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Floods & storms, 1908

988 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 50

The Alexa in the Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 8

Following the little fleet of four timber-laden vessels which arrived at Sydney from New Zealand on Tuesday, the harquentine Alexa reached Sydney yesterday with a full cargo of white pine from Wanganui, and auchored…

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Sad Drowning Accident. Crossing a Flooded River. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 6

A Bad drowning accident occurred on Saturday night. Alexander John Spilsbury left Wellington about 11 p.m., for his father's farm, about four miles out of Wellington, after…

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Fears for the Men on Board. Gale Blowing. Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 7

No further news has been received from the wreck of the Windsor on the reef at Pelsart Island, in the Abrolhos Group, and fears are entertained for the safety of Captain Walters,…

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The Edueation Mrs. Gale

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 13

When Mrs. Gale left Australia to tour India and Europe with her daughter, she little knew all she would be obliged to put up with. She had led an even peaceful life, either in the bush…

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Cool Change at Bourke! Dust Storm and Grasshoppers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 8

BOURKE, Sunday. -- A particularly heavy dust storm passed over the town yesterday afternoon. Before the arrival of the storm a red glare, resembling a big wall of fire, could be…

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Dust Storm at Bourke. Town in Darkness. Buildings Damaged. Bourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 7

The heaviest dust storm experienced here for a considerable period occurred on Saturday afternoon. Some time before the storm arrived a red glare was noticeable in the west…

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Flood in Queensland. Railway Traffic Suspended. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 7

Mr. Thallon the Commissioner of Railways who is at Cloncurry has wired to the effect that the line is in a very bad state but he hoped it would be open for goods traffic in a…

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General Thunderstorms

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 11

Light, rains have fallen over a large area of the interior as well as on parts of the coast and tablelands, associated in most cases with thunder. Brewarrina on Saturday had an…

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The Weather. Heavy Rain in North-east

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 5

Commonwealth Weather Bureau Forecasts:—New South Wales.—Fine over the south-west half of the State; unsettled over the north-east, with more rain and thunder, more particularly…

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Thunderstorms Over the State. Useful Rain in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 5

Thunderstorms over the State have resulted in light to heavy rains generally, except in the central-western and south-western districts. Some good falls have been registered in the…

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The Inga in a Cyclone. Crew Washed About Deck

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 10

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The steamer Inga arrived to-day, and the captain reports having encountered the tall end of a cyclone soon after leaving Newcastle. A heavy sea swept the after-deck, and wrecked the wheel-box and…

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" Ladies Interpose," Suffragettes Try to Storm St. Stephen's. Fifty Arrests Effected. Demand for Immediate Franchise

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 7

LONDON, Wednesday.--A great meeting of women suffragists took,place at Caxton hall yesterday, representatives being present from all parts of England…

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Queensland's Downpour. Mails Delayed and Railways Flooded

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Heavy rain fell in the Rockhampton district throughout the day. Shortly before 5 o'clock rain tell in the city in torrents, and continued for…

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Victorian Cabinet. Symptoms of a Storm. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 5

Speaking at the annual dinner of the United Licensed Victuallers' Association, at Sorrente, to-day, Mr. A. A. Billson, M.L.A., Government supporter, caused a slight…

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Floods in the North. Railway Damaged. Trains Delated

Evening News · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 5

TAMWORTH, Friday.—The passenger train from Sydney was blocked near Currabubula last evening, owing to a washaway of the railway line. The passenger train from the…

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Flood at Roma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 6

News from Roma states that heavy rain caused a flood and thunderstorm last night, 1.35in being recorded. The upper waters came down last night, and in consequence…

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A Zeehan Mine Flooded. Two Lives in Danger. Zeehan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 5

A burst of water from Simson's workings in the Western mine broke through from the bottom of Simson's shaft to the rise recently put up, and rushing along No. 5 level poured…

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Missing Liner's Adventures. a Month in the Atlantic. Battle with Storms

The World's News · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 5

TOSSED and battered by storms in the Atlantic for a whole month, the missing Canadian-Pacific linen Mount Royal, 7064 tons, reached…

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Triumph of Nerve. Liner's Surgeon Operates in a Storm

The World's News · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 11

One of the most dramatic incidents in the history of Atlantic voyages took place during the recent passage of the Cunard liner Pannonia from the Mediterranean…

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Surgeon Operate in Storm

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1908 · page 7

One of the most dramatic incidents In the history of Atlantic voyages took place during the recent passage of the Cunard liner Pannonia from the Mediterranean…

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