 38[?] tons, bound from Hull to Buenos Ayres with a cargo of coal, foundered during a storm off the Humber (England)…

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Storm at Norfolk Island

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 December 1906 · page 6

A report received from Norfolk Island yesterday stated that heavy weather was prevailing there. It will probably raise a high sea, which will, it is expected, produce a heavy swell…

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The Floods in China. a Heartrending Tale. Missionaries' Experiences. Disaffection at Kiangpeh. an Appeal for Help

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 December 1906 · page 3

In the "Herald" some weeks ago mention was made of the havoc caused by floods in the North Kaing-su and An-hu[?]i districts. Letters were received by the China Inland…

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Thunderstorm in Sydney. Heavy Fall of Rain. Violent Southerly Squall

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 December 1906 · page 6

Oppressive weather in the city yesterday resulted in a thunderstorm in the afternoon, and a heavy fall of rain. The morning was warm and humid, under the influence of a north-cast…

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A Curious Cyclone

Evening News · Friday 28 December 1906 · page 5

There does not Seem to have been any captain in Hongkong Harbor possessed of the prescience of Captain Watson, of the Clarence, on the occasion of the 1864 cyclone at Calcutta…

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