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Floods & storms, 1908

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More Rain Coming. Result of a Monsoonal Storm. Heavy in the City and Along the Coast. Total of 1161 Points in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 August 1908 · page 8

A monsoonal disturbance following closely on the recent big rain has been responsible for further heavy rain. The falls, according to the returns from the Weather Bureau, have been…

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Heavy Rain at Clifton. Houses Flooded. Streets Under Water

Evening News · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 3

Heavy rain commenced to fall at Clifton on Saturday evening It eased off on Sunday morning but sot. in again later in the day, and towards midnight was falling in torrents,…

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Cyclonic Storm. Terrific Gales. a Velocity of 67 Miles. Dangerous Conditions at Sea. Stand-off Signals Hoisted

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 7

A cyclonic storm of exceptional violence passed over the city yesterday, the wind at times maintaining a terrific velocity, accompanied by torrential rains. The north-westerly…

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Gale in the Suburbs. a Wall Blown Down

Evening News · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 4

The full force of Monday's storm was felt at Waver ley. During the afternoon several signs were blown flown from shops in oxford-street. The wind struck the wall of a brick dwelling…

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Topics of the Day a Cyclonic Storm

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 4

The monsoon which passed through the State from Central Australia developed a cyclonic nature between Newcastle and Sydney yesterday, and accounted for a…

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The Storm at Newtown Big Trees Uprooted

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

Newtown caught the full force of the gale yesterday afternoon. A little after 4 o'clock an especially strong gust came across the railway line into the narrow streets of…

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Fierce Southerly Gales. Blinding Squalls and Rough Seas. Shipping Traffic Impeded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

One of the heaviest gales experienced for some time swept the coast yesterday. It came away from the south, worked into south-southeast and south-east, and was accompanied by…

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Steamer Moresby Arrives. Meets a Terrific Gale. Natives Loot Stations

Evening News · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

The Island mail steamer Moresby, from the Solomon Islands, arrived at Sydney this afternoon, and berthed at the Federal Wharf, Darling Harbor. She was 64 hours journeying from…

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Collier Marjorie in the Storm. a Seaman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

The Bellambi Coal Co.'s collier Marjorie returned to port yesterday through stress of weather. She left here on Sunday night, and on reaching the southern jetty the weather was…

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Exciting Trip. Steamer Brighton in the Gale. Fails to Make the Manly Wharf

Evening News · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 3

The steamers running between Circular Quay and Manly got the full force of the gale on Monday evening when opposite the Heads, and in the tossing about caused by the rough seas…

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Position of the Mareeba. Practically Hopeless. a South-easterly Gale Blowing. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 7

Whatever hope there may have been two days ago of saving the steamer Mareeba from becoming a total wreck the chance now appears to have been lost. During Friday and…

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Storm Swept Coast. Shipping Buffeted. Arrival of the Roon. No Newcastle Steamer

Evening News · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 6

The G.M.S. Boon arrived at Sydney this morning from Bremen, via ports. The vessel was expected on Monday morning, but was delayed on account of the rough weather. It…

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South-east Gale Rough Sea on the Coast a Steamer Ashore Vessels Put Back Again

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 7

At 2 p.m. yesterday the South Head signal-master reported that the southerly blow, which had prevailed during thw morning had chopped round to the south-east, and that…

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A Thrilling Experience. Blown Twenty Miles to Sea Small Boat Ix the Storm

Evening News · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 6

When the steamer Colac arrived at Sydney on. Monday night from Brisbane, she landed a man named Fredk. Legros, who was picked up from a small boat off Newcastle on Monday…

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The Great Storm. Will Clear Away To-morrow If Something Doesn't Move Southward

Evening News · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

Commonwealth Weather Bureau Forecast:—Fine generally west of the mountains; still showery on the highlands and unsettled and squally, with southerly gales and more rain…

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Cyclonic Storm. Persistent Heavy Rains. Record for Nineteen Years. Thirteen' Inches in a Week Damage in the Suburbs

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

Were the late Mr. H. C. Russell still in charge of the Sydney Observatory, he would find material for thought in the fact that the weather for the past week has been the most persistently…

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Bad Night at Sea the Gale Still Raging German MAlLBOAT'S Experience Hove to All Night and Enters Port Without a Pilot

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

Furious gales from the south-east and south-west are still raging on the coast. Very few vessels have reached port, but those that have report a fearful night at…

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Floods at Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 7

WOLLONGONG.—A south-easterly gale was blowing all day on Monday, accompanied by very heavy rain. T[?] had the effect of bringing up a very heavy sea, which was one of the roughest seen here for many years,…

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Houses Flooded at Clifton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 7

CLIFTON.—Heavy rain set in on Saturday evening, and continued up to an early hour on Sunday morning, when the weather cleared. Towards evening, however, clouds again…

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Floods at G0ulburn of Immense Benefit to Farmers Goulburn

The Australian Star · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

The present rainfall la the most copious downpour experienced in Goulburn for about eight years. The Mulwarred River is in flood to-day, and the low-lying lands at…

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