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Floods & storms, 1909

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Country News. Cuff's Harbour Cyclone. Coff's Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 8

The cyclone here caused more damage than was at first estimated. Accounts have come from different parts of the district that a lot of the paspalum crop is ruined. There has…

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Disastrous Cyclone

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 January 1909 · page 12

A cyclone at Colf's Harbor (N.S.W.) caused serious damage. There is hardly a house in the whole district that did not suffer…

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Steamer in the Gale. Wyreema Unable to Berth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 8

The A.U.S.N. Company's big passenger steamer Wyreema, of 6338 tons, which arrived here from Queensland ports during the height of the southerly gale last night, was unable to…

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A Gale-swept City. Bad Time for Shipping. the Persic Breaks Her Moorings

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A violent north-west gale struck the city at half-past 8 this morning. The storm brought thick clouds of dust, which, sweeping over the bay, prevented some of the…

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Storm in Melbourne. Houses Unroofed. Steamer Persic Breaks Adrift. Carries Away Portion of Pier. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 8

A windstorm of extraordinary violence burst over Melbourne and its suburbs early this morning. The disturbance was of comparatively brief duration, and reached its highest…

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Heavy Rain in Melbourne Melbourne

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 6

Heavy rain has been falling nearly all day and there are prospects that it will continue. NOWRA, Monday…

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Cyclone at Blayney. Buildings Unroofed

Evening News · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 2

BLAYNEY, Monday.—A windstorm of a sensational character wrought great damage here on Sunday. A strong, hot wind, bringing with it clouds of dust, bad been raging since early…

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Sunday's Storm in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Sunday's wind storm was widespread, and caused a good deal of damage to houses and trees. Several parties of amateur fishermen were caught in the storm,…

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Adventure in Alpine Storm

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 2

Professor C. Bltanto, an Italian scientist and climber, had (says a Geneva correspondent) a terrible experience in a snowstorm while climbing Monte Rosa, 15,217ft…

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Bush Fires and Gales Telegraph Business Delayed

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 7

Bush fires and gales in various paris of the State have to some extent demoralised the telegraph business. In the southern districts particularly the constal areas--the lines…

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Cyclone at Blayney. Buildings Unroofed and Shattered. Showground Desolated. Blayney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 6

A heavy cyclonic storm struck Blayney yesterday. The heat during the morning and early afternoon was terrific. Late in the afternoon the wind rose, and the atmosphere…

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Bushfire and Storm Exciting Experiences in the West Bathurst

The Australian Star · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 1

Hot weather prevailed in Bathurst yesterday, the thermometer registering 105.2 degrees, which is the highest point reached this season…

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Cyclone at Blayney. Considerable Damage to Property. "The Crash of Falling Buildings." Young Man Badly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 4

BLAYNEY, Monday.--A windstorm of a cyclonic character was responsible yesterday for considerable destruction of town property, damage amounting at a rough guess to £750 in…

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Cyclone at Normanton. Houses Unroofed. a Building Lifted Bodily. Normanton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 10

Very hot weather continued this week. About 6.15 last evening a cyclonic storm, accompanied by some [?]all, struck the end of the town nearest the Chinese quarters. The wind…

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N.S.W. v. Queensland Play in a Thunderstorm Play Stopped by Rain

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 6

Little public interest was evinced in today's play of the New South Wales against Queensland match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, when the overnight not-out men,…

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Cyclone at Caloola. a Terrific Storm

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 8

BATHURST, Wednesday.--A cyclone passed over Caloola Village, near Bathurst, on Sunday. Larnaeh Bros.'s wool shed was unroofed, and some shoots of non carried half a mile away…

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Light to Heavy Rain. Temperatures Still High in the North

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 8

Light to heavy and scattered rain, with thunderstorms, and in some cases hall,has been recorded on the central and southern tablelands, south-western slopes, and on the coast south…

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The John Williams. in a Terrific Gale. Off the North Coast

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 5

The London Missionary Society's Mission yacht, John Williams in command of Captain Wyrill. returned to Sydney this morning, having completed a cruise among the islands…

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Barque in a Gale. Rough Experience Off Newcastle. Vessel Returns to Port

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—The three-masted barque lone returned to port this morning dismasted and with a heavy list to port. The vessel left here on Tuesday with a cargo of coal…

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Gales at Brisbane. Shipping Operations Hampered. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 14

A south-easterly gale was raging at Cape Moreton yesterday, and the steamer Rocklily, which left her wharf on Tuesday for the Richmond River, was unable to put to sea on…

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