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Floods & storms, 1908

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Floods at Augusta. Bursting of a Canal. Twenty Thousand Homeless. People Sleeping in the Trees

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 August 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Twenty thousand persons are homeless owing to the floods caused by the bursting of the canal, banks at Augusta, Georgia, U.S.A…

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A Running Water Tap York-street Warehouse Flooded. Several Thousand Pounds Damage. Damage

Evening News · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 5

The carelessness of an employee of Messrs. Isherwood and Bartlett, warehousemen, who occupy the fifth floor of premises situated at 91A York-street, Sydney, in leaving a Water-tap…

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Wine Store Fire. Flaming Liquor Escapes. Orange Grove Flooded. London, Aug. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 September 1908 · page 7

A fire occurred iu Gonzalez, Byass, and Company's sherry bodega, at Jerez de la Frontera, Southern Spain. Butts containing 25,000 dozen bottles of…

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Great Gales in England. Much Damage to Shipping. Telegraph Lines Interrupted

Evening News · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—Great gales are cow raging In England, and much damage has been done to shipping and to the telegraph lines…

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Storm in Tee Riverina. Telegraph Lines Broken. Delay to Cablegrams and Telegrams

Evening News · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 6

Owing to a serious cyclonic storm which broke over the River in a district last evening the telegraph wires, especially those working from Sydney through to Adelaide, have in many…

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Warehouse Flooded. Stock Worth £5000 Damaged. a Simple Explanation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 9

Owing to a tap being left turned on yesterday at a warehouse occupied by Messrs. Isherwood and Bartlett, and Groves and Company, warehousemen, at 91A York-street, thousands…

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Flood in a Warehouse Extent of the Damage

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 4

In connection with the flood in the ware house of Messrs. Groves and Co., indent merchants, of York-street, yesterday, when the water from a tap in the lavatory in the…

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General Falls in Victoria. Floods Feared

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Heavy rain fell tonight, and there are strong probabilities of further falls during to-morrow and on Thursday. There was general rain over Victoria…

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An Extraordinary Mishap. Water Floods a Warehouse

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 September 1908 · page 8

Yesterday morning, when the premises of Messrs. Groves and Company, warehousemen York-street, were opened, it was discovered that the warehouse was flooded with water,…

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Gales on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 8

The coastal repe is received last evening were to the effect that the wind at places along the seaboard reached the force of a gale during the day. Conditions, however, point to the wind…

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Gales in England Heavy Storms in the Channel Many Wrecks and Exciting Rescues London, Wednesday, 2:55.p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 1

The gales which have been raging in England for the past 48 hours have not yet abated. Heavy storms were experienced. In the…

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Cyclonic Storm at Carcoar

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 8

CARCOAR, Wednesday.--After a week's fine weather a cold change occurred last night, when an exceptionally heavy cyclonic storm passed over Carcoar. Shortly after 9.30 p.m. terrific squalls arrived from the direction of…

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September Gales in Britain. Tragic Wreck in Swansea Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Great gales are now raging in England, and much damage has been done to shipping and to the telegraph lines…

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Severe Weather in England. Great Gales Raging. London, Sept. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 7

Great gales which have been raging in England have, done much damage to shipping and to telegraph lines. The Deputy Postmaster has received the…

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Storm at Millthorpe. Houses Unroofed. Millthorpe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 8

A terrific storm occurred last night. Two houses were unroofed, and several were partially unroofed. Windows mere blown out, and chimneys damaged. The total damage is unknown…

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Gales in England Shipping and Telegraphs Suffer Severely London, Tuesday, 1.45 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 6

Great gales are raging in England, and hipping and telegraph lines have suffered much damage…

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Late Cable News. Received To-day. Storms in the English Channel. Many Wrecks. Exciting Rescues

Evening News · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—There have been heavy storms in the British Channel, and on the West Coast; and many wrecks and exciting rescues. The excursion steamer The Queen, with 160…

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Second Edition. Floods in South Australia. Heaviest for Years

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Floods are reported in the greater portion of the State; but the magnificent rain will have a wonderful effect on the harvest. At Port Wakefield there was…

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Heavy Floods. in Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 September 1908 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Heavy rain caused a flood in the Warrnambool district. The Merri River commenced to rise rapidly at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, and by midnight several bridges…

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The Morocco Storm-centre

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 6

Events of the last day or two have gone a good way towards making Morocco once more a storm-centre of European diplomacy, and as usual the ingredients of…

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