Newcastle. Water and Sewerage Board. Damage by Floods. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 10
The Hunter District Water and Sewerage Board met at their offices to-day, the president, Mr. W. J. Millner, occupying the chair. The engineer reported that the recent heavy…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 602
THE recent phenomenal rains caused a great flood in the Hunter River. The lowlying flats near Maitland,…
Continued on Trove, page 602 →King' High-and-Mighty's Competition. a Queensland Flood
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 35
The Flood of April 1, 1906.—It was Sunday afternoon. It had been a hot, sultry day, and when we saw the black clouds we were glad, because a storm would cool the air We did not want a sorm like we had. At 2 o'clock it…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →The Week in Pictures From North It South: Floods at Newcastle. N.C.Os. Camp at Moss Vale. Floods at the Coal City
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 28
With, almost five days' continuous rain throughout the Newcastle district all the low- lying lands in the vicinity of the city were converted into swamps, with, water ranging…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 March 1908 · page 15
Serious floods have occurred in the Lower Hawkesbury. Most of the streams' overflowed their banks, extensive damage resulting to crops and property. The mail service. has…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Special Weather Forecast Gales and Floods
The Australian Star · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 1
The following special weather forecast, was issued to-day by the Divisional Meteorological Officer:-- A cyclone has developed over the central…
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Evening News · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4
The N.S.W. Meteorological Department supplies the following special forecast, which ?was issued this morning by Mr. H. A. Hunt, the Federal Meteorologist:-…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hawkesbury Storm. Houses and Crops Destroyed. Roofs Lifted and Furniture Damaged. Shelter Under a Tub. Windsor
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 7
A drive through the parts of the Hawkesbury district affected by Sunday's storm reveals a sad state of things. The benefits of last month's 11 inches of rain have been greatly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Weather. Floods at Maitlantd
Evening News · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 5
Commonwealth Weather Bureau Forecasts:—New South. Wales.—Another rainstorm approaching north and west districts; flood rains probable, and gales from, north-east, the…
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The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 7
A cyclone which passed over Richmond on Sunday afternoon last did great damage. Houses and sheds were unroofed; trees, fences, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Inga in a Gale
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 8
The Norwegian steamer Inga arrived yesterday from Ho[?]ga with a cargo of lumber and berthed at Sax[?] and Binns' wharf, Blackwattle Bay. The passage was uneventful, fine weather and fresh winds being…
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The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 6
A violent storm of wind and hail swept over the town of Richmond on Sunday afternoon. The wind was of terrific force and hailstones big as the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cyclone Coming. From Central Australia. Due to Arrive To-day
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 7
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. Hunt, the Federal Meteorologist, says that a cyclone of exceptional violence is at present bearing across Central Australia. It will strike the northern…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 7
Mr. H. A. Hunt, Federal Meteorologist, issued the following special forecast yesterday morning:—"A cyclone has developed over Central Australia from a monsoonal depression…
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The Australian Star · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 8
The wintry west extends his blast, And hall and rain does blaw; Or the stormy north sands driving forth The blinding sleet and snaw:…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Hunger Floods. Great Damage to Bridges
Evening News · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 5
SINGLETON, Saturday.—At a meeting of the Patrick Plains Shire Council the engineer (Mr. G. V. Doyle) reported that the recent heavy rains, though of incalculable benefit to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Floods in Queensland. Phenomenal Rainfalls
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 12
BRISBANE, Friday.--The Railway Department has received advices from the Chief Engineer of the Roma district to the effect that heavy, rains have fallen, right out to Cunnamulla,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Organ Recital. a New Storm Fantasia
The Australian Star · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 2
Miss Alice Bryant, who was taught the scheme of "the noisy keys" by Mr. J. Edward Sykes, gave a successful organ recital at the Town Hall on Saturday night. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm in New Zealand. Vessels Driven Ashore
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 8
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.--A very heavy north-easterly gale has swept over Auckland and Waitemata. Harbor snipping bad an exciting experience…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Search of the Pole. Lieutenant Shackleton's Diary. the Storm-tossed Nimrod Through a Maze of Bergs. in Winter Quarters
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 March 1908 · page 7
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.--The exploring ship Nimrod, which arrived off Otago Heads on Friday, reached Lyttelton on Saturday, after a voyage of 14 days from the ice pack. She…
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