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Floods & storms, 1908

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Flood in Cape Colony. Caused by a Thunderstorm. Lives Lost at Port Elizabeth. London, Nov. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 9

A flood has done great damage at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. A terrific thunderstorm caused the Barkens River to rise With startling rapidity, and flood the…

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Terrific Thunderstorm. Crops Damaged

Evening News · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 7

TAMWORTH. Wednesday.—After the hot day yesterday a terrific thunderstorm passed over Gldley, and, being accompanied with hail, considerable damage was done to crops in that…

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Terrific Thunderstorm. Devastation at Port Elizabeth

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 9

LONDON, Tuesday.--Several lives hare been lost, and damage to the estimated value of £250,000 wrought, at Port Elizabeth (Cape Colony) by a flood in the river…

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

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 8

An oder of chemicals pervaded the atmosphere. It was heavy, indeed almost over powering, and Keriston wondered how Dungar could remain in it for any length of…

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Thunderstorm at Tamworth Tamworth

The Australian Star · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 2

A heavy storm, accompanied by hall, passed over the outskirts of the town late yesterday, doing considerable damage to wheat and other crops. Mrs. Marie Bolleyen is being tried in Chicago on…

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

The Australian Star · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 8

Keriston soon found that it was no easy matter to catch a desperate shellfish, and many a one was lost before he mastered the secret. Once a crayfish rewarded his…

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Thunderstorm at Tenterfield. Boy Killed by Lightning. Railway Fence Smashed

Evening News · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 5

TENTERFIELD, Friday.—Heavy thunderstorms have occurred during the past three days with vivid lightning. In the storm last evening, Edward Greaney, 12,, the son of a…

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Thunderstorms in the Country. Heavy Rain in Places

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 11

Further rain has fallen over the State, chiefly the result of thunderstorms. Moree had 210 points, Dubbo 150, Tabulam,136 Tenterfield 90, Narrabri 73, Port Macquarie 53,…

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Storm

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 11

In the west, menace; low, the angry sun Glares' from the ragged rims of drifting Across the fading sides a blotch, of brie…

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

The Australian Star · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 12

It was out 2 o'clock on Saturday when Keriston's hansom drew up at the. Victoria Hotel. He flung the driver a coin and hurried into…

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Heavy Storm at Moree. Nearly Two Inches of Rain Is an Hour

Evening News · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 2

MOREE. Saturday.—An extraordinarily heavy rainstorm, accompanied by thunder, lightning, and small hailstones, occurred yesterday afternoon, as a culmination to the oppressive heat…

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Submarines in a Storm. Terrible Experience of U.S. Vessels in Protracted Trip

The World's News · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 20

Battered and half-sinking, with their crews exhausted, the four United States submarines, Viper, Cuttlefish, Octopus, and Tarantula, arrived the other day at Philadelphia after a…

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Bain in the West. Severe Thunderstorms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 13

A new disturbance made its appearance yesterday in the far western districts, and is rapidly travelling across the State. Broken Hill reported 6 points last evening, and at 6…

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Awful Railway Smash. Trains Crash in Blinding Snow-storm. Twenty-one Killed. Butte (Mont.). October 11

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 November 1908 · page 12

In the worst wreck in the history of the Northern Pacific Railroad 21 persons were killed, nine seriously injured, several fatally, and about 30 more or less injured in…

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Serious Flood in Cape Colony

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 November 1908 · page 12

A flood has done great damage at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. A terrific thunderstorm caused the Harkens River to rise with startling rapidity, and flood the district. The damage is…

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Severe Thunderstorm Blinding Sheets of Rain Three Inches in an Hour Moree

The Sunday Sun · Sunday 22 November 1908 · page 1

The hot weather that has been experienced here during the past week was broken yesterday afternoon by a most remarkable thunderstorm, which was accompanied by…

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Storm at Moree

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 November 1908 · page 8

MOREE, Saturday.--A remarkable storm burst over Moree yesterday afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock, and in less than an hour nearly 3in. of rain fell. The weather for the past week has…

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Storm at Braidwood. Man Killed by Lightning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 November 1908 · page 8

BRAIDWOOD.—A terrific storm passed over the town on Saturday afternoon, when 230 points of rain fell in two hours. A good deal of damage was done to roads and streets, and all watercourses were…

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Lost in a Storm. Young Girl Missing at Condobolin

Evening News · Monday 23 November 1908 · page 4

CONDOBOLIN, Monday.—A heavy storm occurred yesterday, 49 points of rain falling in 20 minutes. A young girl named Ethel Press, 15 years of age, residing about three miles from…

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

The Australian Star · Monday 23 November 1908 · page 8

Her eyes were sad. They were far too sad for the eyes of a girl, and her smile, rare and fleeting, was a smile of courtesy than one of pleasure…

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