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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1907

683 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 35

Further Patchy Rain. Thunderstorms in the Country

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 October 1907 · page 4

Thunderstorms have resulted in further light to moderate but patchy rains at a few stations in the far north-west, on the Paroo and Warrego, and also on the western slopes and…

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Cyclone on the Papuan Coast. Tidal Wave and Earthquake

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 8

COOKTOWN, Thursday.--The steamer steamer Makambo, from Papua, brings news of a cyclone on the coast, from Cap[?] Nelson to Samurai, also at Woodlark, Good[?]onough, and Normanby…

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How the Storm Developed. Rapid Transit to the East. From West of the Darling

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 November 1907 · page 9

The course of the storm which has resulted in such a beneficial fall of rain over the larger portion of the State was traced yesterday by Mr. A. Noble, Government Meteorologist, interviewed…

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Great Floods in Italy. Towns Inundated. Loss of Life

Evening News · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 8

LONDON, Friday Evening.—Disastrous floods, accompanied by loss of life, have occurred in Northern Italy. The damage to embankments and hydraulic works is…

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What to Do in a Thunderstorm

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 2

Most of us know the danger of standing under trees in a thunderstorm, but science takes us further, and proves that oak trees are more dangerous than beech trees, owing,…

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Devastating Floods an Italian Calamity. London, Friday, 2.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 2 November 1907 · page 1

Great destruction of property has been caused by floods in Northern Italy. Several lives have been lost, and damage to the extent of £1,000,000 has been done…

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Great Floods Spain. a Hundred Persons Drowned in Malaga. Famine Feared. Madrid, Sept. 23

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 November 1907 · page 10

At least 150 persons have been drowned and many thousands are homeless in the district around Malaga in consequence or floods, following an unusually heavy storm…

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Devastating Floods in Northern Italy. London, Friday Afternoon

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 November 1907 · page 7

Severe floods have occurred in Northern Italy. The damage done to embankments and hydraulic works is estimated at…

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Floods in Italy Great Destruction of Property LONDON, Friday, 2.45 p.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 3 November 1907 · page 1

Great destruction of property has been caused by floods in Northern Italy. Several lives have been lost, and damage to the extent of £1,000,000 has been done…

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Fierce Hail Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 November 1907 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday.--A severe storm, accompanied by a heavy fall of hail, passed over the city and suburbs on Saturday evening. In the city the fall was light compared with that…

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Town Nearly Blown Away. in a Terrific Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 November 1907 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--A terrific storm passed over Oodnadatta, the terminus of the railway, 600 miles north, last night. Scarcely a root was left intact, the hotel…

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Violent Storm at Longreach. House Struck by Lightning. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 November 1907 · page 7

A Longreach telegram says that a disastrous storm occurred there last night. The lightning was most intense. The wind blew with hurricane force, and for a time rain poured…

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Floods in Italy. Immense Damage. London, Nov. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 November 1907 · page 7

Floods which have occurred in Northern Italy have caused damage amounting to £1,000,000 to embankments and hydraulic works…

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Splendid Rains. Thunderstorms Widespread. Falls Up to 3 Inches. Whole State Apparently Benefits. Dying Crops Revived

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 November 1907 · page 7

Magnificent rains have fallen in many districts. Thunderstorms occurred in the far west on Saturday night, and appear to have travelled…

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Disastrous Floods in Italy. Much Loss of Life

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 November 1907 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Disastrous floods, accompanied by loss of life, have occurred in Northern Italy. The damage to [?] works is…

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Gale at Werris Creek

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 November 1907 · page 8

"WERRIS CREEK, Monday.--Since noon yesterday violent gales have been blowing from the west, accompanied by heavy rain and thunder. Much damage has been done to buildings and…

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Flood at Mandurama. . Rabbiters Have a Rough Time

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 November 1907 · page 8

MANDURAMA, Monday.—For the last eight days 470 points of rain have been registered. At midnight rain foil in torrents and the watercourses were quickly flooded. Belubula…

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A Young Adventurer. Saved from Floods

The World's News · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 2

On the night of September 24, during the floods in and around Malaga (Spain), an entire family was carried away by the rising waters, without being able to save their little son, a child of…

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Australia to Be Flooded

Liverpool Herald · Saturday 9 November 1907 · page 10

THE following extraordinary statement appeared in the "Sydney Mail":— "The unique floatiag ice barrier pushed out from the mysterious Antarctic land was found by…

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Deluge of Quail in a Russian City. Ten Thousand Birds Killed in a Storm. Odessa. October 29

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 November 1907 · page 10

The town of Nicolaieff suffered this week from a plague of quail. More than ten thousand birds, dead and alive, were harvested in the town and suburbs, after a…

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