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Floods & storms, 1908

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Oroya in a Gale

Evening News · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 3

FREMANTLE, Tuesday.—The R.M.S. Oroya arrived from Largs Bay during last night, 12 Tiours late. During the passage across the Bight she experienced strong gales. The…

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Thundery Change. Heavy Rain in the North-west. Temperatures Generally Lower

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 10

The hot conditions which prevailed over the State generally on Saturday were succeeded by a coll, showery, and thundery change, resulting in the registration of light to heavy rainfall…

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Cyclonic Storm in Western Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 8

The officer in charge at the Sydney Weather Bureau was informed by telegram last night that at a quarter to 10 yesterday morning a cyclonic thunderstorm from the north-west passed over Peak Hill, W.A. The…

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Floods in India Great Loss of Life and Property

The Australian Star · Tuesday 10 November 1908 · page 2

Unprecedented rains have fallen, resulting in disastrous floods in Haiderabad and the Deccan. The river Musi has risen sixty feet, and…

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A Heavy Storm. Upper Copmanhurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 10

At Caugal copper mines a terrific storm raged on Sunday afternoon. There were several narrow escapes from being struck by lightning. A large collie dog belonging to…

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The Industrial Unrest. Arb You Prepared for the Coming Storm?

Weekly Supplement to Building · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 1

AT PRESENT THE OPEN VIOLATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES ACT AND THE SECRET FEDERATION OF ALL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUILDING TRADES POINT TO A BIG INDUSTRIAL UPHEAVAL-- UNLESS EMPLOYERS CAN SHOW A BOLD FRONT. AT PRESENT MANY STAND OUTSIDE THE PALE OF ORGANISATION. FOR THEM THE…

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The King's Daughters (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xvi.—the Storm Breaks

Watchman · Thursday 12 November 1908 · page 7

Elizabeth thought it a very undutiful idea; but she was silent. If she had but had wings like a dove, how gla[?]ly would she have flown to warn her friends! She…

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Innamincka in a Gale

The Australian Star · Friday 13 November 1908 · page 7

The Adelaide Company's [?]nnamincka arrived to-day from Queensland ports. Captain MacKenzle reports having had to face a south-easterly gale and heavy rain…

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50,000 Lives Lost by Flood. Damage Estimated at £13,000,000. BOMBAY, October 2

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 November 1908 · page 12

Fifty thousand deaths are now estimated to have been caused by the flood at Hyderabad, and the damage done is stated by the special correspondent of the…

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"The Secret of Castle Storm" [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter I.

The Australian Star · Monday 16 November 1908 · page 8

Hope, at the best, is but a gamble, and [?]he instant his uncle rose, to take his departure Keriston realised that on his particular hope he had staked all and won no…

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Storm at Piper's Flat

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 7

LITHGOW, Monday--A storm passed over Piper's Flat with a phenomenal fall of hail, lasting fully half an hour. The ground in the open was covered with about sin of hailstones, while against buildings or fences…

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Boisterous Southerly Change. Gale on the Coast

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 8

A boisterous southerly change reaches the city late yesterday afternoon, after muggy day, with the temperature up to 77.5 degrees, and the humidity 71 per cent. The wind…

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Gale at the Heads. Barque in Trouble

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 8

The four-masted barque Buteshire, outward bound for Newcastle, to load coal for the West Coast of South America, met the full force of the southerly gale at the Heads late last night…

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Rain in the Country. Thunder and Hail Storms

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 8

Rain accompanied by thunder, and in some instances by hailstorms, has been recorded on Blue Mountains, southern coast, and tablelands, and on the south-west slopes and parts…

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Barque in Difficulty. Buteshire in the Gale. at Anchor Between the Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 7

The British four-masted barque Buteshire, which left Sydney last evening in tow of the steam-tug Hero, for Newcastle, met the full force of the violent southerly gale…

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"The Secret of Castle Storm" [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter II.--(Continued.)

The Australian Star · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 8

Keriston opened his lips to speak, but the man continued hastily. "Before you agree to take the post I must tell you that there are certain conditions…

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The Colliery Disaster. Radbod Mine Flooded. Emperor's Son Mobbed. Shocking Son Scenes. London, Nov. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 7

Radbod mine, Wesphalia, in which a fire occurred through an explosion, 300 miners perishing, was flooded in order to extinguish the flames…

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Gale at the Heads. Buteshire Towed to Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 12

The four-masted barque Buteshire, which was compelled to anchor between the Heads on Monday night owing to the southerly gale, was towed, clear at daylight yesterday. The tug…

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Sporting: the Turf. Notes. After the Storm

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 1342

The public interest is already dying out of the Melbourne Cup, and the big A.J.C. meeting with its rich prizes and fine turnout of racehorses, has been quite forgotten and relegated…

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"The Secret of Castle Storm" [All Rights Reserved.] Chapter III.--(Continued.)

The Australian Star · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 8

A cursory glance as they passed through this door showed Keriston that the turret contained three rooms, all of which were on the south side and led from a large hall…

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