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Floods & storms, 1908

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Devastating Deluge a Carolina Calamity Great Loss of Life and Property London, Wednesday, 3.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 1

Disastrous floods have occurred in North and South. Carolina (U.S.A). Whole districts are inundated, and operations in cotton mills have had to be…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Disastrous Floods. in North and South Carolina Enormous Damage. Great Loss of Life

Evening News · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 4

LONDON. Wednesday Evening.—Disastrous floods have occurred in North Carolina and South Carolina, and whole districts in the two States are inundated…

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A Mine Flooded. Tapping an Underground Reservoir. Miners Nearly Trapped. Zeehan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 August 1908 · page 8

The Florence mine was completely flooded by a burst of water to-day. The night shift working in the face of the north drive at No. 3 level noticed an increase of water after…

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Canal Banks Burst. Augusta City Flooded

Evening News · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 6

LONDON. Thursday Evening.—The canal at Augusta, Georgia, U.S., burst its banks, and flooded the city to a depth of from 6ft to 12ft. Several bridges were carried away, and farms…

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Floods in Carolina. Cotton Mills Stopped. London, Aug. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 6

Disastrous floods have occurred in Norti[?] and South Carolina, where whole districts have been inundated. Operations at the cotton mills have been…

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A City Flooded by the Bursting of a Canal Great Destruction of Property London, Thursday, 3.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 1

A canal at Augusta, in Georgia (U.S.A.), burst its banks yesterday, and flooded the city to a depth of six to twelve feet. Bridges were carried away, and farms…

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DISTRICT. (Before Judge Rogers.) Damage by Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 10

Sarah Jane Andrews, wife of E. D. Andrea's, of Grosvenor-road, Wahroonga, sued the council of the Kuringai Shire, claiming £75, compensation for damages sustained to her land…

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Floods in Carolina. Enormous Damage Wrought

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 August 1908 · page 8

LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Disastrous floods have occurred in North and South Carolina, and whole districts in the two States are inundated…

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48 Miles An Hour by Balloon. Ascents in a Gale. Hasty Descent in Sight of the Sea

The World's News · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 11

Braying the dangers of a strong south-westerly gale, which caused an official abandonment of a recent long-distance balloon race from Hurlingbam (London), five pilots of the Aero Club…

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The Floods at Augusta. 20,000 HOMELESS

Evening News · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 10

LODON, Friday Evening.—Twenty thousand persons are homeless owing to the floods caused by the bursting of the canal banks at Augusta, Georgia (U.S.)…

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Floods in Georgia. Bursting of Canal Banks. Augusta City Inundated. London, Aug. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 13

The canal at Augusta (Georgia, U.S.A.) burst its banks, and the water flooded the city to a depth of from 6ft to 12ft. The torrent carried away bridges and…

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The Georgia Floods Twenty Thousand Homeless London, Mriday, 3.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 1

As a result of the flood in Augusta, Georgia (U.S.A.), caused by the bursting, of the canal banks 20,000 people have been left homeless…

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Bursting of Canal Banks. Augusta City Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The canal at Augusta, Georgia, U.S.A., burst its banks, and flooded the city to a depth of from 6ft. to 12ft. Several bridges were…

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DISTRICT. (Before Judge Rogers.) Damage by Flood

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 18

The hearing was continued of the action brought by Sarah Jane Andrews, wife of E. D. Andrews, of Grosvenor-road, Wahroonga, to recover £75 from the Kuring-gal Shire Council as…

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Disastrous Floods

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 August 1908 · page 12

Disastrous floods have occurred in North and South Carolina, where whole districts have been inundared. Operations at the cotton mills have been…

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Floods in Georgia

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 August 1908 · page 12

The canal at Augusta (Grorgia, U.S.A.). burst its banks, and the water flooded the city to a depth of from 6ft to 12ft. The torrent carried away bridges and flooded…

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Flood Takes 2000 LIVES. 300 Persons Drowned in Prisons. Village Destroyed.constantinople, July 18

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 August 1908 · page 12

According to a private letter from Samsun, about 2000 people perished in the recent floods in Tokat, vllayet ot Sivas, Asia Minor, including about 300 who were…

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Floods in America London, Friday, 3.15 p.m

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 30 August 1908 · page 1

As a result of the floods in Augusta, Georgia (U.S.A.), caused by the bursting of the canal banks, 20,000 people have been left homeless…

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The Disabled Steamer Hawea. Safe Arrival at Sydney. Long and Anxious Drift. Through Fierce Storms and Angry Seas. Remarkable Engineering Feat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 9

"The Rakanoa, with the Hawea in tow, signalled all well at Crowdy. Head at 7 a.m." This welcome news was flashed through by wive from the Manning River Heads on…

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Floods in America. Augusta and Folsom[?] Twenty Thousand Homeless. London, Aug. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 7

Owing to the floods in Georgia (U.S.A.) there are 20,000 people homeless in Augusta. Many are sleeping among the trees…

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